Hi, the frequency of this problem has been reduced significantly since I installed kvm-source, however, it has not been completely eliminated. kvm 1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu11 kvm-source 1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu11 linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.42 Apr 23 22:20:57 aethereal kernel: [19380.467724] wlan0: associated Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700129] ------------[ cut here ]------------ Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700135] kernel BUG at /var/lib/dkms/kvm/84/build/x86/mmu.c:684! Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700137] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700140] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:0c:00.0/rfkill/rfkill0/state Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700143] Dumping ftrace buffer: Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700146] (ftrace buffer empty) Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700147] CPU 0 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700149] Modules linked in: binfmt_misci915 drm ppdev bridge stp bnep input_polldev kvm_intel kvm snd_hwdep sbp2 lp parport snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy arc4 snd_seq_oss ecb snd_seq_midi pata_pcmcia snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event iwlagn iwlcore snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device led_class snd pcmcia mac80211 soundcore yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core dcdbas iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support psmouse btusb snd_page_alloc cfg80211 pcspkr serio_raw joydev sha256_generic aes_x86_64 aes_generic cbc dm_crypt fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor squashfs unionfs nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat usbhid usb_storage ohci1394 ieee1394 tg3 video output intel_agp Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700189] Pid: 10015, comm: kvm Tainted:G W 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700191] RIP: 0010:[] [] rmap_write_protect+0x325/0x340 [kvm] Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700207] RSP: 0018:ffff8800b5023a38 EFLAGS: 00010246 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700209] RAX: ffffc20014d971f0 RBX: 000000000001493e RCX: ffff88011dc3f030 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700210] RDX: 00000000edbfa63e RSI: 09bf570aedbfa63e RDI: ffff88005992dc30 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700212] RBP: ffff8800b5023a58 R08: ffff880059c2f0a0 R09: ffff88005b3f8001 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700213] R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700215] R13: ffff88005dd48840 R14: ffff8800b5028000 R15: ffff88005d0b8000 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700217] FS: 00007f28bcb21950(0000) GS:ffffffff80aa3000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700219] CS: 0010 DS: 002b ES: 002b CR0: 0000000080050033 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700220] CR2: 0000000007c6d38c CR3: 000000005dcfe000 CR4: 00000000000026a0 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700222] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700223] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700225] Process kvm (pid: 10015, threadinfo ffff8800b5022000, task ffff88002518c320) Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700227] Stack: Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700228] 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 ffff88005dd48840 ffff88005dd48840 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700231] ffff8800b5023ab8 ffffffffa03e8286 ffff8800b5028000 000000000000029a Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700234] 000000005d0b8000 000000000001493e ffff8800b5028000 0000000000000001 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700238] Call Trace: Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700240] [] kvm_mmu_get_page+0x416/0x460 [kvm] Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700248] [] paging64_page_fault+0x280/0x510 [kvm] Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700257] [] kvm_mmu_page_fault+0x1a/0xb0 [kvm] Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700265] [] handle_exception+0x377/0x420 [kvm_intel] Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700272] [] kvm_handle_exit+0x121/0x2e0 [kvm_intel] Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700276] [] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x69c/0xbd0 [kvm] Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700285] [] ? futex_wait+0x379/0x4b0 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700291] [] ? __wake_up_common+0x5a/0x90 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700295] [] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x2e2/0x5a0 [kvm] Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700303] [] ? _spin_lock+0x9/0x10 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700307] [] ? futex_wake+0xf8/0x130 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700309] [] vfs_ioctl+0x31/0xa0 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700313] [] do_vfs_ioctl+0x75/0x230 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700315] [] sys_ioctl+0x99/0xa0 Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700318] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700321] Code: 48 8b 76 20 48 85 f6 75 cd e9 45 fd ff ff 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 76 20 48 89 d1 48 85 f6 75 b4 0f1f 40 00 e9 28 fd ff ff <0f> 0b eb fe 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 0f 0b eb fe 0f 1f 4000 0f 0b Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700348] RIP [] rmap_write_protect+0x325/0x340 [kvm] Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700356] RSP Apr 23 22:26:40 aethereal kernel: [19723.700359] ---[ end trace c637ce30457bf64b ]---