Greetings all, We have had one of our mail servers running 4.8-STABLE reboot every few hours The following messages were found in the /var/log/messages>Apr 13 13:19:20 ms /kernel: panic: malloc: wrong bucket >Apr 13 13:19:20 ms /kernel: >Apr 13 13:19:20 ms /kernel: syncing disks... 75 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 41 3 >3 3 3 3 3 3 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 > >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel: panic: malloc: lost data >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel: >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel: syncing disks... 73 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 28 5 >5 5 5 5 5 5 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel: giving up on 1 buffersLooks like a part of the kernel using data that it doesn't own, ie. a kernel bug Anyone else seen this type of message and better still have you found a fix? Jean M. Vandette **John M. Vandette, Consultant vandj@securenet.net** **SecureNet Information Services Inc. Internet Providers** **100 Alexis Nihon Blvd #283 St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada** **"Who does BSD Unix....?" "We do Chucky... We do..."**
On April 14, 2003 03:03 pm, Jean M. Vandette wrote:> Greetings all, > > We have had one of our mail servers running 4.8-STABLE reboot every few > hours > > The following messages were found in the /var/log/messages > > >Apr 13 13:19:20 ms /kernel: panic: malloc: wrong bucket > >Apr 13 13:19:20 ms /kernel: > >Apr 13 13:19:20 ms /kernel: syncing disks... 75 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 41 3 > >3 3 3 3 3 3 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 > > > >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel: panic: malloc: lost data > >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel: > >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel: syncing disks... 73 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 28 5 > >5 5 5 5 5 5 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 > >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel: giving up on 1 buffers > > Looks like a part of the kernel using data that it doesn't own, ie. a > kernel bug > Anyone else seen this type of message and better still have you found a > fix?I once had a similar crashes due to faulty RAM. memtest (included in the ports' tree) could help you find the bad RAM stick. -- Rick Fournier (rick@rptn.net) PGP Key: 31846E22 (http://www.rptn.net/rick.asc) Key Fingerprint: B1E3 AE2E C867 F491 BF9F 9485 7818 122D 3184 6E22