<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc="http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:Repl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda="http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" xmlns:Z="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Hey there,<o:p></o:p> I have a strange error happening on several different servers having NRPE installed.<o:p></o:p> <pre>The system hangs and need to be rebooted. After the server is back online the logs say:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> Oct 19 03:13:11 glddb-rtd2 sudo: rts : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/find / -noleaf -name core -type f<o:p></o:p></pre> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: Bad page state in process 'nrpe'<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: page:ffff81032a92fd80 flags:0x0000000600000005 mapping:0000000000000000 mapcount:0 count:7<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: Trying to fix it up, but a reboot is needed<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: Backtrace:<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel:<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: Call Trace:<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: [<ffffffff80283680>] bad_page+0x60/0xa0<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: [<ffffffff80284a85>] get_page_from_freelist+0x585/0x620<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: [<ffffffff8027ec26>] find_get_page+0x86/0x190<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: [<ffffffff80284b87>] __alloc_pages+0x67/0x380<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: [<ffffffff8028f890>] __handle_mm_fault+0x7c0/0xb90<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: [<ffffffff8046bf06>] do_page_fault+0x216/0x8e0<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: [<ffffffff80293bd2>] split_vma+0x152/0x170<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: [<ffffffff8021b74b>] flush_tlb_mm+0x5b/0x150<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: [<ffffffff80295aa4>] sys_mprotect+0x194/0x850<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: [<ffffffff8046a06d>] error_exit+0x0/0x84<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel:<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: general protection fault: 0000 [1] PREEMPT SMP<o:p></o:p> Oct 19 03:16:06 glddb-rtd2 kernel: last sysfs file: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/0000:05:00.1/irq<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Here are some details about the system:<o:p></o:p> glddb-rtd2:~ # cat /etc/issue<o:p></o:p> Welcome to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (x86_64) - Kernel \r (\l).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> glddb-rtd2:~ # uname -a<o:p></o:p> Linux glddb-rtd2 2.6.22.19-0.14-rt #1 SMP PREEMPT RT 2008-06-04 00:52:17 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<o:p></o:p> glddb-rtd2:~ # /usr/local/nagios/bin/nrpe --version<o:p></o:p> /usr/local/nagios/bin/nrpe: unrecognized option `--version'<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> NRPE - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor<o:p></o:p> Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Ethan Galstad (nagios@nagios.org)<o:p></o:p> Version: 2.12<o:p></o:p> Last Modified: 03-10-2008<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> All servers have SLES 10 SP 2 x64 Realtime Kernel in common.<o:p></o:p> Any ideas if this is an NRPE or kernel problem/bug are appreciated. Or did someone face the similar/same problems?<o:p></o:p> If some information is missing, feel free to request. I’d be glad to add the info.<o:p></o:p> Thanks much for your input.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> Sebastian Waitz IT Operations Manager <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><IMG src="cid:rts-logo.png@02aeae5248894d848dc6f606a972e216" border=0></o:p> RTS Realtime Systems (Deutschland) AG, Rembrandtstrasse 13, D-60596 Frankfurt am Main T: +49.69.61009.0 / F: +49.69.61009.181 / Hotline: +49.69.61009.100 Sitz: Frankfurt am Main - HRB 46523 Amtsgericht Frankfurt/M. Vorstand: Steffen Gemuenden (Vorsitzender), Mark van Vugt Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Engelbert Gemuenden www.rtsgroup.net<o:p></o:p> This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. 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