Server freeze with EIP: 0060

Greetings,

One of our servers recently stopped responding suddenly during the
night. Checking the system logs, I saw that the last messages were
these:

Aug 4 03:12:59 mailserver -- MARK --
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: c0196a6e
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: Modules linked in: tsdev ipv6
reiserfs dm_snapshot dm_mirror dm_mod ide_generic evdev snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec i2c_ali1535 i2c_ali15x3 snd_pcm psmouse rtc ati_agp
agpgart i2c_core uli526x pcspkr serio_raw floppy snd_timer snd soundcor=
e
snd_page_alloc shpchp pci_hotplug parport_pc parport ext3 jbd mbcache
ide_cd cdrom ide_disk generic sata_uli libata scsi_mod alim15x3 ide_cor=
e
skge 3c59x mii ehci_hcd ohci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: EIP: 0060:[keyring_destroy+39/119=
]
Not tainted VLI
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: EFLAGS: 00010213 (2.6.18-3-686 #1)=
=20
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: [key_cleanup+177/202] key_cleanup
+0xb1/0xca
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: [run_workqueue+120/181]
run_workqueue+0x78/0xb5
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: [key_cleanup+0/202] key_cleanup
+0x0/0xca
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: [worker_thread+217/267]
worker_thread+0xd9/0x10b
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: [default_wake_function+0/12]
default_wake_function+0x0/0xc
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: [worker_thread+0/267] worker_thread
+0x0/0x10b
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: [kthread+194/239] kthread+0xc2/0xef
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: [kthread+0/239] kthread+0x0/0xef
Aug 4 03:25:32 mailserver kernel: [kernel_thread_helper+5/11]
kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb

Can anyone provide an insight as to what might have caused the lockup?


--=20
Best regards,

Diego Alencar Alves de Lima
Linux Solutions Support
ConsulData - Comunicação de Dados
Site: www.consuldata.com.br
E-mail: diego@consuldata.com.br
Tel.: +55 (13) 2101-6522
=46ax.: +55 (13) 2101-6500


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