VMware Cloud Community
superbeps
Contributor
Contributor

BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 11s! [vmmemctl:4680]

Hello,

I'm running vmware ESXi 3.5.0 build 110271 on a IBM x3650.

I have 6 VM with Ubuntu LTS 8.04 that i costantly update.

Two of this VMs have 4 vCPU and 1 or two times a week i get this error (always on vmmemctl):

1 Time(s): http://458352.100665 BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 11s! [vmmemctl:4680]

1 Time(s): http://458352.133624 CPU 0:

1 Time(s): http://458352.133627 Modules linked in: vmmemctl iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables lp loop ipv6 container ac serio_raw intel_agp pcspkr i2c_piix4 evdev psmouse button i2c_core shpchp pci_hotplug parport_pc parport ext3 jbd mbcache sd_mod sg sr_mod cdrom floppy mptspi mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi ata_piix ata_generic pata_acpi libata scsi_mod dm_mirror dm_snapshot dm_mod thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse vmxnet

1 Time(s): http://458352.221810 Pid: 4680, comm: vmmemctl Not tainted 2.6.24-27-server #1

1 Time(s): http://458352.221886 RIP: 0010:[] :vmmemctl:Backdoor_InOut+0x1d/0x40

1 Time(s): http://458352.242155 RSP: 0018:ffff8100ee003dd8 EFLAGS: 00000246

1 Time(s): http://458352.242157 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8100370c4000 RCX: 00000000000e0002

1 Time(s): http://458352.242159 RDX: 0000000000005670 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00000000000033bc

1 Time(s): http://458352.242160 RBP: ffff8100ee003f08 R08: ffff8100ef8010d4 R09: 0000000000000052

1 Time(s): http://458352.242162 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000202

1 Time(s): http://458352.242163 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff810037d727f0 R15: ffffffff882aeb60

1 Time(s): http://458352.242168 FS: 00007fc2fc8a36e0(0000) GS:ffffffff805c6000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000

1 Time(s): http://458352.242169 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b

1 Time(s): http://458352.242171 CR2: 00007fc02d5d9383 CR3: 0000000000201000 CR4: 00000000000006e0

1 Time(s): http://458352.242175 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000

1 Time(s): http://458352.242183 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400

1 Time(s): http://458352.242184

1 Time(s): http://458352.242185 Call Trace:

1 Time(s): http://458352.277296 [] :vmmemctl:Balloon_AllocPage+0xfe/0x1b0

1 Time(s): http://458352.277323 [] :vmmemctl:Balloon_BH+0xe7/0x364

1 Time(s): http://458352.300581 collect_one_slot+0x20/0xb0

1 Time(s): http://458352.302963 process_timeout+0x0/0x10

1 Time(s): http://458352.304587 schedule_timeout+0x5a/0xd0

1 Time(s): http://458352.304594 [] :vmmemctl:os_timer_thread_loop+0xf1/0x110

1 Time(s): http://458352.306200 [] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x30

1 Time(s): http://458352.322695 child_rip+0xa/0x12

1 Time(s): http://458352.326052 flat_send_IPI_mask+0x0/0x70

1 Time(s): http://458352.326070 [] :vmmemctl:os_timer_thread_loop+0x0/0x110

1 Time(s): http://458352.326073 child_rip+0x0/0x12

I googled a lot and i upgraded the x3650 bios to the last version, upgraded the VMs and changed the grub options pulling out splash e silent as stated on a similar bug for Ubuntu 8.04.

Nothing solved my problem...

Any hints? It could be a APIC issue or i should try to upgrade ESXi?

Thanks

Giuseppe

Tags (3)
Reply
0 Kudos
0 Replies