System panics on boot with warning `WARNING: at drivers/char/vt.c:3361 do_unblank_screen()`
Issue
- System will panic as soon as the kernel is loaded, with the following error:
WARNING: at drivers/char/vt.c:3361 do_unblank_screen()
Call Trace:
<IRQ> [<ffffffff801b5610>] do_unblank_screen+0x4c/0x129
[<ffffffff8008366f>] bust_spinlocks+0x1c/0x46
[<ffffffff80092ece>] panic+0x88/0x1d7
[<ffffffff80065117>] __die+0xf6/0xff
[<ffffffff80064fba>] oops_end+0x51/0x53
[<ffffffff8006c742>] die+0x3a/0x44
[<ffffffff8006cb51>] do_divide_error+0xaa/0xb4
I[<ffffffff8008cf8c>] find_busiest_group+0x23a/0x621
[<ffffffff8005dde9>] error_exit+0x0/0x84
[<ffffffff8008cf8c>] find_busiest_group+0x23a/0x621
[<ffffffff8008cf5f>] find_busiest_group+0x20d/0x621
[<ffffffff8008f017>] rebalance_tick+0x183/0x3cb
[<ffffffff80099e3c>] update_process_times+0x68/0x78
H[<ffffffff8007892a>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x2f/0x66
[<ffffffff80078f66>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47
[<ffffffff8006bdb5>] default_idle+0x0/0x50
L[<ffffffff8005dc8e>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c
<EOI> [<ffffffff8006bdde>] default_idle+0x29/0x50,
[<ffffffff8004947c>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8
[<ffffffff80078672>] start_secondary+0x490/0x49f
[<ffffffff800773f3>] smp_send_stop+0x5c/0xa4
[<ffffffff80092eda>] panic+0x94/0x1d7
[<ffffffff80065117>] __die+0xf6/0xff
[<ffffffff80064fba>] oops_end+0x51/0x53
[<ffffffff8006c742>] die+0x3a/0x44
[<ffffffff8006cb51>] do_divide_error+0xaa/0xb4
[<ffffffff8008cf8c>] find_busiest_group+0x23a/0x621
[<ffffffff8005dde9>] error_exit+0x0/0x84
[<ffffffff8008cf8c>] find_busiest_group+0x23a/0x621
[<ffffffff8008cf5f>] find_busiest_group+0x20d/0x621
I[<ffffffff8008f017>] rebalance_tick+0x183/0x3cb
[<ffffffff80099e3c>] update_process_times+0x68/0x78
[<ffffffff8007892a>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x2f/0x66 )
[<ffffffff80078f66>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47
[<ffffffff8006bdb5>] default_idle+0x0/0x50
[<ffffffff8005dc8e>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c
H<EOI> [<ffffffff8006bdde>] default_idle+0x29/0x50
[<ffffffff8004947c>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8
[<ffffffff80461807>] start_kernel+0x220/0x225
L[<ffffffff8046122f>] _sinittext+0x22f/0x236
Code: 8b 44 24 10 39 e8 75 f6 45 85 e4 75 04 eb 0a f3 90 8b 44 24----------
Kernel panic - not syncing: nmi watchdog
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- VMware ESX Host
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