Hi there,
Kernel 2.2.9 came out quickly after 2.2.8. I know that 2.2.8 was a tad
flakey on my dual processor box.
Gerald
On 19-May-99 jlewis@lewis.org wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 1999, Olivier GOSSELET wrote:
>
>> I am not sure it's a Squid problem because there is nothing in the
>> Squid logs ... no logs on disk at all just a screen shot saying :
>>
>> divide error : 0000
>> CPU : 1
>> EIP : 0010 : [<c017009f>]
>> EFLAGS : 00010246
>>
>> bla bla bla ... (too long to write)
>>
>> Kernel panic : Attempted to kill the idle task !
>> In swapper task - not syncing.
>
> If squid crashes the kernel, then something's wrong with the kernel.
> Even
> if squid were buggy, it shouldn't be able to crash the kernel...just
> itself.
>
>> The only solution is to turn off the machine ...
>> I am not a Linux guru so i do not understand the meaning and the
>> possible reasons of this problem ...
>
> You should post the full messages you get during these crashes to the
> linux-kernel list.
>
>> Does anobody runs Squid / Linux on a multiprocessor machine ... with or
>> without this problem ...
>> Does someone know a solution ?
>
> I've run it on a dual P120 under 2.0.36 without problems, and briefly
> under 2.2.6, but under very light load. I'm running a busy squid cache
> on
> 2.2.7 (not SMP), and the only problem I'm having is memory leaks in
> 2.2S2.
>
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--- #include <std_disclaimer> Gerald Brandt gbr@hvdc.ca Manitoba HVDC Research Centre http://www.hvdc.caReceived on Wed May 19 1999 - 09:03:05 MDT
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