kmem_cache_alloc panic in 3.10+

From: dormando
Date: Sat Jan 18 2014 - 03:44:27 EST


Hello again!

We've had a rare crash that's existed between 3.10.0 and 3.10.15 at least
(trying newer stables now, but I can't tell if it was fixed, and it takes
weeks to reproduce).

Unfortunately I can only get 8k back from pstore. The panic looks a bit
longer than that is caught in the log, but the bottom part is almost
always this same trace as this one:

Panic#6 Part1
<4>[1197485.199166] [<ffffffff81611e8c>] tcp_push+0x6c/0x90
<4>[1197485.199171] [<ffffffff816160a9>] tcp_sendmsg+0x109/0xd40
<4>[1197485.199179] [<ffffffff81114b65>] ? put_page+0x35/0x40
<4>[1197485.199185] [<ffffffff8163bf75>] inet_sendmsg+0x45/0xb0
<4>[1197485.199191] [<ffffffff8159da7e>] sock_aio_write+0x11e/0x130
<4>[1197485.199196] [<ffffffff8163b83f>] ? inet_recvmsg+0x4f/0x80
<4>[1197485.199203] [<ffffffff811558ad>] do_sync_readv_writev+0x6d/0xa0
<4>[1197485.199209] [<ffffffff8115722b>] do_readv_writev+0xfb/0x2f0
<4>[1197485.199215] [<ffffffff8110fda5>] ? __free_pages+0x35/0x40
<4>[1197485.199220] [<ffffffff8110fe56>] ? free_pages+0x46/0x50
<4>[1197485.199226] [<ffffffff8112f9e2>] ? SyS_mincore+0x152/0x690
<4>[1197485.199231] [<ffffffff81157468>] vfs_writev+0x48/0x60
<4>[1197485.199236] [<ffffffff811575af>] SyS_writev+0x5f/0xd0
<4>[1197485.199243] [<ffffffff816cf942>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
<4>[1197485.199247] Code: 65 4c 03 04 25 c8 cb 00 00 49 8b 50 08 4d 8b 28 49 8b 40 10 4d 85 ed 0f 84 84 00 00 00 48 85 c0 74 7f 49 63 44 24 20 49 8b 3c 24 <49> 8b 5c 05 00 48 8d 4a 01 4c 89 e8 65 48 0f c7 0f 0f 94 c0 3c
<1>[1197485.199290] RIP [<ffffffff811476da>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x5a/0x130
<4>[1197485.199296] RSP <ffff883171211868>
<4>[1197485.199299] CR2: 0000000100000000
<4>[1197485.199343] ---[ end trace 90fee06aa40b7304 ]---
<1>[1197485.263911] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000100000000
<1>[1197485.263923] IP: [<ffffffff811476da>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x5a/0x130
<4>[1197485.263932] PGD 3f43e5c067 PUD 0
<4>[1197485.263937] Oops: 0000 [#5] SMP
<4>[1197485.263941] Modules linked in: ntfs vfat msdos fat macvlan bridge coretemp crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel gpio_ich microcode sb_edac edac_core lpc_ich mfd_core ixgbe igb i2c_algo_bit mdio ptp pps_core
<4>[1197485.263966] CPU: 0 PID: 233846 Comm: cache-worker Tainted: G D 3.10.15 #1
<4>[1197485.263972] Hardware name: Supermicro X9DR3-F/X9DR3-F, BIOS 2.0a 03/07/2013
<4>[1197485.263976] task: ffff883427f9dc00 ti: ffff8830d4312000 task.ti: ffff8830d4312000
<4>[1197485.263982] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff811476da>] [<ffffffff811476da>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x5a/0x130
<4>[1197485.263990] RSP: 0018:ffff881fffc038c8 EFLAGS: 00010286
<4>[1197485.263994] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff81c8c740 RCX: 00000000ffffffff
<4>[1197485.263999] RDX: 0000000029273024 RSI: 0000000000000020 RDI: 0000000000015680
