bad page state - amavisd

I just logged into my server and ran dmesg to see if there were any errors to the console. I found the following and was wondering if it was important

Bad page state at prep_new_page (in process 'amavisd', page 000001009dd614e0)
flags:0x01000004 mapping:0000000001000000 mapcount:0 count:0
Backtrace:

Call Trace:<ffffffff8015da73>{bad_page+112} <ffffffff8015e431>{buffered_rmqueue+520}
<ffffffff8015e56f>{__alloc_pages+211} <ffffffff801696ee>{do_wp_page+484}
<ffffffff8016a864>{handle_mm_fault+1235} <ffffffff8015ce9d>{generic_file_aio_read+48}
<ffffffff80179bc1>{do_sync_read+178} <ffffffff801880ce>{may_open+87}
<ffffffff801243f4>{do_page_fault+520} <ffffffff80135c64>{autoremove_wake_function+0}
<ffffffff80193eec>{dnotify_parent+34} <ffffffff80179ce5>{vfs_read+248}
<ffffffff80110d91>{error_exit+0}
Trying to fix it up, but a reboot is needed


If the Zimbra team is interested in trying to get more info I'd be more than willing to help.

ZCS-NE 4.5.5/RHEL4

I'd suggest you do a memory check on your system first to make sure it's all OK.

[edit]I assume this has just started happening? Any other problems in the logs?

yes the problem just started happening, i found similar messages w/timestamps in /var/log/messages

[root@mail log]# grep -i kernel messages
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel: Bad page state at prep_new_page (in process 'amavisd', page 000001009dd614e0)
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel: flags:0x01000004 mapping:0000000001000000 mapcount:0 count:0
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel: Backtrace:
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel:
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel: Call Trace:<ffffffff8015da73>{bad_page+112} <ffffffff8015e431>{buffered_rmqueue+520}
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel: <ffffffff8015e56f>{__alloc_pages+211} <ffffffff801696ee>{do_wp_page+484}
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel: <ffffffff8016a864>{handle_mm_fault+1235} <ffffffff8015ce9d>{generic_file_aio_read+48}
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel: <ffffffff80179bc1>{do_sync_read+178} <ffffffff801880ce>{may_open+87}
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel: <ffffffff801243f4>{do_page_fault+520} <ffffffff80135c64>{autoremove_wake_function+0}
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel: <ffffffff80193eec>{dnotify_parent+34} <ffffffff80179ce5>{vfs_read+248}
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel: <ffffffff80110d91>{error_exit+0}
Jun 20 14:21:56 mail kernel: Trying to fix it up, but a reboot is needed

i also checked /var/log/messages.* and didn't find any other messages like this. I'm running with 3 sticks of Kingston DDR400 (1024/1024/512). I dont know if i could pull the machine down long enough to run something like memtest.

I haven't seen any problems like this other than with memory (although I could be wrong), I'd still recommend you take the server down for a check.