System running on VMware vSphere 5.5 crashed with exception RIP: Balloon_QueryAndExecute
Issue
- System crashes with following traces which is running on VMware vSphere 5.5:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff810a8bf3fff8 RIP:
[<ffffffff8844143e>] :vmmemctl:Balloon_QueryAndExecute+0x8ae/0x9cc
PGD 10063 PUD 0
Oops: 0000 [1] SMP
last sysfs file: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/irq
.....
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff88440bf7>] :vmmemctl:Balloon_QueryAndExecute+0x67/0x9cc
[<ffffffff88440716>] :vmmemctl:OS_UnmapPage+0x102/0x2a0
[<ffffffff800a3f62>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e
[<ffffffff800a3f62>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e
[<ffffffff8844061c>] :vmmemctl:OS_UnmapPage+0x8/0x2a0
[<ffffffff80032c68>] kthread+0xfe/0x132
[<ffffffff8005dfc1>] child_rip+0xa/0x11
[<ffffffff800a3d4a>] keventd_create_kthread+0x0/0xc4
[<ffffffff80032b6a>] kthread+0x0/0x132
[<ffffffff8005dfb7>] child_rip+0x0/0x11
Code: 49 8b 3c d4 75 37 49 8d 8c 24 48 1f 00 00 49 8b b4 24 48 1f
RIP [<ffffffff8844143e>] :vmmemctl:Balloon_QueryAndExecute+0x8ae/0x9cc
RSP <ffff81043a61fe30>
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- vSphere 5.5
- Balloon memory driver
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