Re: page_alloc bug

[Adam Kropelin]

On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 09:05:27AM +0200, Tom wrote:
> first time reporting a kernel bug, so please tell me if you need any
> other details. I'm following the instructions on kernel.org as closely
> as I can.

Actually, you need to follow them a little closer if you want anyone to
help you. Perhaps you missed this paragraph in REPORTING-BUGS:

     If the failure includes an "OOPS:" type message in your log or on screen
     please read "Documentation/oops-tracing.txt" before posting your bug
     report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information to
     make it useful to the recipient.

> (5) Output of oops:
> not sure if this is it, but here is what is displayed on the console:
> kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:91!
> invalid operand: 0000
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0010:[<c012b96d>] Tainted: P
                                  ^
What proprietary modules did you have loaded when this BUG() was hit? nVidia,
perhaps? Reproduce the problem from a cold boot without ever having loaded the
closed-source module(s). If you can't, go talk to whomever made the module; the
community cannot help you solve a problem when we can't see the code.

--Adam