Crashes of tainted kernels

jd1008 jd1008 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 18 17:32:42 UTC 2015



On 03/17/2015 11:09 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 03/18/15 12:42, Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 03/17/2015 08:22 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>>> 2. how to provide useful debugging info - if the user will not test a
>>> non-tainted kernel I see no possible way for an automated system to
>>> know where to file the bug
>> You are assuming that it's practical (or even possible) to run without a tainted kernel.  Most people who use kmod-nvidia do so because they need better graphics than they can get from nouveau.  Asking them to do without the OEM drivers (which taint the kernel) may make it difficult if not impossible to get their work done, and it's not always easy. And, in the case of my laptop, I don't even know, as yet, why it's tainted because there's no hardware involved that wasn't installed at the factory.  Even if I knew what caused the taint, how am I supposed to remove it?  Yes, in theory it should be possible on every computer, but I, at least live in reality, not theory.
> Well, in a previous message you indicated that....
>
> MY kernel is tainted by mods from rpmfusion. yet:
> $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/tainted
> 0
>
> So, you're using something from rpmfusion.  But you don't know what in particular is causing the tainting.
>
> You could tell the list what rpmfusion sw you've installed as well as showing the output of lsmod for others to see and someone may spot the offending module(s).
>
> FWIW, I believe the the VirtualBox modules will taint but the suggestions I made won't reveal their complicity.
>
$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
bnep                   19543  2
bluetooth             463099  5 bnep
fuse                   91371  1
nf_conntrack_ipv4      14656  5
nf_defrag_ipv4         12702  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
xt_conntrack           12760  5
nf_conntrack          103513  2 xt_conntrack,nf_conntrack_ipv4
uvcvideo               81109  0
videobuf2_vmalloc      13163  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_core         45100  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops       13161  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
v4l2_common            14543  1 videobuf2_core
joydev                 17344  0
coretemp               13441  0
videodev              152476  3 uvcvideo,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core
iTCO_wdt               13480  0
media                  20906  2 uvcvideo,videodev
iTCO_vendor_support    13419  1 iTCO_wdt
kvm_intel             148304  0
gpio_ich               13579  0
ppdev                  17635  0
dell_wmi               12681  0
dell_laptop            14000  0
kvm                   471231  1 kvm_intel
sparse_keymap          13584  1 dell_wmi
dcdbas                 14875  1 dell_laptop
serio_raw              13434  0
sdhci_pci              23343  0
i2c_i801               18146  0
sdhci                  42580  1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core              125580  2 sdhci,sdhci_pci
arc4                   12608  2
iwldvm                245292  0
mac80211              658674  1 iwldvm
lpc_ich                21093  0
mfd_core               13182  1 lpc_ich
snd_hda_codec_idt      63511  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    67600  1 snd_hda_codec_idt
snd_hda_intel          30520  4
snd_hda_controller     30786  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec         135263  4 
snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
iwlwifi               129740  1 iwldvm
snd_hwdep              17650  1 snd_hda_codec
parport_pc             28088  0
parport                40425  2 ppdev,parport_pc
snd_seq                70458  0
snd_seq_device         14136  1 snd_seq
cfg80211              514867  3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm
snd_pcm               105212  3 
snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_timer              28778  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
rfkill                 21980  5 cfg80211,bluetooth,dell_laptop
shpchp                 37040  0
snd                    80001  17 
snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
soundcore              14496  2 snd,snd_hda_codec
tpm_tis                18630  0
tpm                    35109  1 tpm_tis
acpi_cpufreq           19433  1
nfsd                  293485  1
auth_rpcgss            58540  1 nfsd
nfs_acl                12741  1 nfsd
lockd                  92864  1 nfsd
grace                  13094  2 nfsd,lockd
sunrpc                283393  7 nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
binfmt_misc            17424  1
nouveau              1376565  2
mxm_wmi                12865  1 nouveau
i2c_algo_bit           13250  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         93738  1 nouveau
ttm                    92999  1 nouveau
e1000e                238672  0
drm                   305543  5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau
uas                    22414  2
usb_storage            65065  1 uas
ptp                    19140  1 e1000e
yenta_socket           45128  0
firewire_ohci          44323  0
firewire_core          62559  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t              12613  1 firewire_core
pps_core               19130  1 ptp
wmi                    18820  3 dell_wmi,mxm_wmi,nouveau
video                  19905  1 nouveau

