Re: kernel oops and panic in acpi_atomic_read under 2.6.39.3. call trace included

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

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
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