Hi, It's better to report ACPI failues to linux-acpi. On Wednesday, August 17, 2011, Rick Warner wrote: > Hi all, > > I am getting a kernel oops/panic on a dual xeon system that is the master of a > 60 node HPC cluster. This is happening while stress testing the system > including significant network traffic. The OS is openSuse 11.4. > > We are running a custom compiled 2.6.39.3 kernel on the systems due to a bug > in the stock kernel 11.4 provided (igb driver related). After 1-3 days of > heavy testing, the master node locks up with the caps lock and scroll lock > keys on the keyboard blinking with the following output captured via a serial > console: > > [381920.681113] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at > (null) > [381920.689067] IP: [<ffffffff812a7510>] acpi_atomic_read+0xe3/0x120 > [381920.695187] PGD 30c27a067 PUD 16efe6067 PMD 0 > [381920.699782] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP > [381920.703866] last sysfs file: > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu15/cache/index2/shared_cpu_map > [381920.711868] CPU 6 > [381920.713800] Modules linked in: md5 ipmi_devintf ipmi_si ipmi_msghandler > nfsd lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_mangle > iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter > ip_tables x_tables af_packet edd cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace > cpufreq_powersave acpi_cpufreq mperf xfs dm_mod ioatdma i7core_edac edac_core > sr_mod cdrom joydev igb i2c_i801 sg button ghes hed iTCO_wdt > iTCO_vendor_support dca pcspkr ext4 jbd2 crc16 raid456 async_raid6_recov > async_pq raid6_pq async_xor xor async_memcpy async_tx raid10 raid1 raid0 fan > processor thermal thermal_sys ata_generic pata_atiixp arcmsr > [381920.771623] > [381920.773210] Pid: 12701, comm: cluster Not tainted 2.6.39.3-microwaycustom > #1 Supermicro X8DTH-i/6/iF/6F/X8DTH > [381920.783292] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff812a7510>] [<ffffffff812a7510>] > acpi_atomic_read+0xe3/0x120 > [381920.791853] RSP: 0000:ffff88063fc47d98 EFLAGS: 00010046 > [381920.797260] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000bf7b5ff0 RCX: ffffffff81a3cdd0 > [381920.804486] RDX: 00000000bf7b6010 RSI: 00000000bf7b6000 RDI: > ffff88062d4b95c0 > [381920.811712] RBP: ffff88063fc47dc8 R08: ffff88063fc47d98 R09: 0000000000000002 > [381920.818940] R10: 0000000000000083 R11: 0000000000000010 R12: > ffffc90003044c20 > [381920.826168] R13: ffff88063fc47de0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: > 0000000000000000 > [381920.833392] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88063fc40000(0000) > knlGS:0000000000000000 > [381920.841571] CS: 0010 DS: 002b ES: 002b CR0: 0000000080050033 > [381920.847409] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000001d2d0f000 CR4: > 00000000000006e0 > [381920.854635] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: > 0000000000000000 > [381920.861861] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 > [381920.869088] Process cluster (pid: 12701, threadinfo ffff880028284000, task > ffff880550184380) > [381920.877608] Stack: > [381920.879717] ffffffff81a3cdd0 00000000bf7b5ff0 ffff88062b2cc140 ffffc90003044ca8 > [381920.887288] ffff88062b2cc140 0000000000000001 ffff88063fc47e08 ffffffffa002b21f > [381920.894862] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff88062b2cc140 > 0000000000000000 > [381920.902435] Call Trace: > [381920.904969] <NMI> > [381920.907201] [<ffffffffa002b21f>] ghes_read_estatus+0x2f/0x170 [ghes] > [381920.913726] [<ffffffffa002b618>] ghes_notify_nmi+0xd8/0x1b0 [ghes] > [381920.920076] [<ffffffff8151a14f>] notifier_call_chain+0x3f/0x80 > [381920.926080] [<ffffffff8151a1d8>] __atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x48/0x70 > [381920.932864] [<ffffffff8151a211>] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x11/0x20 > [381920.939473] [<ffffffff8151a24e>] notify_die+0x2e/0x30 > [381920.944691] [<ffffffff81517bd2>] do_nmi+0xa2/0x270 > [381920.949649] [<ffffffff81517550>] nmi+0x20/0x30 > [381920.954269] [<ffffffff8102ae8a>] ? native_write_msr_safe+0xa/0x10 > [381920.960536] <<EOE>> > [381920.962725] <IRQ> > [381920.965132] [<ffffffff8101131e>] intel_pmu_disable_all+0x3e/0x120 > [381920.971399] [<ffffffff81010d5a>] x86_pmu_disable+0x4a/0x50 > [381920.977066] [<ffffffff810e7f2b>] perf_pmu_disable+0x2b/0x40 > [381920.982817] [<ffffffff810ee828>] perf_event_task_tick+0x218/0x270 > [381920.989082] [<ffffffff81046f4d>] scheduler_tick+0xdd/0x2c0 > [381920.994740] [<ffffffff81067097>] update_process_times+0x67/0x80 > [381921.000832] [<ffffffff81089eef>] tick_sched_timer+0x5f/0xc0 > [381921.006578] [<ffffffff81089e90>] ? tick_nohz_handler+0x100/0x100 > [381921.012758] [<ffffffff8107db3d>] __run_hrtimer+0x12d/0x280 > [381921.018414] [<ffffffff8107dea7>] hrtimer_interrupt+0xb7/0x1e0 > [381921.024343] [<ffffffff810206d7>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x67/0xa0 > [381921.030793] [<ffffffff8151e3f3>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20 > [381921.036891] <EOI> > [381921.038913] Code: fc 10 74 1f 77 08 41 80 fc 08 75 48 eb 0e 41 80 fc 20 74 > 17 41 80 fc 40 75 3a eb 15 8a 00 0f b6 c0 eb 11 66 8b 00 0f b7 c0 eb 09 <8b> > 00 89 c0 eb 03 48 8b 00 49 89 45 00 e8 8e 2b e2 ff eb 1b 0f > [381921.059462] RIP [<ffffffff812a7510>] acpi_atomic_read+0xe3/0x120 > [381921.065669] RSP <ffff88063fc47d98> > [381921.069242] CR2: 0000000000000000 > [381921.072645] ---[ end trace 52697bfc73a34a90 ]--- > [381921.077343] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt > [381921.083784] Pid: 12701, comm: cluster Tainted: G D 2.6.39.3- > microwaycustom #1 > [381921.091788] Call Trace: > [381921.094333] <NMI> [<ffffffff81513300>] panic+0x9f/0x1da > [381921.099881] [<ffffffff81517f8c>] oops_end+0xdc/0xf0 > [381921.104952] [<ffffffff81032b91>] no_context+0xf1/0x260 > [381921.110277] [<ffffffff81032e55>] __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x155/0x200 > [381921.116739] [<ffffffff81032f0e>] bad_area_nosemaphore+0xe/0x10 > [381921.122766] [<ffffffff81519f46>] do_page_fault+0x366/0x530 > [381921.128440] [<ffffffff810ee929>] ? __perf_event_overflow+0xa9/0x220 > [381921.134896] [<ffffffff810ef99b>] ? perf_event_update_userpage+0x9b/0xe0 > [381921.141698] [<ffffffff81012249>] ? intel_pmu_enable_all+0xc9/0x1a0 > [381921.148061] [<ffffffff810123ff>] ? x86_perf_event_set_period+0xdf/0x170 > [381921.154852] [<ffffffff81517295>] page_fault+0x25/0x30 > [381921.160081] [<ffffffff812a7510>] ? acpi_atomic_read+0xe3/0x120 > [381921.166094] [<ffffffff812a7486>] ? acpi_atomic_read+0x59/0x120 > [381921.172107] [<ffffffffa002b21f>] ghes_read_estatus+0x2f/0x170 [ghes] > [381921.178639] [<ffffffffa002b618>] ghes_notify_nmi+0xd8/0x1b0 [ghes] > [381921.185004] [<ffffffff8151a14f>] notifier_call_chain+0x3f/0x80 > [381921.191003] [<ffffffff8151a1d8>] __atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x48/0x70 > [381921.197789] [<ffffffff8151a211>] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x11/0x20 > [381921.204399] [<ffffffff8151a24e>] notify_die+0x2e/0x30 > [381921.209624] [<ffffffff81517bd2>] do_nmi+0xa2/0x270 > [381921.214584] [<ffffffff81517550>] nmi+0x20/0x30 > [381921.219208] [<ffffffff8102ae8a>] ? native_write_msr_safe+0xa/0x10 > [381921.225470] <<EOE>> <IRQ> [<ffffffff8101131e>] > intel_pmu_disable_all+0x3e/0x120 > [381921.233174] [<ffffffff81010d5a>] x86_pmu_disable+0x4a/0x50 > [381921.238836] [<ffffffff810e7f2b>] perf_pmu_disable+0x2b/0x40 > [381921.244582] [<ffffffff810ee828>] perf_event_task_tick+0x218/0x270 > [381921.250855] [<ffffffff81046f4d>] scheduler_tick+0xdd/0x2c0 > [381921.256520] [<ffffffff81067097>] update_process_times+0x67/0x80 > [381921.262618] [<ffffffff81089eef>] tick_sched_timer+0x5f/0xc0 > [381921.268363] [<ffffffff81089e90>] ? tick_nohz_handler+0x100/0x100 > [381921.274540] [<ffffffff8107db3d>] __run_hrtimer+0x12d/0x280 > [381921.280198] [<ffffffff8107dea7>] hrtimer_interrupt+0xb7/0x1e0 > [381921.286125] [<ffffffff810206d7>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x67/0xa0 > [381921.292578] [<ffffffff8151e3f3>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20 > [381921.298673] <EOI> > > > I recompiled the kernel again, disabling the tickless feature as I saw "nohz" > early in the call trace. After that, it reproduced again but the call trace > only changed slightly having tick_init_highres in there instead of > tick_nohz_handler. I have that call trace if it is desired as well. It is > nearly identical though. > > I am currently trying a custom 2.6.36.4 on the system, but will need up to 3 > days before I know if the problem exists there as well. > > Any ideas on this? It looks like a wrong address in ghes_read_estatus(). I'll have a look at it later today. Thanks, Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html