On Fri, 5 Aug 2011, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Friday, August 05, 2011, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > Hi > > > > I just experienced a kernel crash when trying to suspend my Lenovo > > Thinkpad T510 (model 4384-GJG) laptop. > > > > Normally I just shut the lid and the little moon icon lights up telling me > > that the laptop has suspended. This time was different; the moon icon > > didn't light up as it usually does, so I opened the lid again and found a > > kernel crash dump on the screen. The machine was completely dead at this > > point, so all I could do was take a photo of the screen - nothing had made > > it to the log files either (checked after a reboot). > > > > The image I took of the screen with the crash info is available here: > > http://personal.chaosbits.net/suspend-crash.jpg > > > > The kernel version is 2.6.39.3 > > The kernel config is attached as '2.6.39.3-config.gz' > > The distribution is Arch Linux 64bit. > > > > Here is a partial transcript of the image (typed in manually, so check the > > image if you suspect an error - I also left out function addresses/offsets > > and other details before/after the backtrace to save me some typing, so > > check the image for the full details) : > > > > Call Trace: > > ? wq_worker_sleeping > > schedule > > ? cfq_put_queue > > ? cic_free_func > > ? kmem_cache_free > > ? put_io_context > > do_exit > > oops_end > > die > > do_trap > > do_invalid_op > > ? free_msi_irqs > > ? find_busiest_group > > ? pci_conf1_write > > pci_disable_msi > > e1000e_reset_interrupt_capabillity > > __e1000_runtime_suspend > > ? __switch_to > > pci_pm_runtime_suspend > > ? pci_legacy_suspend_late > > rpm_callback > > ? schedule > > rpm_suspend > > ? linkwatch_do_dev > > ? pm_schedule_suspend > > pm_runtime_work > > process_one_work > > worker_thread > > ? manage_workers.isra.29 > > kthread > > kernel_thread_helper > > ? kthread_worker > > ? gs_change > > > > I've not experienced this before with this kernel, nor with earlier or > > newer ones, so it's not exactely reproducible on demand, so it's anyones > > guess when this was introduced (or if it's been there for ages, just > > triggers rarely)... > > > > One detail that may be relevant; normally when I suspend the laptop I do > > so before unplugging any cables or suspend after not having anything > > plugged in for ages (or at all). This time I was in a hurry, so I quickly > > unplugged the power, 3 usb cables and the ethernet cable and then quickly > > slammed the lid shut. Not sure if that has an impact on triggering this > > though. I tried reproducing that scenario 4-5 times, but the laptop > > suspended fine when I did that. > > > > If you require further information then please let me know and I'll be > > happy to provide it. > > > > I'll of course try to submit more details if it happens again, but if > > someone has a good guess as to how to provoke it or an idea for a fix I'd > > sure like to know. > > I don't know how to fix it yet, but I think I know what the problem is. > Namely, a runtime suspend of the Ethernet adapter as occured in parallel with > the system-wide suspend and they clashed. The runtime suspend has probably > been provoked by detaching the Ethernet cable from the box. For them to clash in that way would mean that the PM workqueue didn't get frozen. Is that possible? Alan Stern _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
