[RHEL7] kernel BUG at block/blk-core.c:2500!

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • System crashed at "blk_finish_request+0xe0/0xf0".

  • System crashed with "kernel BUG at block/blk-core.c:2500!".

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[536700.120045] kernel BUG at block/blk-core.c:2500!  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
[536700.120068] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP 
[536700.120122] Modules linked in: veth xt_nat binfmt_misc xt_addrtype ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat bridge stp llc dm_thin_pool dm_persistent_data dm_bio_prison dm_bufio libcrc32c loop dm_mod sg nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_conntrack nf_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables coretemp crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ppdev crc32c_intel vmw_balloon ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd serio_raw pcspkr parport_pc vmw_vmci parport i2c_piix4 shpchp mperf ext4 mbcache jbd2 sr_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_common vmwgfx ttm ata_piix drm libata vmxnet3 i2c_core vmw_pvscsi floppy
[536700.120528] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.10.0-123.9.3.el7.x86_64 #1
[536700.120572] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 08/16/2013
[536700.120629] task: ffffffff818d7440 ti: ffffffff818c4000 task.ti: ffffffff818c4000
[536700.120663] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81293230>]  [<ffffffff81293230>] blk_finish_request+0xe0/0xf0
[536700.120717] RSP: 0018:ffff88023fc03d78  EFLAGS: 00010002
[536700.120751] RAX: 0000000000000246 RBX: ffff8801f274f980 RCX: 000000000000232a
[536700.120804] RDX: 00000000232a232a RSI: 00000000fffffffb RDI: ffff8801f274f980
[536700.120837] RBP: ffff88023fc03d88 R08: 0000000000000246 R09: 000000018010000f
[536700.120869] R10: ffffffff81144377 R11: ffffea0008c43a40 R12: 00000000fffffffb
[536700.120901] R13: ffff880036fe8000 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: ffff880231b5c000
[536700.120935] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88023fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[536700.121001] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[536700.121045] CR2: 00007fb177b2d348 CR3: 000000023203c000 CR4: 00000000000007f0
[536700.121151] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[536700.121262] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[536700.121317] Stack:
[536700.121336]  ffff8801f274f980 00000000fffffffb ffff88023fc03db8 ffffffff81293282
[536700.121402]  ffff8801f274f980 00000000fffffffb 00000000fffffffb ffffffff818385be
[536700.121465]  ffff88023fc03dd8 ffffffff8129333d ffff8801f274f980 0000000000000000
[536700.121529] Call Trace:
[536700.121552]  <IRQ> 
[536700.121572] 
[536700.121601]  [<ffffffff81293282>] blk_end_bidi_request+0x42/0x60
[536700.121625]  [<ffffffff8129333d>] blk_end_request_err+0x2d/0x50
[536700.121681]  [<ffffffff813dcef4>] scsi_io_completion+0x324/0x690
[536700.121739]  [<ffffffff813d2273>] scsi_finish_command+0xb3/0x110
[536700.121787]  [<ffffffff813dcacf>] scsi_softirq_done+0x12f/0x160
[536700.121836]  [<ffffffff81299940>] blk_done_softirq+0x90/0xc0
[536700.121884]  [<ffffffff81067047>] __do_softirq+0xf7/0x290
[536700.121932]  [<ffffffff815f43dc>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
[536700.121978]  [<ffffffff81014d25>] do_softirq+0x55/0x90
[536700.122021]  [<ffffffff810673e5>] irq_exit+0x115/0x120
[536700.122064]  [<ffffffff81038ab5>] smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x35/0x40
[536700.122122]  [<ffffffff815f3b9d>] call_function_single_interrupt+0x6d/0x80
[536700.122174]  <EOI> 
[536700.122194] 
[536700.122215]  [<ffffffff81046346>] ? native_safe_halt+0x6/0x10
[536700.123431]  [<ffffffff8101b3cf>] default_idle+0x1f/0xc0
[536700.124683]  [<ffffffff8101bcc6>] arch_cpu_idle+0x26/0x30
[536700.125844]  [<ffffffff810b47e5>] cpu_startup_entry+0xf5/0x290
[536700.127000]  [<ffffffff815c3c37>] rest_init+0x77/0x80
[536700.128164]  [<ffffffff81a08fa7>] start_kernel+0x429/0x44a
[536700.129274]  [<ffffffff81a08987>] ? repair_env_string+0x5c/0x5c
[536700.130391]  [<ffffffff81a08120>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x120/0x120
[536700.131515]  [<ffffffff81a085ee>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
[536700.132589]  [<ffffffff81a08742>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x152/0x175
[536700.133616] Code: 89 de e8 e4 12 00 00 e9 5b ff ff ff 83 7b 50 01 0f 85 68 ff ff ff 48 8b 43 38 48 8d b8 90 01 00 00 e8 65 a2 eb ff e9 53 ff ff ff <0f> 0b 66 66 66 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 66 66 66 90 
[536700.135788] RIP  [<ffffffff81293230>] blk_finish_request+0xe0/0xf0
[536700.136796]  RSP <ffff88023fc03d78>

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (guest virtual machine on VMware ESXi)

    • kernel earlier than kernel-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7
    • kernel earlier than kernel-3.10.0-229.el7
  • VMware pvscsi driver

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