<4>[1197485.264004] RBP: ffff881fffc03908 R08: ffff881fffc15680 R09: ffffffff815bdd4b
<4>[1197485.264009] R10: ffff881c65d21800 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff881fff803800
<4>[1197485.264014] R13: 0000000100000000 R14: 00000000ffffffff R15: 0000000000000000
<4>[1197485.264019] FS: 00007f8d855eb700(0000) GS:ffff881fffc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
<4>[1197485.264024] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
<4>[1197485.264028] CR2: 0000000100000000 CR3: 000000308f258000 CR4: 00000000000407f0
<4>[1197485.264032] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
<4>[1197485.264037] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
<4>[1197485.264041] Stack:
<4>[1197485.264044] ffff881fffc03928 00000020815d0d95 ffff881fffc03938 ffffffff81c8c740
<4>[1197485.264050] ffff881fce210000 0000000000000001 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
<4>[1197485.264056] ffff881fffc03958 ffffffff815bdd4b ffff881fffc039a8 0000000000000000
<4>[1197485.264063] Call Trace:
<4>[1197485.264066] <IRQ>
<4>[1197485.264069] [<ffffffff815bdd4b>] dst_alloc+0x5b/0x190
<4>[1197485.264080] [<ffffffff8160068c>] rt_dst_alloc+0x4c/0x50
<4>[1197485.264085] [<ffffffff81602a30>] __ip_route_output_key+0x270/0x880
<4>[1197485.264092] [<ffffffff8107ee7e>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x23e/0x2b0
<4>[1197485.264097] [<ffffffff81603067>] ip_route_output_flow+0x27/0x60
<4>[1197485.264102] [<ffffffff8160ab8a>] ip_queue_xmit+0x36a/0x390
<4>[1197485.264108] [<ffffffff816207c5>] tcp_transmit_skb+0x485/0x890
<4>[1197485.264113] [<ffffffff81621aa1>] tcp_send_ack+0xf1/0x130
<4>[1197485.264118] [<ffffffff81618d7e>] __tcp_ack_snd_check+0x5e/0xa0
<4>[1197485.264123] [<ffffffff8161f2c2>] tcp_rcv_state_process+0x8b2/0xb20
<4>[1197485.264128] [<ffffffff81627e61>] tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x191/0x4f0
<4>[1197485.264133] [<ffffffff8162984c>] tcp_v4_rcv+0x5fc/0x750
<4>[1197485.264138] [<ffffffff81604c80>] ? ip_rcv+0x350/0x350
<4>[1197485.264143] [<ffffffff815e45cd>] ? nf_hook_slow+0x7d/0x160
<4>[1197485.264147] [<ffffffff81604c80>] ? ip_rcv+0x350/0x350
<4>[1197485.264152] [<ffffffff81604d4e>] ip_local_deliver_finish+0xce/0x250
<4>[1197485.264156] [<ffffffff81604f1c>] ip_local_deliver+0x4c/0x80
<4>[1197485.264161] [<ffffffff816045a9>] ip_rcv_finish+0x119/0x360
<4>[1197485.264165] [<ffffffff81604b60>] ip_rcv+0x230/0x350
<4>[1197485.264170] [<ffffffff815b89f7>] __netif_receive_skb_core+0x477/0x600
<4>[1197485.264175] [<ffffffff815b8ba7>] __netif_receive_skb+0x27/0x70
<4>[1197485.264180] [<ffffffff815b8ce4>] process_backlog+0xf4/0x1e0
<4>[1197485.264184] [<ffffffff815b94e5>] net_rx_action+0xf5/0x250
<4>[1197485.264190] [<ffffffff81053b7f>] __do_softirq+0xef/0x270
<4>[1197485.264196] [<ffffffff816d0b7c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
<4>[1197485.264199] <EOI>
<4>[1197485.264201] [<ffffffff81004495>] do_softirq+0x55/0x90
<4>[1197485.264209] [<ffffffff81053a84>] local_bh_enable+0x94/0xa0
