Hi there. I have encountered the same issue as Dennis Sheil in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1674838/comments/18 post.
The same way, was using firefox which in turn became unresponsive. The difference is that I am running firefox v53.0 in docker (v17.04.0-ce) using ``--kernel-memory=2G`` to limit it. Then I've increased that limit once it has been reached up to 4G. (``docker update --kernel-memory=4G firefox``). Shortly after that firefox became unresponsive. Please find attached dmesg logs in dmesg-firefox-kernel-swap-bug.txt Linux kernel ver. 4.10.0-19-generic And below are some outputs while I've hit that problem, hopefully some useful info in there: ``` $ df (hanged) root@sony:~# ps auxww |grep Z USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND arno 8866 5.0 0.0 0 0 ? Zl 00:18 70:14 [firefox] <defunct> arno 8908 10.2 0.0 0 0 ? Z 00:18 142:19 [Web Content] <defunct> arno@sony:~$ mount |grep -i docker rpool/docker on /var/lib/docker type zfs (rw,nodev,noatime,xattr,noacl) rpool/docker on /var/lib/docker/zfs type zfs (rw,nodev,noatime,xattr,noacl) rpool/docker/96f7e9089ac7e330e9868d3ff4530b39364e574a3a32479d7c3ca41f2ad76476 on /var/lib/docker/zfs/graph/96f7e9089ac7e330e9868d3ff4530b39364e574a3a32479d7c3ca41f2ad76476 type zfs (rw,relatime,xattr,noacl) shm on /var/lib/docker/containers/7e253eea4f68195d1085aeb69d7f0428f0106cb414c66a27e03dab27a814b37f/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=2097152k) nsfs on /run/docker/netns/c1194198f0d2 type nsfs (rw) ``` Very strange part is that my SWAP file got reduced itself down to 16MiB: ``` root@sony:~# swapoff -a hanged ... though reduced swap usage down to 16M (and Swap Total !!) arno@sony:~$ free -mh total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 7.7G 1.9G 3.5G 710M 2.3G 3.6G Swap: 16M 16M 0B arno@sony:~$ free -b total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 8270503936 2048671744 3625005056 745644032 2596827136 3855400960 Swap: 17055744 17055744 0 ``` Whilst, I should normally have 8GiB swap: ``` root@sony:~# free -mh total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 7.7G 2.0G 4.1G 473M 1.6G 4.4G Swap: 8.0G 0B 8.0G root@sony:~# free -b total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 8270512128 2095005696 4448485376 496779264 1727021056 4701388800 Swap: 8589930496 0 8589930496 root@sony:~# ``` ** Attachment added: "dmesg-firefox-kernel-swap-bug.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1674838/+attachment/4867386/+files/dmesg-firefox-kernel-swap-bug.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1674838 Title: kernel BUG at /build/linux- 7LGLH_/linux-4.10.0/include/linux/swapops.h:129 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Zesty: In Progress Bug description: Randomly, khugepaged process will take 100% CPU, and I can only restart the computer to recover it. Relevant dmesg attached (dmesg_crash.txt). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: linux-image-4.10.0-14-generic 4.10.0-14.16 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-14.16-generic 4.10.3 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: mathieu 2221 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p: mathieu 2221 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: mathieu 2221 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7 Date: Tue Mar 21 23:03:23 2017 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=67e78e4c-94ee-447c-ae60-4387dae296dd InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-31 (415 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160131) MachineType: LENOVO 20344 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-14-generic root=UUID=b982929e-11d0-4984-885c-6c9daba24836 ro noprompt quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.10.0-14-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.10.0-14-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.164 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-03-02 (19 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/16/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 96CN29WW(V1.15) dmi.board.asset.tag: 31900058WIN dmi.board.name: INVALID dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 31900058WIN dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 31900058WIN dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo Yoga 2 13 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr96CN29WW(V1.15):bd10/16/2014:svnLENOVO:pn20344:pvrLenovoYoga213:rvnLENOVO:rnINVALID:rvr31900058WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoYoga213: dmi.product.name: 20344 dmi.product.version: Lenovo Yoga 2 13 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1674838/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp