Console shows "schedule_timeout" errors and backtraces for udevd process during bootup

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • kernel backtrace for udevd process in schedule_timeout appears in logs multiple times:
  May 17 20:12:56 example kernel: schedule_timeout: wrong timeout value ffffffffffffe9e0
  May 17 20:12:56 example kernel: Pid: 3560, comm: udevd Not tainted 2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64 #1
  May 17 20:12:56 example kernel: Call Trace:
  May 17 20:12:56 example kernel: [<ffffffff814ede79>] ? schedule_timeout+0x2c9/0x2e0
  May 17 20:12:56 example kernel: [<ffffffff8107c260>] ? process_timeout+0x0/0x10
  May 17 20:12:56 example kernel: [<ffffffff810cc0c9>] ? audit_log_start+0x259/0x490
  May 17 20:12:56 example kernel: [<ffffffff8105e940>] ? default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
  May 17 20:12:56 example kernel: [<ffffffff810cafa6>] ? audit_buffer_free+0x76/0xa0
  May 17 20:12:56 example kernel: [<ffffffff810d31f5>] ? audit_log_exit+0xc5/0x1150

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6

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