I wasn't doing anything .. really! ;-) ..but I got this Oops with process = smbd. (Using samba-3.0.28-0.fc7) Is is a samba problem? """ Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: Oops: 0000 [1] SMP Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: CPU 0 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: Modules linked in: ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack nfnetlink ipt_REJECT xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables bridge autofs4 w83627ehf hwmon_vid eeprom hidp fuse rfcomm l2cap bluetooth sunrpc kqemu(U) dm_multipath video output sbs battery ac ipv6 snd_via82xx_modem snd_usb_audio snd_usb_lib snd_hwdep snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_via82xx snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mpu401 ac97_bus snd_mixer_oss snd_mpu401_uart snd_rawmidi ns558 parport_pc snd_pcm snd_seq_device parport gameport snd_timer i2c_viapro k8temp hwmon pcspkr snd i2c_core soundcore snd_page_alloc floppy sky2 button shpchp sg sr_mod cdrom dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror dm_mod pata_via ata_generic sata_via libata sd_mod scsi_mod raid456 async_xor async_memcpy async_tx xor raid1 ext3 jbd mbcache ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: Pid: 22305, comm: smbd Not tainted 2.6.23.15-80.fc7 #1 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81079004>] [<ffffffff81079004>] __inc_zone_state+0xc/0x5b Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff810019a479f0 EFLAGS: 00010046 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff81000102d6b8 RCX: 0000000000000005 Mar 31 12:26:39 jgs kernel: RDX: ffff81000102d6b8 RSI: 0000000000000005 RDI: 0000000000000000 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000e61000 R09: 0000000000000000 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: R10: ffff810001000000 R11: ffff810001000000 R12: ffff8100022477d8 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: R13: 0000000000000031 R14: ffff81000349d600 R15: ffffffff88038b37 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: FS: 00002aaaaf132e50(0000) GS:ffffffff813b5000(0000) knlGS:00000000f7fc26d0 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: CR2: 0000000000000050 CR3: 0000000011d46000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: Process smbd (pid: 22305, threadinfo ffff810019a46000, task ffff8100199bc000) Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: Stack: ffffffff8106ed7c ffff81000102d7d0 ffff81000102d6e0 ffff81000102d6b8 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: 000000000000000b ffff810019a47c28 ffffffff810bd934 ffffffff88038b37 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: 0000000000000000 0000000000000296 ffff8100022477d8 0000000000000007 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: Call Trace: Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff8106ed7c>] add_to_page_cache+0x7d/0x93 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff810bd934>] mpage_readpages+0x85/0x12d Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff88038b37>] :ext3:ext3_get_block+0x0/0xe4 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff8107376f>] __alloc_pages+0x71/0x2d3 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff81075310>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x13a/0x20a Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff8121ed22>] tcp_transmit_skb+0x72d/0x76a Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff811e6dd0>] memcpy_toiovec+0x36/0x66 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff880ef90d>] :dm_mod:dm_table_any_congested+0x46/0x63 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff81075633>] ondemand_readahead+0xf1/0xf8 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff8106f03a>] do_generic_mapping_read+0x126/0x3f7 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff8106e796>] file_read_actor+0x0/0x18a Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff810707d1>] generic_file_aio_read+0x11d/0x160 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff81097810>] do_sync_read+0xc9/0x10c Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff810a547d>] vfs_test_lock+0x2e/0x32 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff81047ce9>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff810a0201>] lookup_one_len_kern+0x73/0xf2 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff81098087>] vfs_read+0xcb/0x173 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff8109854f>] sys_pread64+0x50/0x70 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff8100bcd1>] tracesys+0x71/0xda Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: [<ffffffff8100bd35>] tracesys+0xd5/0xda Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: Code: 48 8b 44 c7 50 4c 8d 44 08 42 41 8a 10 ff c2 41 88 10 8a 40 Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: RIP [<ffffffff81079004>] __inc_zone_state+0xc/0x5b Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: RSP <ffff810019a479f0> Mar 30 12:26:39 jgs kernel: CR2: 0000000000000050 Mar 30 12:29:30 jgs syslogd 1.4.2: restart. Mar 30 12:29:30 jgs kernel: klogd 1.4.2, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Mar 30 12:29:30 jgs kernel: Linux version 2.6.23.15-80.fc7 (mockbuild@xenbuilder2.fedora.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-27)) #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 16:52:18 EST 2008 Mar 30 12:29:30 jgs kernel: Command line: ro root=/dev/G271/Vf7 rhgb """ (please cc replies as I am not presently subscribed) Regards, ..jim