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kernel BUG at kernel/workqueue.c:323!

Bug #112148 reported by Matthias Kretz
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Brian Murray

Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.20-15-generic

This is a Samsung R65 laptop with the following hardware:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 7400 (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
08:05.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
08:09.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b4)
08:09.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 09)
08:09.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 18)
08:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843
08:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 09)
08:09.5 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 04)

I'm using the proprietary nvidia X driver and alsa drivers version 1.0.14rc3 because the drivers that are shipped with feisty don't work.

This is the relevant part from /var/log/syslog:

May 3 20:06:11 Epsilon3 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
May 3 20:06:16 Epsilon3 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
May 3 20:06:23 Epsilon3 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
May 3 20:06:38 Epsilon3 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
May 3 20:06:42 Epsilon3 dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
May 3 20:06:42 Epsilon3 dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
May 3 20:06:47 Epsilon3 kernel: [42034.380000] ipw3945: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting.
May 3 20:06:47 Epsilon3 kernel: [42034.384000] ipw3945: request scan called when driver not ready.
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42034.884000] ipw3945: Error sending ADD_STA: time out after 500ms.
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.876000] ipw3945: Can't stop Rx DMA.
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] ------------[ cut here ]------------
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] kernel BUG at kernel/workqueue.c:323!
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1]
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] SMP·
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] Modules linked in: ipv6 rfcomm l2cap bluetooth ppdev acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_ondemand freq_table pcc_acpi dev_acpi sony_acpi tc1100_wmi sbs button battery container asus_acpi ac video dock backlight i2c_ec arc4 ecb blkcipher ieee80211_crypt_wep nls_utf8 ntfs xfs sbp2 parport_pc lp parport fuse snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec nvidia(P) snd_seq_dummy snd_usb_audio snd_pcm_oss pcmcia snd_mixer_oss snd_seq_oss ipw3945 irda crc_ccitt snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event i2c_core af_packet snd_pcm snd_usb_lib sdhci snd_rawmidi snd_hwdep ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt xpad serio_raw yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core mmc_core snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device snd soundcore intel_agp agpgart psmouse iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support snd_page_alloc shpchp pci_hotplug joydev evdev tsdev ext3 jbd mbcache sg usbhid hid sr_mod cdrom sd_mod ata_generic usb_storage libusual ata_piix libata scsi_mod b44 mii ohci1394 ieee1394 ehci
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: hcd generic uhci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor vesafb capability commoncap
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] CPU: 0
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] EIP: 0060:[run_workqueue+238/320] Tainted: P VLI
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] EFLAGS: 00010286 (2.6.20-15-generic #2)
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] EIP is at run_workqueue+0xee/0x140
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] eax: 00010aa0 ebx: f7b0fb4c ecx: 00000246 edx: 00000000
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] esi: f7b0fb40 edi: f7b0fb48 ebp: 00000246 esp: f7a2bf58
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] Process ipw3945/0 (pid: 3999, ti=f7a2a000 task=c193da90 task.ti=f7a2a000)
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] Stack: 00000000 f7b0fb54 f7a2bf9c 00000296 f7b0fb4b f7b0fb60 00000001 f7b0fb40·
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] f7b0fb4c f7b0fb54 f7a2bf9c c0137d87 00000001 00000000 c180ebc0 00010000·
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] 00000000 00000000 c193da90 c0120b40 00100100 00200200 ffffffff ffffffff·
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] Call Trace:
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] [worker_thread+327/368] worker_thread+0x147/0x170
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] [default_wake_function+0/16] default_wake_function+0x0/0x10
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] [worker_thread+0/368] worker_thread+0x0/0x170
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] [kthread+186/240] kthread+0xba/0xf0
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] [kthread+0/240] kthread+0x0/0xf0
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] [kernel_thread_helper+7/16] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] =======================
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] Code: 24 00 00 00 00 e8 03 73 fe ff 8b 44 24 10 3b 46 0c 0f 85 78 ff ff ff 83 6e 34 01 89 ea 83 c4 1c 89 f0 5b 5e 5f 5d e9 f2 74 1b 00 <0f> 0b eb fe 65 a1 08 00 00 00 8b 90 a4 00 00 00 05 94 01 00 00·
May 3 20:06:49 Epsilon3 kernel: [42035.988000] EIP: [run_workqueue+238/320] run_workqueue+0xee/0x140 SS:ESP 0068:f7a2bf58

