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Corrupted low memory after Wake from Sleep mode

Got the following error message in dmesg when I resumed from suspend to ram:

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WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/check.c:134 check_for_bios_corruption+0xe5/0xf0()
Hardware name: G31M-ES2L
Memory corruption detected in low memory
Modules linked in: nvidia(P) rfcomm sco bridge stp llc bnep l2cap usbhid hid btusb bluetooth rfkill parport_pc ppdev cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand button thermal acpi_cpufreq freq_table processor led_class sg snd_hda_codec_realtek lp parport snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support snd_pcm snd_timer uhci_hcd snd soundcore ehci_hcd snd_page_alloc fuse r8169 mii evdev pcspkr usbcore i2c_i801 i2c_core intel_agp rtc_cmos rtc_core rtc_lib ext4 mbcache jbd2 crc16 sd_mod sr_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi floppy ata_piix libata scsi_mod
Pid: 7, comm: events/0 Tainted: P           2.6.33-ck #1
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff81048126>] warn_slowpath_common+0x76/0xb0
 [<ffffffff810481bc>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x3c/0x40
 [<ffffffff8102dbd5>] check_for_bios_corruption+0xe5/0xf0
 [<ffffffff8102dbe0>] ? check_corruption+0x0/0x30
 [<ffffffff8102dbe9>] check_corruption+0x9/0x30
 [<ffffffff81063873>] worker_thread+0x173/0x320
 [<ffffffff81068a10>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
 [<ffffffff81063700>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x320
 [<ffffffff8106849e>] kthread+0x8e/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8100ad24>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
 [<ffffffff81068410>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8100ad20>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10
---[ end trace 10d1540186ede85d ]---

SMBIOS 2.4 present.
BIOS Information
        Vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
        Version: F10
        Release Date: 09/29/2009
        Address: 0xE0000
        Runtime Size: 128 kB
        ROM Size: 512 kB
        Characteristics:
                PCI is supported
                PNP is supported
                APM is supported
                BIOS is upgradeable
                BIOS shadowing is allowed
                Boot from CD is supported
                Selectable boot is supported
                EDD is supported
                5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
                8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
                Serial services are supported (int 14h)
                Printer services are supported (int 17h)
                CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
                ACPI is supported
                USB legacy is supported
                LS-120 boot is supported
                ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported
                BIOS boot specification is supported
                Targeted content distribution is supported

What this error mean?

Last edited by cool (2010-05-10 14:28:09)