bestcrypt-1.6-p10-r1 with gentoo-sources-2.6.20-r7 causes kernel panic: May 20 00:19:38 hellchick ------------[ cut here ]------------ May 20 00:19:38 hellchick kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:2730! May 20 00:19:38 hellchick invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] May 20 00:19:38 hellchick Modules linked in: bc(PF) i915 drm xt_tcpudp ipt_LOG xt_limit xt_state xt_multiport ipt able_filter iptable_mangle snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device eeprom lm85 hwmon_vid rtc fan th ermal video button asus_acpi backlight tun sha1 arc4 ecb ppp_mppe ppp_generic slhc snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss spee dstep_centrino processor iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack ip_tables x_tables sd_mod sg ipw2200 i eee80211 ieee80211_crypt firmware_class usblp option usbserial 8139too snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_p cm snd_timer snd snd_page_alloc intel_agp agpgart 8250_pci 8250 serial_core i2c_i801 i2c_core evdev usbhid uhci_h cd usb_storage scsi_mod hid ehci_hcd May 20 00:19:38 hellchick CPU: 0 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick EIP: 0060:[<c013e96f>] Tainted: PF VLI May 20 00:19:38 hellchick EFLAGS: 00010082 (2.6.20-gentoo-r7 #2) May 20 00:19:38 hellchick EIP is at cache_alloc_refill+0x160/0x3cc May 20 00:19:38 hellchick eax: 00000000 ebx: df73e460 ecx: 00000000 edx: 00000000 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick esi: df73d5d0 edi: df73d5c0 ebp: df73d940 esp: ccc8de60 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick Process modprobe (pid: 10373, ti=ccc8c000 task=df16e540 task.ti=ccc8c000) May 20 00:19:38 hellchick Stack: ccc8de68 c038fd68 df73fac0 00000004 00000022 d6cbc9c0 00000000 e0cfd2f3 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick c01d28de 00000246 df73fac0 c038fd68 ccc8ded0 c013ec38 00000000 00000001 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick ffffffea e0d8713d 00004700 000000d0 00000010 00000001 ddd852f8 c016f036 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick Call Trace: May 20 00:19:38 hellchick [<c01d28de>] register_blkdev+0xd3/0xdd May 20 00:19:38 hellchick [<c013ec38>] __kmalloc+0x5d/0x67 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick [<e0d8713d>] init_module+0x13d/0x3c2 [bc] May 20 00:19:38 hellchick [<c016f036>] sysfs_create_group+0x8e/0x98 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick [<c0124a8b>] sys_init_module+0x1427/0x1560 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick [<c0102678>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5d/0x81 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick ======================= May 20 00:19:38 hellchick Code: 04 89 37 83 7c 24 0c 00 0f 8f 5a ff ff ff 8b 47 18 2b 45 00 89 47 18 83 7d 00 00 0f 85 5c 02 00 00 f7 44 24 04 0e 80 f8 ff 74 04 <0f> 0b eb fe f7 44 24 04 00 20 00 00 0f 85 26 02 00 00 8b 54 24 May 20 00:19:38 hellchick EIP: [<c013e96f>] cache_alloc_refill+0x160/0x3cc SS:ESP 0068:ccc8de60 Kernel config was the same as for the gentoo-sources-2.6.19-r5 where bestcrypt is working like a charm. So I think it's a bestcrypt issue.
what was occurring when the panic occurred?
(In reply to comment #1) > what was occurring when the panic occurred? > I've compiled bestcrypt modules for the 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 kernel, after that I rebooted the system and that panic appeared when system was starting.
On your last good known configuration was it the same version of bestcrypt that you have now? If it is, it might be a kernel regression issue.
(In reply to comment #3) > On your last good known configuration was it the same version of bestcrypt that > you have now? If it is, it might be a kernel regression issue. > Yes, the version of the bestcrypt is the same. It works good with gentoo-sources <= 2.6.19-r5
Can you please try the latest one from portage? (_p13)
(In reply to comment #5) > Can you please try the latest one from portage? (_p13) > Sorry for late answer. It's working like a charm with bestrypt-1.6-p13.