I'm getting system crashes (lockups or reboots) quite frequently. I'll try to update to a different kernel now, because this system is too unstable to be used for production. :-(

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Markus Golser (golserma) wrote :
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Same bug here on my Dell Inspiron 9400

Aug 7 12:42:14 localhost kernel: [ 8529.828000] ipw3945: Error sending LEDS_CMD: time out after 500ms.
Aug 7 12:42:15 localhost kernel: [ 8530.328000] ipw3945: Error sending cmd #07 to daemon: time out after 500ms.
Aug 7 12:42:15 localhost kernel: [ 8530.828000] ipw3945: Error sending LEDS_CMD: time out after 500ms.
Aug 7 12:42:16 localhost kernel: [ 8531.640000] ipw3945: Error sending SCAN_ABORT_CMD: time out after 500ms.
Aug 7 12:42:17 localhost kernel: [ 8532.140000] ipw3945: Error sending cmd #08 to daemon: time out after 500ms.
Aug 7 12:42:17 localhost kernel: [ 8532.640000] ipw3945: Error sending ADD_STA: time out after 500ms.
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] ipw3945: Error sending SCAN_ABORT_CMD: time out after 500ms.
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] ------------[ cut here ]------------
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] kernel BUG at kernel/workqueue.c:323!
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1]
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] SMP
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] Modules linked in: michael_mic arc4 ecb blkcipher ieee80211_crypt_tkip aes ieee80211_crypt_ccmp binfmt_misc rfcomm l2cap bluetooth nfs ipv6 vmnet(P) nfsd vmmon(P) exportfs lockd sunrpc ppdev pcc_acpi sony_acpi tc1100_wmi dev_acpi dock sbs i2c_ec button asus_acpi acpi_cpufreq ac video backlight cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_stats container cpufreq_ondemand freq_table cpufreq_powersave battery cpufreq_userspace nls_utf8 ntfs ext2 kqemu kvm_intel kvm sbp2 parport_pc lp parport fuse snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi joydev snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq af_packet ipw3945 snd_timer snd_seq_device nvidia(P) ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt snd soundcore i2c_core serio_raw pcspkr snd_page_alloc sdhci mmc_core psmouse iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support intel_agp agpgart shpchp pci_hotplug tsdev evdev ext3 jbd mbcache usb_storage libusual sg sr_mod cdrom sd_mod generic ata_generic ata_piix libata scsi_mod ohci1394
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: eee1394 b44 mii ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor vesafb capability commoncap
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] CPU: 0
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] EIP: 0060:[run_workqueue+238/320] Tainted: P VLI
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] EFLAGS: 00010296 (2.6.20-16-generic #2)
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] EIP is at run_workqueue+0xee/0x140
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] eax: 00013bac ebx: f7ca7acc ecx: 00000246 edx: 00000000
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] esi: f7ca7ac0 edi: f7ca7ac8 ebp: 00000246 esp: f79d5f58
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] Process ipw3945/0 (pid: 3788, ti=f79d4000 task=dfa1e560 task.ti=f79d4000)
Aug 7 12:42:18 localhost kernel: [ 8533.140000] Stack: 00000000 f79d007b f7ca007b f79d00d8 f7ca7acb f7ca7ae0 00000...

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Changed in linux-source-2.6.20:
status: New → Confirmed
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug does not meet the criteria for a stable release update and is being marked as Won't Fix for this particular version of the kernel. You can learn more about the stable release update process at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates .
However, the issue that you reported is one that should be possible to test with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Gutsy Gibbon. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed in the actively developed kernel. You can find out more about the development release at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ .
If you do decide to test with the development release of Ubuntu please comment on this bug report and include at least the minimal information requested at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

Changed in linux-source-2.6.20:
assignee: nobody → brian-murray
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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