nvidia-current (256.44) from PPA cause kernel panic

Bug #619930 reported by FiX
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Bug Description

Distro: Lucid (10.04.1)
Machine: HP EliteBook 8540w Mobile Workstation
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 820 @ 1.73GHz (4 cores, 8 threads)
Nvidia driver: 256.44-0ubuntu0sarvatt~lucid from x-swat PPA: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates
OpenGL usage: Many desktop effects (compiz) activated

Test: simply run & use the desktop. It freezes after a few minutes (or a few hours). Power cycle or hardreset is required. Ctrl+Alt+Del no longer works. CapsLock/NulLock no longer work.

Work-around: use ppa-purge (downgrade to stable drivers)

syslog (not easy to have as sometimes it is not flushed to disk before the panic):

Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567580] CPU 0:
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567583] Modules linked in: usb_storage binfmt_misc rfcomm sco bridge stp bnep l2cap vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv kvm_intel kvm pata_pcmcia tpm_infineon snd_hda_codec_idt pcmcia snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_seq_midi snd_hwdep snd_rawmidi snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_pcm fbcon yenta_socket snd_seq tpm_tis tileblit font snd_timer snd_seq_device sdhci_pci video snd tpm joydev arc4 uvcvideo bitblit videodev softcursor v4l1_compat v4l2_compat_ioctl32 btusb bluetooth ricoh_mmc ppdev rsrc_nonstatic parport_pc sdhci psmouse pcmcia_core xhci iwlagn serio_raw iwlcore soundcore output mac80211 snd_page_alloc tpm_bios cfg80211 nvidia(P) vga16fb vgastate hp_accel lis3lv02d input_polldev led_class lp parport usbhid hid ohci1394 ieee1394 ahci e1000e
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567657] Pid: 1457, comm: Xorg Tainted: P 2.6.32-24-generic #39-Ubuntu HP EliteBook 8540w
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567661] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa05aa87f>] [<ffffffffa05aa87f>] _nv021081rm+0x20/0x22 [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567972] RSP: 0018:ffff880417505b80 EFLAGS: 00000216
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567976] RAX: 0000000030c09000 RBX: ffff880414c1ac68 RCX: 0000000000400824
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567980] RDX: ffffc90013d80000 RSI: ffff88041753e000 RDI: ffff8804154b9800
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567983] RBP: ffffffff81013b0e R08: ffff880417574000 R09: ffff880414c1ac88
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567987] R10: ffff880414c1ad78 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff880414c1ad78
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567990] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff880414c1ac70 R15: ffffffff81013b0e
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567995] FS: 00007ffad22cd700(0000) GS:ffff880028200000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.567999] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.568002] CR2: 00007fa66408b000 CR3: 00000004181d1000 CR4: 00000000000026f0
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.568006] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.568010] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.568013] Call Trace:
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.568361] [<ffffffffa04f0342>] ? _nv021814rm+0x1c7/0x1dd [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.568734] [<ffffffffa03e9ba0>] ? _nv014245rm+0xb6/0x11a [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.569108] [<ffffffffa041db7d>] ? _nv015427rm+0x93/0x10e [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.569449] [<ffffffffa0327188>] ? _nv002669rm+0xb8/0x13c [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.569791] [<ffffffffa03273b2>] ? _nv002668rm+0x1a6/0x1b4 [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.570132] [<ffffffffa03277ef>] ? _nv009760rm+0x389/0x51a [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.570473] [<ffffffffa0321ac5>] ? _nv009850rm+0x43c/0x452 [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.570813] [<ffffffffa031e6db>] ? _nv009549rm+0xc22/0xca4 [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.571017] [<ffffffffa00f1289>] ? _nv002118rm+0xae9/0xe86 [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.571220] [<ffffffffa00f1255>] ? _nv002118rm+0xab5/0xe86 [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.571427] [<ffffffffa00fd602>] ? _nv001719rm+0x84/0xcb [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.571718] [<ffffffffa05b6dd9>] ? _nv002112rm+0x4b9/0x67f [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.572008] [<ffffffffa05b36a5>] ? rm_ioctl+0x2f/0x67 [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.572296] [<ffffffffa05d0fdc>] ? nv_kern_ioctl+0x15c/0x460 [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.572305] [<ffffffff810118b2>] ? __switch_to+0x2c2/0x320
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.572592] [<ffffffffa05d1331>] ? nv_kern_unlocked_ioctl+0x21/0x30 [nvidia]
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.572600] [<ffffffff81153cd2>] ? vfs_ioctl+0x22/0xa0
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.572606] [<ffffffff81541cb0>] ? thread_return+0x48/0x418
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.572611] [<ffffffff81153f81>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x81/0x380
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.572616] [<ffffffff81154301>] ? sys_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.572622] [<ffffffff81544ace>] ? do_device_not_available+0xe/0x10
Aug 18 16:54:26 hookipa kernel: [ 3575.572629] [<ffffffff810131b2>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Aug 18 16:54:43 hookipa nAug 18 16:55:43 hookipa kernel: imklog 4.2.0, log source = /proc/kmsg started.

The last line of the klog is the machine restarting after a power-cycle.

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