On 09/22/2020 06:55 AM, Suganath Prabu Subramani wrote: > >> User space utilities should be sending fw upload /ioctl commands. >> In case if you are using an older utility, please switch to storcli/scrtnycli. >> Also let us know the utility used in your server. Eventually found sas2ircu. removing it from my system appears to have made the crashes disappear. Unclear if this means that it was loading/using the ioctl incorrectly or this remains a kernel bug. root@mercury:/etc# !lsof lsof|grep mpt poll_mpt3 612 root cwd DIR 8,3 312 128 / poll_mpt3 612 root rtd DIR 8,3 312 128 / poll_mpt3 612 root txt unknown /proc/612/exe sas2ircu 1096 root 3u CHR 10,222 0t0 11796 /dev/mpt3ctl root@mercury:/etc# dpkg -S sas2ircu sas2ircu-status: /usr/share/doc/sas2ircu-status/copyright sas2ircu-status: /usr/share/doc/sas2ircu-status/README.Debian sas2ircu-status: /usr/share/doc/sas2ircu-status sas2ircu-status: /usr/share/doc/sas2ircu-status/changelog.gz sas2ircu: /usr/share/doc/sas2ircu/copyright sas2ircu: /usr/share/doc/sas2ircu/changelog.Debian.gz sas2ircu-status: /usr/sbin/sas2ircu-status sas2ircu-status: /etc/init.d/sas2ircu-statusd sas2ircu: /usr/share/doc/sas2ircu sas2ircu: /usr/share/doc/sas2ircu/changelog.gz sas2ircu-status: /usr/share/man/man8/sas2ircu-status.8.gz sas2ircu: /usr/share/doc/sas2ircu/SAS2IRCU_User_Guide.pdf sas2ircu: /usr/sbin/sas2ircu root@mercury:/etc# apt show sas2ircu Package: sas2ircu Version: 16.00.00.00-2+Debian.buster.10 Priority: optional Section: admin Source: sas2ircu (16.00.00.00-2) Maintainer: Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) <gandalf@xxxxxxxxxxx> Installed-Size: 1,495 kB Download-Size: 883 kB APT-Manual-Installed: yes APT-Sources: http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian buster/main amd64 Packages Description: LSI Logic Fusion MPT SAS2 command line management tool Tool to read and setup LSI Logic Fusion MTP SAS2 HW RAID HBAs (mpt2sas driver).