<4>[1197485.264215] [<ffffffff8165567a>] ipt_do_table+0x22a/0x680
<4>[1197485.264221] [<ffffffff815d39c1>] ? skb_clone_tx_timestamp+0x31/0x110
<4>[1197485.264231] [<ffffffffa00ae840>] ? ixgbe_xmit_frame_ring+0x4c0/0xd40 [ixgbe]
<4>[1197485.264239] [<ffffffffa00af103>] ? ixgbe_xmit_frame+0x43/0x90 [ixgbe]
<4>[1197485.264245] [<ffffffff81657a23>] iptable_raw_hook+0x33/0x70
<4>[1197485.264252] [<ffffffff815e43a7>] nf_iterate+0x87/0xb0
<4>[1197485.264256] [<ffffffff81607e20>] ? ip_options_echo+0x420/0x420
<4>[1197485.264261] [<ffffffff815e45cd>] nf_hook_slow+0x7d/0x160
<4>[1197485.264266] [<ffffffff81607e20>] ? ip_options_echo+0x420/0x420
<4>[1197485.264270] [<ffffffff8160a430>] __ip_local_out+0xa0/0xb0
<4>[1197485.264275] [<ffffffff8160a456>] ip_local_out+0x16/0x30
<4>[1197485.264280] [<ffffffff8160a97a>] ip_queue_xmit+0x15a/0x390
<4>[1197485.264286] [<ffffffff81625e73>] ? tcp_v4_md5_lookup+0x13/0x20
<4>[1197485.264290] [<ffffffff816207c5>] tcp_transmit_skb+0x485/0x890
<4>[1197485.264295] [<ffffffff81622e08>] tcp_write_xmit+0x1b8/0xa50
<4>[1197485.264300] [<ffffffff815a7e28>] ? __alloc_skb+0xa8/0x1f0
<4>[1197485.264304] [<ffffffff816236d0>] tcp_push_one+0x30/0x40
<4>[1197485.264309] [<ffffffff81616b84>] tcp_sendmsg+0xbe4/0xd40
<4>[1197485.264315] [<ffffffff81114b65>] ? put_page+0x35/0x40
<4>[1197485.264321] [<ffffffff8163bf75>] inet_sendmsg+0x45/0xb0
<4>[1197485.264326] [<ffffffff8159da7e>] sock_aio_write+0x11e/0x130
<4>[1197485.264331] [<ffffffff8163b83f>] ? inet_recvmsg+0x4f/0x80
<4>[1197485.264337] [<ffffffff811558ad>] do_sync_readv_writev+0x6d/0xa0
<4>[1197485.264343] [<ffffffff8115722b>] do_readv_writev+0xfb/0x2f0
<4>[1197485.264347] [<ffffffff8110fda5>] ? __free_pages+0x35/0x40
<4>[1197485.264352] [<ffffffff8110fe56>] ? free_pages+0x46/0x50
<4>[1197485.264357] [<ffffffff8112f9e2>] ? SyS_mincore+0x152/0x690
<4>[1197485.264363] [<ffffffff81157468>] vfs_writev+0x48/0x60
<4>[1197485.264367] [<ffffffff811575af>] SyS_writev+0x5f/0xd0
<4>[1197485.264373] [<ffffffff816cf942>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
<4>[1197485.264377] Code: 65 4c 03 04 25 c8 cb 00 00 49 8b 50 08 4d 8b 28 49 8b 40 10 4d 85 ed 0f 84 84 00 00 00 48 85 c0 74 7f 49 63 44 24 20 49 8b 3c 24 <49> 8b 5c 05 00 48 8d 4a 01 4c 89 e8 65 48 0f c7 0f 0f 94 c0 3c
<1>[1197485.264417] RIP [<ffffffff811476da>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x5a/0x130
<4>[1197485.264424] RSP <ffff881fffc038c8>
<4>[1197485.264427] CR2: 0000000100000000
<4>[1197485.264431] ---[ end trace 90fee06aa40b7305 ]---
<0>[1197485.325141] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

... way down in the tcp code.

Any help would be appreciated :) I'll do what I can to help, but iterating
this particular crash is very hard due to the amount of time it takes to
reproduce. Since we have a large number of machines they're always
crashing here and there, but once they do it's not going to happen again
for a while.

Thanks!
-Dormando
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