$ yum list installed | grep fusion
Repodata is over 2 weeks old. Install yum-cron? Or run: yum makecache fast
a52dec-devel.x86_64 0.7.4-19.fc21                  @rpmfusion-free
akmods.noarch 0.5.1-4.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free
dvdstyler.x86_64 1:2.8.1-1.fc21                 @rpmfusion-free-updates
exfat-utils.x86_64 1.1.1-1.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free-updates
faad2-devel.x86_64 1:2.7-6.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free
ffmpeg.x86_64 2.4.7-1.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free-updates
ffmpeg-devel.x86_64 2.4.7-1.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free-updates
ffmpeg-libs.x86_64 2.4.7-1.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free-updates
fuse-exfat.x86_64 1.1.0-1.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free-updates
gnome-mplayer.x86_64 1.0.9-3.20150203svn2476.fc21   @rpmfusion-free-updates
gnome-mplayer-common.x86_64 1.0.9-3.20150203svn2476.fc21   
@rpmfusion-free-updates
gstreamer-plugins-bad.x86_64 0.10.23-6.fc21                 @rpmfusion-free
gstreamer-plugins-bad-nonfree.x86_64 0.10.23-3.fc21                 
@rpmfusion-nonfree
k3b-extras-freeworld.x86_64 1:2.0.2-21.fc21                @rpmfusion-free
kmodtool.noarch 1-23.fc20                      @rpmfusion-free
libavdevice.x86_64 2.4.7-1.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free-updates
libdca-devel.x86_64 0.0.5-8.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free
libdvbpsi-devel.x86_64 1.2.0-1.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free
libmpeg2-devel.x86_64 0.5.1-11.fc21                  @rpmfusion-free
libvdpau-va-gl.x86_64 0.3.4-6.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free-updates
live555-devel.x86_64 2014.10.21-1.fc21              @rpmfusion-free
lpf-skype.i686 4.3.0.37-2.fc21                @rpmfusion-nonfree
mac-devel.x86_64 3.99-11.u4b5.fc21              @rpmfusion-nonfree
mac-libs.x86_64 3.99-11.u4b5.fc21              @rpmfusion-nonfree
mate-applet-streamer.x86_64 0.1.3-1.fc21                   
@rpmfusion-free-updates
mencoder.x86_64 1.1-32.20150123svn.fc21        @rpmfusion-free-updates
mpg123.x86_64 1.19.0-2.fc21                  @rpmfusion-free
mplayer.x86_64 1.1-32.20150123svn.fc21        @rpmfusion-free-updates
mplayer-common.x86_64 1.1-32.20150123svn.fc21        @rpmfusion-free-updates
rpmfusion-free-release.noarch 21-1                           installed
rpmfusion-nonfree-release.noarch 21-1                           installed
staging-kmod-addons.noarch 3.18.2-1.fc21                  
@rpmfusion-free-updates
twolame-devel.x86_64 0.3.13-4.fc21                  @rpmfusion-free
wxsvg.x86_64 1.5.3-1.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free-updates
@rpmfusion-free-updates<<<<< No package name????
@rpmfusion-free-updates <<<<< No Package name????
x265-devel.x86_64 1.2-6.fc21                     @rpmfusion-free-updates
x265-libs.x86_64 1.2-6.fc21                     @rpmfusion-free-updates
xvidcore-devel.x86_64 1.3.2-6.fc21                   @rpmfusion-free

I have no idea why there are two lines without a package name!!


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