PROBLEM: kernel oops when tickless. 2.6.28.x to 2.6.31.3
From: Craig Sanders
Date: Tue Oct 13 2009 - 05:17:18 EST
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I've been trying to switch to a tickless kernel on this one machine
since at least 2.6.28. Every time I run a tickless kernel, though,
I get a kernel oops within a few days (at most).
The *exact* same kernels work on 3 other machines on my home network
without a problem (I compile them on my fastest machine using debian's
make-kpkg and install the same kernel on all boxes, they're all fairly
similar). It's ONLY this one machine which oopses - this machine is my
combined pppoe internet gateway/server/personal desktop.
this machine is a Quad core AMD Phenom II 940 with 8GB RAM. Motherboard
is a Gigabyte M3A79-T Deluxe.
The other machines are all either dual or quad core AMD CPUs with either
4GB or 8GB RAM. All machines are running debian sid (unstable) and are
updated regularly (last update was on Sunday when i compiled, installed,
and rebooted them all with the new kernel).
the main things that this machine is running that the others aren't are:
1. pppoe
2. rsyslogd UDPServer, as a syslog server for the other machines and
various network devices (adsl modem, siemens gigaset phone, linksys
3102 ATA)
3. bind9
4. asterisk (although asterisk seems unaffected and unrelated)
5. /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward=1
6. iptables firewall rules
7. the kvm and kvm_amd modules (unlikely to be the cause because i've
only recently started compiling support for this in, and i'm not
actively using kvm on this machine yet)
8. this machine also has two network interfaces in use, one for the LAN
(eth0 - sky2) and one for pppoe (eth1 - r8169).
$ lspci | grep Ethernet
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
# PCI device 0x11ab:0x4364 (sky2)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:23:54:f3:86:8e", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
# PCI device 0x10ec:0x8168 (r8169)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:23:cd:b0:23:b9", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1"
The oopses nearly always mention both rsyslogd and "last sysfs file:
/sys/class/net/ppp0/statistics/collisions". Bind 9 also hangs (stops
responding to requests), which causes some dependent services (e.g.
postfix) to have problems until I notice and restart bind9...and then
manually restart affected services.
if i recompile the same kernel but go back to 250 or 1000 Hz ticks,
it can run for months without a problem...essentially until I decide
to upgrade the kernel, at which point i try tickless again.
nothing in particular seems to trigger it. there's nothing in the kernel
log immediately before the oops, and nothing unusual in the other logs.
I'd like to get this fixed, or at least find out what the problem is
and work around it....in the meantime, i'll be compiling a non-tickless
kernel for this machine (and upgrade to 2.6.31.4 at the same time) and
rebooting ASAP.
anyone have any ideas on what it might be?
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573785] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573791] IP: [<(null)>] (null)
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573793] PGD 227734067 PUD 22773b067 PMD 0
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573796] Oops: 0010 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573798] last sysfs file: /sys/class/net/ppp0/statistics/collisions
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573800] CPU 1
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573802] Modules linked in: xt_comment sch_ingress cls_u32 sch_sfq sch_htb pppoe pppox ppp_generic slhc binfmt_misc sco bridge stp llc bnep rfcomm l2cap vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv ipt_ULOG kvm_amd kvm powernow_k8 cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats xt_pkttype xt_recent xt_conntrack xt_multiport ipt_REDIRECT xt_tcpudp xt_state ipt_REJECT ipt_LOG iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables nfsd nfs lockd fscache nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc fuse xt_mac x_tables hwmon_vid lp parport nvidia(P) visor usbserial tun mt2060 snd_hda_codec_analog snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss dvb_usb_dib0700 snd_pcm dib7000p dib7000m dvb_usb dvb_core snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss dib3000mc dibx000_common snd_seq_midi dib0070 firewire_ohci asus_atk0110 firewire_core snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq ohci1394 hwmon snd_timer snd_seq_device pcspkr ieee1394 i2c_piix4 snd rtc_cmos r8169 soundcore btus
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: b mii snd_page_alloc evdev sky2 thermal button usblp usb_storage sg ub amd64_edac_mod bluetooth sr_mod processor rfkill
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573854] Pid: 23870, comm: rsyslogd Tainted: P 2.6.31.3 #1 System Product Name
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573855] RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>] [<(null)>] (null)
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573857] RSP: 0018:ffff8800be83bbf0 EFLAGS: 00010246
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573859] RAX: ffff88019c0d37a0 RBX: 0000000000000179 RCX: ffff88022dc68038
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573860] RDX: ffffffff81432ac0 RSI: ffff88022dc68000 RDI: ffff88019c0d3700
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573862] RBP: 00000000fffffe88 R08: ffff8801f5e3b980 R09: 0000000000000000
