Server crashed with message "irq XXX: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)"
Issue
- Server crashed with message "irq XXX: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)"
- Server is experiencing Network Performance on server.
Example:
kernel: irq 177: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
kernel:
kernel: Call Trace:
kernel: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800babaf>] __report_bad_irq+0x30/0x7d
kernel: [<ffffffff800bade2>] note_interrupt+0x1e6/0x227
kernel: [<ffffffff800ba2de>] __do_IRQ+0xbd/0x103
kernel: [<ffffffff88249984>] :e1000:e1000_watchdog_task+0x0/0x65c
kernel: [<ffffffff8006c9bf>] do_IRQ+0xe7/0xf5
kernel: [<ffffffff8005d615>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa
kernel: [<ffffffff88249984>] :e1000:e1000_watchdog_task+0x0/0x65c
kernel: [<ffffffff800122e6>] __do_softirq+0x51/0x133
kernel: [<ffffffff8005e2fc>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x28
kernel: [<ffffffff8006cb3c>] do_softirq+0x2c/0x85
kernel: [<ffffffff8005dc8e>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c
kernel: <EOI> [<ffffffff88249f81>] :e1000:e1000_watchdog_task+0x5fd/0x65c
kernel: [<ffffffff8004d8ed>] run_workqueue+0x94/0xe4
kernel: [<ffffffff8004a12f>] worker_thread+0x0/0x122
kernel: [<ffffffff8004a21f>] worker_thread+0xf0/0x122
kernel: [<ffffffff8008c86c>] default_wake_function+0x0/0xe
kernel: [<ffffffff80032950>] kthread+0xfe/0x132
kernel: [<ffffffff8005dfb1>] child_rip+0xa/0x11
kernel: [<ffffffff80032852>] kthread+0x0/0x132
kernel: [<ffffffff8005dfa7>] child_rip+0x0/0x11
kernel:
kernel: handlers:
kernel: [<ffffffff8824778f>] (e1000_intr+0x0/0x113 [e1000])
kernel: Disabling IRQ #177
kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
- VMware virtual guest
- Emulated Intel network interface adapter
e1000
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