On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:21:15AM +0200, Giovanni Mascellani wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.29-1-686
> Version: 2.6.29-1
> Severity: important
>
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> After a few hours my laptop is on, the system suddenly becomes near
> totally unresponsive: the keyboard doesn't work (in particular, I can't
> switch to tty1 or kill X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace), the mouse moves, but
> the clicks are processed with considerable delay (magnitude of minutes).
> The GNOME interface (panels, applets) are working, so I can see that the
> CPU usage is constantly to 50% (I'm on a two cores machine, so one core
> totally used and the other not).
>
> I've tried to let the computer alone and without inputs for a couple of
> hours, but nothing changed when I started again trying to bring it again
> to normal work.
>
> After reboot with Alt-SysRq-B, the syslog contains lots of messages like
> this:
>
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck
> > for 61s! [cp:9819]
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] Modules linked in: nls_utf8
> > nls_cp437 vfat fat nls_base usb_storage i915 drm i2c_algo_bit ppdev
> > parport_pc lp parport binfmt_misc cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspa
> > ce cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_conservative tun fuse ipv6 acpi_cpufreq
> > coretemp eeprom loop dm_crypt dm_mod snd_hda_codec_realtek joydev
> > snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_p
> > cm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event
> > snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device snd soundcore i2c_i801 yenta_socket
> > acer_wmi rfkill intel_agp pcspkr i2c_core serio_raw psmouse rs
> > rc_nonstatic snd_page_alloc evdev rng_core wmi battery container agpgart ac
> > video output button ext3 jbd mbcache usbhid hid sg sr_mod cdrom sd_mod
> > crc_t10dif ide_pci_generic ide_core ata_generic ata_piix
> > libata b44 ssb scsi_mod sdhci_pci sdhci uhci_hcd mmc_core pcmcia
> > pcmcia_core mii ehci_hcd led_class usbcore thermal processor fan
> > thermal_sys [last unloaded: v4l1_compat]
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008]
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] Pid: 9819, comm: cp Not
> > tainted (2.6.29-1-686 #1) Aspire 5610Z
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] EIP: 0060:[<c01ff4be>] EFLAGS:
> > 00010246 CPU: 0
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] EIP is at
> > __copy_from_user_ll_nocache_nozero+0x21/0x2c
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] EAX: f76ff000 EBX: 00001000
> > ECX: 00000400 EDX: 00000000
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] ESI: 09a7b000 EDI: f76ff000
> > EBP: 00000000 ESP: e865ddbc
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8
> > GS: 0033 SS: 0068
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] CR0: 8005003b CR2: f76ff000
> > CR3: 2bafd000 CR4: 000006d0
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000
> > DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] Call Trace:
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c01663ce>]
> > iov_iter_copy_from_user_atomic+0x4d/0xa5
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c016763c>]
> > generic_file_buffered_write+0xe1/0x270
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c0167665>]
> > generic_file_buffered_write+0x10a/0x270
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c0167c05>]
> > __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x265/0x28d
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c02e84cb>]
> > _spin_lock+0x5/0x7
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c02e84cb>]
> > _spin_lock+0x5/0x7
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c016845d>]
> > generic_file_aio_write+0x5d/0xb4
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c0188652>]
> > do_sync_write+0xc0/0x107
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c013ad95>]
> > sched_clock_cpu+0x136/0x147
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c011e23c>]
> > pick_next_task_fair+0x80/0x87
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c0136d6a>]
> > autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c02e728b>]
> > schedule+0x6dd/0x754
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c01d1d68>]
> > security_file_permission+0xc/0xd
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c0188592>]
> > do_sync_write+0x0/0x107
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c0188e78>]
> > vfs_write+0x7e/0xd6
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c0188f68>]
> > sys_write+0x3c/0x63
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c010343b>]
> > sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x2f
> > Mar 30 23:58:26 sieff kernel: [14450.420008] [<c02e0000>]
> > pci_fixup_video+0x0/0x93
>
> I'm not able to understand what they mean. They seem to be sent out on
> an average of once every one or two minutes, for the entire interval
> during which the system is unresponsive.
>
> I hope this annoying but to be fixed as soon as possible!
>
> Thank you for your work on Debian and Linux. :-)
Does this still occur with 2.6.30?
Cheers,
Moritz
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