"sshd" tasks blocked on tty_flush_to_ldisc() waiting for "event/1" thread.
Issue
- Server hung with multiple "sshd" tasks blocked in uninterruptable state (UN/D).
- Multiple "sshd" tasks blocked with following backtrace;
PID: 27292 TASK: ffff88037ccb0ae0 CPU: 2 COMMAND: "sshd"
#0 [ffff88037cc216a8] schedule at ffffffff8150e172
#1 [ffff88037cc21770] schedule_timeout at ffffffff8150f035
#2 [ffff88037cc21820] wait_for_common at ffffffff8150ecb3
#3 [ffff88037cc218b0] wait_for_completion at ffffffff8150edcd
#4 [ffff88037cc218c0] flush_work at ffffffff810917f7
#5 [ffff88037cc21930] flush_delayed_work at ffffffff81091a14
#6 [ffff88037cc21950] tty_flush_to_ldisc at ffffffff8132d955
#7 [ffff88037cc21960] n_tty_poll at ffffffff813285a7
#8 [ffff88037cc21990] tty_poll at ffffffff8132416a
#9 [ffff88037cc219d0] do_select at ffffffff81198392
#10 [ffff88037cc21d70] core_sys_select at ffffffff8119884a
#11 [ffff88037cc21f10] sys_select at ffffffff81198bd7
#12 [ffff88037cc21f80] system_call_fastpath at ffffffff8100b072
RIP: 00007f65710344d3 RSP: 00007fff49d59108 RFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000017 RBX: ffffffff8100b072 RCX: 000000000000006e
RDX: 00007f6575286df0 RSI: 00007f6575286e10 RDI: 000000000000000a
RBP: 0000000000000000 R8: 0000000000000000 R9: 0101010101010101
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff49d591a0
R13: 00007fff49d591a4 R14: 00007f6573edc67c R15: 00007fff49d59190
ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000017 CS: 0033 SS: 002b
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- kernel-2.6.32-358.23.2.el6
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