Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 Version: 2.6.26-15lenny2 Severity: important
Hardware Lenovo thinkpad X300 This seems to happen randomly, I suddendly get zillions of messages "Bad: scheduling from the idle thread" on the text terminals. The /var/log/ entries: messages and syslog seems to be also flooded (right now messages is more than 100MB) here goes the beginning of a corresponding entry int the /var/log/messages file (feel free to ask if you need a longed entry): May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.26-2-686 #1) May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] EIP: 0060:[<f8865087>] EFLAGS: 00000282 CPU: 0 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] EIP is at acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x2a9/0x317 [processor] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] EAX: c03b842c EBX: 00003f90 ECX: 0000adad EDX: 01c07000 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] ESI: 00000000 EDI: 006146e5 EBP: 00610755 ESP: c0379fbc May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] CR0: 8005003b CR2: b6a53000 CR3: 003bc000 CR4: 000006d0 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c0249af1>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0x5b/0x86 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c0249a96>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0x0/0x86 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c01025ce>] ? cpu_idle+0xab/0xcb May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] ======================= May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.26-2-686 #1 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c011edc0>] dequeue_task_idle+0x1f/0x28 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c011817f>] dequeue_task+0xa/0x14 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c01181a4>] deactivate_task+0x1b/0x30 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c02b7f43>] schedule+0x121/0x66d May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c0131959>] autoremove_wake_function+0xd/0x2d May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c0129b12>] lock_timer_base+0x19/0x35 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c0129c25>] __mod_timer+0x99/0xa3 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c02b8687>] schedule_timeout+0x6b/0x86 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c012984e>] process_timeout+0x0/0x5 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c02b8682>] schedule_timeout+0x66/0x86 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<c0129c3c>] msleep+0xd/0x12 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<f8b6d7a2>] iwl4965_scan_cancel_timeout+0x34/0x6a [iwl4965] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<f8b70776>] iwl4965_mac_update_tkip_key+0x39/0xda [iwl4965] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<f8b36411>] ieee80211_tkip_decrypt_data+0x170/0x1e1 [mac80211] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<f89a843a>] uhci_alloc_td+0x12/0x3d [uhci_hcd] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<f8b2e843>] ieee80211_crypto_tkip_decrypt+0xaa/0xeb [mac80211] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<f8b38e1d>] ieee80211_rx_h_decrypt+0x127/0x143 [mac80211] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<f8b377d1>] ieee80211_invoke_rx_handlers+0x21/0x1c7 [mac80211] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158870] [<f8b37c61>] __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet+0x2a4/0x669 [mac80211] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c013132c>] sys_timer_settime+0xcc/0x250 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<f8b39cce>] __ieee80211_rx+0x446/0x498 [mac80211] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c01376f2>] clocksource_get_next+0x39/0x3f May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c01366d2>] update_wall_time+0x519/0x68f May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c0133d1d>] hrtimer_reprogram+0x83/0x9b May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<f8b6d6a7>] iwl4965_rx_queue_restock+0x9d/0x115 [iwl4965] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<f8b2b3bc>] ieee80211_tasklet_handler+0x4c/0xe8 [mac80211] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c0126a27>] tasklet_action+0x68/0xd0 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c01265d9>] __do_softirq+0x66/0xd3 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c012668b>] do_softirq+0x45/0x53 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c0126942>] irq_exit+0x35/0x67 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c0105f3f>] do_IRQ+0x52/0x63 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c01042a7>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c01300d8>] param_attr_store+0xb/0x1d May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<f8865087>] acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x2a9/0x317 [processor] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c0249af1>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x5b/0x86 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c0249a96>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x0/0x86 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c01025ce>] cpu_idle+0xab/0xcb May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] ======================= May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.26-2-686 #1) May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] EIP: 0060:[<f8865087>] EFLAGS: 00000282 CPU: 0 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] EIP is at acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x2a9/0x317 [processor] May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] EAX: c03b842c EBX: 00003f90 ECX: 0000adad EDX: 01c07000 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] ESI: 00000000 EDI: 006146e5 EBP: 00610755 ESP: c0379fbc May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] CR0: 8005003b CR2: b6a53000 CR3: 379e0000 CR4: 000006d0 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c0249af1>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0x5b/0x86 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c0249a96>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0x0/0x86 May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] [<c01025ce>] ? cpu_idle+0xab/0xcb May 26 02:01:23 shakti kernel: [63406.158871] ======================= I also noticed the same behaviour for the lenny/stable kernel that I have kept. If you need more feedback data for debugging, please feel free to contact me. -- Package-specific info: -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.26 Debian configuration management sy ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.93.2 tools for generating an initramfs ii module-init-tools 3.7-pre9-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 recommends: ii libc6-i686 2.9-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 suggests: ii grub 0.97-53 GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy v pn linux-doc-2.6.26 <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.26-2-686: shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.26-2-686: true linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.26-2-686: true linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.26-2-686: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.26-2-686: false linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.26-2-686: true linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.26-2-686: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.26-2-686: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.26-2-686: false linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.26-2-686: true linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.26-2-686: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.26-2-686: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.26-2-686: true linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.26-2-686: true linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.26-2-686: true linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.26-2-686: true linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.26-2-686: true linux-image-2.6.26-2-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.26-2-686: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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