WARNING: at net/core/skbuff, tainted or not tainted the kern

As title.

I'm getting this message at boot using CentOS 6.3 and the latest kernel from linode.
> –----------[ cut here ]–----------

WARNING: at net/core/skbuff.c:3448 skbtrycoalesce+0x1f2/0x2fe()

Modules linked in:

Pid: 0, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.6.5-x86_64-linode28 #1

Call Trace:

[] warnslowpathcommon+0x80/0x98

[] warnslowpathnull+0x15/0x17

[] skbtrycoalesce+0x1f2/0x2fe

[] ? iptdotable+0x370/0x39c

[] tcptrycoalesce+0x4c/0xa4

[] tcpqueuercv+0x52/0x9a

[] tcprcvestablished+0x367/0x4f6

[] tcpv4do_rcv+0xc1/0x207

[] tcpv4rcv+0x469/0x71e

[] ? nfhookslow+0x67/0xfa

[] ? T.1083+0x4f/0x4f

[] iplocaldeliver_finish+0x13d/0x1ae

[] ? T.1083+0x4f/0x4f

[] T.1084+0x4c/0x53

[] iplocaldeliver+0x49/0x4d

[] iprcvfinish+0x2c6/0x2de

[] ? inetdelprotocol+0x37/0x37

[] T.1084+0x4c/0x53

[] ip_rcv+0x237/0x264

[] _netifreceive_skb+0x41e/0x46d

[] netifreceiveskb+0x71/0x78

[] handleincomingqueue+0x54/0xc9

[] xennet_poll+0x4ec/0x5b6

[] ? devkfreeskb_irq+0x57/0x5b

[] netrxaction+0xb6/0x22f

[] ? rawspin_lock+0x9/0xd

[] ? infoforirq+0x9/0x19

[] _dosoftirq+0xde/0x1d6

[] ? handleedgeirq+0xb8/0xca

[] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30

[] do_softirq+0x41/0x7e

[] irq_exit+0x44/0xb2

[] xenevtchndo_upcall+0x2f/0x3d

[] xendohypervisor_callback+0x1e/0x30

[] ? hypercall_page+0x3aa/0x1000

[] ? hypercall_page+0x3aa/0x1000

[] ? xensafehalt+0x10/0x1a

[] ? default_idle+0x4b/0x85

[] ? cpu_idle+0x65/0xa1

[] ? rest_init+0x6d/0x6f

[] ? start_kernel+0x337/0x344

[] ? kernel_init+0x130/0x130

[] ? x8664start_reservations+0xb8/0xbd

[] ? xenstartkernel+0x3b7/0x3be

–-[ end trace f15db969626eafe7 ]–-

What does it means?

Thanks.

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I see the same on one of my two Debian 6 Linodes at boot. (The other, configured almost exactly the same, doesn't show it.)

There doesn't seem to be any ill effects – the affected Linode runs fine.

Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: WARNING: at net/core/skbuff.c:3448 skb_try_coalesce+0x2cf/0x300()
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: Modules linked in:
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: Pid: 0, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.6.5-linode47 #1
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: Call Trace:
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0130fd8>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x78/0xb0
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c05c0faf>] ? skb_try_coalesce+0x2cf/0x300
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c05c0faf>] ? skb_try_coalesce+0x2cf/0x300
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c013102b>] ? warn_slowpath_null+0x1b/0x20
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c05c0faf>] ? skb_try_coalesce+0x2cf/0x300
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c066df0c>] ? tcp_queue_rcv+0xdc/0x130
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c06716f2>] ? tcp_rcv_established+0x222/0x5c0
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0659b40>] ? ip_rcv+0x330/0x330
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c06788e1>] ? tcp_v4_do_rcv+0xf1/0x1e0
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c06790d5>] ? tcp_v4_rcv+0x705/0x7f0
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0659b40>] ? ip_rcv+0x330/0x330
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0659bd8>] ? ip_local_deliver_finish+0x98/0x220
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0659b40>] ? ip_rcv+0x330/0x330
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c06595eb>] ? ip_rcv_finish+0xeb/0x310
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0659500>] ? inet_del_protocol+0x30/0x30
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c05c86fa>] ? __netif_receive_skb+0x41a/0x590
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c05ca0bf>] ? netif_receive_skb+0x1f/0x70
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0561149>] ? handle_incoming_queue+0x179/0x260
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0561454>] ? xennet_poll+0x224/0x540
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0190000>] ? prctl_set_seccomp+0x70/0x80
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c05caa0a>] ? net_rx_action+0xea/0x1a0
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0138720>] ? __do_softirq+0x90/0x140
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0138690>] ? irq_enter+0x70/0x70
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: <irq>[<c01384e6>] ? irq_exit+0x66/0x90
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c04e8a1d>] ? xen_evtchn_do_upcall+0x1d/0x30
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c076d887>] ? xen_do_upcall+0x7/0xc
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c01013a7>] ? hypercall_page+0x3a7/0x1000
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c010627f>] ? xen_safe_halt+0xf/0x20
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c01102ec>] ? default_idle+0x1c/0x40
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c011050a>] ? cpu_idle+0x4a/0x80
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0932a9c>] ? start_kernel+0x2e5/0x2ea
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0932632>] ? kernel_init+0x127/0x127
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: [<c0935a71>] ? xen_start_kernel+0x550/0x558
Dec 23 10:13:53 mars kernel: ---[ end trace 9b4cca322e7633d9 ]---</c0935a71></c0932632></c0932a9c></c011050a></c01102ec></c010627f></c01013a7></c076d887></c04e8a1d></c01384e6></irq></c0138690></c0138720></c05caa0a></c0190000></c0561454></c0561149></c05ca0bf></c05c86fa></c0659500></c06595eb></c0659b40></c0659bd8></c0659b40></c06790d5></c06788e1></c0659b40></c06716f2></c066df0c></c05c0faf></c013102b></c05c0faf></c05c0faf></c0130fd8> 

I solved by switching to the default centos kernel using pv-grub.

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