Re: MC Parity Error

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 03:11:19PM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> > success report for the MC Bus Error handler :)
> > 
> > Apr 19 23:17:32 resume kernel: MC Bus Error
> > Apr 19 23:17:32 resume kernel: CPU error 0x380<RD PAR > @ 0x0f4c6308
> > Apr 19 23:17:32 resume kernel: Instruction bus error, epc == 2accf310, ra 
> > == 2accf2c8
> > 
> > I guess i have bad memory. The interesting point is that the machine
> > continued to run for another 2 days. Shouldnt a memory error halt the
> > machine ?
> 
>  As it happened in the user mode, I'd expect only the victim process to be
> killed.

The KSU bits are meaningless.  On Indy like most other MIPS systems a
bus error exception may be delayed.  So the generic solution requires
tracking down the actual user, something which in the current kernel is
relativly easy due to rmap.

  Ralf