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573863] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: ffff88019c0d3700
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573864] R13: ffff88022dc68000 R14: ffff8801f5e3b700 R15: ffff8801d4c818c0
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573866] FS: 00007fa29c930950(0000) GS:ffff880028050000(0000) knlGS:0000000000e4fb90
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573868] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573869] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000227791000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573870] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573872] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573873] Process rsyslogd (pid: 23870, threadinfo ffff8800be83a000, task ffff88015e828000)
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573875] Stack:
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573876] ffffffff81432b43 ffff88022dc68000 0000000000000000 ffff8800be83bee8
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573878] <0> ffffffff814370cc ffff88022dc68000 ffffffff81436de9 ffff8801f5e3b700
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573880] <0> ffffffff8143a48c ffff8800be83bc68 ffffffff814b5102 0000000000000058
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573883] Call Trace:
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573889] [<ffffffff81432b43>] ? sock_wfree+0x83/0x90
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573892] [<ffffffff814370cc>] ? skb_release_head_state+0x5c/0x110
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573894] [<ffffffff81436de9>] ? __kfree_skb+0x9/0xa0
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573896] [<ffffffff8143a48c>] ? skb_free_datagram+0xc/0x40
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573900] [<ffffffff814b5102>] ? unix_dgram_recvmsg+0x202/0x330
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573902] [<ffffffff8142f1f5>] ? sock_recvmsg+0xd5/0x100
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573905] [<ffffffff8103ca32>] ? enqueue_entity+0x12/0x140
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573909] [<ffffffff8105f200>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x30
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573913] [<ffffffff810d039f>] ? core_sys_select+0x28f/0x350
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573916] [<ffffffff8106f101>] ? do_futex+0x711/0xa70
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573918] [<ffffffff8100be4e>] ? common_interrupt+0xe/0x13
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573921] [<ffffffff814711e0>] ? tcp_poll+0x0/0x160
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573923] [<ffffffff8142e962>] ? sockfd_lookup_light+0x22/0x80
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573925] [<ffffffff81430789>] ? sys_recvfrom+0xe9/0x180
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573927] [<ffffffff8103c4c5>] ? set_next_entity+0x35/0x80
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573929] [<ffffffff810419a2>] ? finish_task_switch+0x102/0x130
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573931] [<ffffffff810d06f3>] ? sys_select+0x63/0x110
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573933] [<ffffffff8100b4c2>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573934] Code: Bad RIP value.
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573939] RIP [<(null)>] (null)
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573940] RSP <ffff8800be83bbf0>
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573941] CR2: 0000000000000000
Oct 13 14:10:02 taz kernel: [170654.573943] ---[ end trace f32dd62a9c839c8c ]---
$ sh scripts/ver_linux
If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version.
Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes.
Linux ganesh 2.6.31.3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Oct 11 10:50:25 EST 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Gnu C 4.3.4
Gnu make 3.81
binutils 2.19.91.20091006
util-linux 2.16.1
mount support
module-init-tools 3.10
e2fsprogs 1.41.9
xfsprogs 3.0.4
pcmciautils 014
quota-tools 3.17.
Linux C Library 2.9
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.9
Procps 3.2.8
Net-tools 1.60
Console-tools 0.2.3
oprofile 0.9.5cvs
Sh-utils 7.5
wireless-tools 29
Modules Loaded xt_comment sch_ingress cls_u32 sch_sfq sch_htb pppoe pppox ppp_generic slhc binfmt_misc sco bridge stp llc bnep rfcomm l2cap ipt_ULOG kvm_amd kvm
powernow_k8 cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats xt_pkttype xt_recent xt_conntrack xt_multiport ipt_REDIRECT xt_tcpudp xt_state
ipt_REJECT ipt_LOG iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables nfsd nfs lockd fscache nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc fuse
xt_mac x_tables hwmon_vid lp parport nvidia visor usbserial tun mt2060 snd_hda_codec_analog snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss dvb_usb_dib0700
snd_pcm dib7000p dib7000m dvb_usb dvb_core snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss dib3000mc dibx000_common snd_seq_midi dib0070 firewire_ohci asus_atk0110 firewire_core snd_rawmidi
snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq ohci1394 hwmon snd_timer snd_seq_device pcspkr ieee1394 i2c_piix4 snd rtc_cmos r8169 soundcore btusb mii snd_page_alloc evdev sky2 thermal
button usblp usb_storage sg ub amd64_edac_mod bluetooth sr_mod processor rfkill
craig
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