rhel7: Hard lockup due to a deadlock between page fault handler and __get_free_pages()

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Hard lockup due to a deadlock between page fault handler and __get_free_pages()
[<ffffffffa835bf4b>] queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0xb/0xf
[<ffffffffa836a400>] _raw_spin_lock+0x20/0x30
[<ffffffffa7de8fa0>] handle_pte_fault+0x160/0xd10
[<ffffffffa8365ce0>] ? bit_wait+0x50/0x50
[<ffffffffa8367bc9>] ? schedule+0x29/0x70
[<ffffffffa83656a1>] ? schedule_timeout+0x221/0x2d0
[<ffffffffa7d00f72>] ? ktime_get_ts64+0x52/0xf0
[<ffffffffa7debc6d>] handle_mm_fault+0x39d/0x9b0
[<ffffffffa836f5e3>] __do_page_fault+0x203/0x500
[<ffffffffa836f915>] do_page_fault+0x35/0x90
[<ffffffffa836b758>] page_fault+0x28/0x30
[<ffffffffa7f84079>] ? copy_user_enhanced_fast_string+0x9/0x20
[<ffffffffc0bf04c3>] ? conv_copyout+0x243/0x380 [vxio]
[<ffffffffc0bf03be>] conv_copyout+0x13e/0x380 [vxio]
[<ffffffffc0bf03be>] conv_copyout+0x13e/0x380 [vxio]
[<ffffffffa836b758>] ? page_fault+0x28/0x30
[<ffffffffc0c22d23>] volioctl_copyout+0x43/0xb0 [vxio]
[<ffffffffc0beb9eb>] vol_get_one_io_stat+0x3fb/0x430 [vxio]
[<ffffffffc0befd8f>] volinfo_ioctl+0xc2f/0xd30 [vxio]
[<ffffffffc0c9eb55>] volsioctl_real+0x3e5/0x510 [vxio]
[<ffffffffa7debc6d>] ? handle_mm_fault+0x39d/0x9b0
[<ffffffffc0723452>] vols_ioctl+0x62/0xb0 [vxspec]
[<ffffffffc07234c1>] vols_unlocked_ioctl+0x21/0x30 [vxspec]
[<ffffffffa7e56210>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x3a0/0x5a0
[<ffffffffa836f608>] ? __do_page_fault+0x228/0x500
[<ffffffffa7e564b1>] SyS_ioctl+0xa1/0xc0
[<ffffffffa8374ddb>] system_call_fastpath+0x22/0x27

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and 7.7
  • crash while under memory pressure

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Using a Red Hat product through a public cloud?

How to access this content