Kernel panic in sys_epoll_wait function.

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Issue

  • Kernel panic in sys_epoll_wait function.
  • System has captured the below logs:
...skipping...
general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP 
last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu31/topology/thread_siblings
CPU 19 
Modules linked in: bridge nfs lockd fscache auth_rpcgss nfs_acl iptable_filter ip_tables ipmi_devintf autofs4 sunrpc powernow_k8 freq_table mperf bonding 8021q garp stp llc ipv6 igb dca ptp pps_core microcode serio_raw fam15h_power k10temp amd64_edac_mod edac_core edac_mce_amd i2c_piix4 i2c_core sg shpchp ext4 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod crc_t10dif pata_acpi ata_generic pata_atiixp ahci dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]

Pid: 5729, comm: gmond Not tainted 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64 #1 HP ProLiant DL165 G7
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff811c796e>]  [<ffffffff811c796e>] sys_epoll_wait+0xae/0xe0
RSP: 0018:ffff88023bff3f80  EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000097aea8 RCX: ffff88023c724080
RDX: ffff88023a760980 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: ffff88023b54e840
RBP: 00007fb5c7cdedac R08: ffff88023bff3ea0 R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00007fb5c7cdeda0
R13: 00007fb5c7cdedb0 R14: 0000000000b03350 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00007fb5c7cdf700(0000) GS:ffff8804474c0000(0000) knlGS:00000000f2cffb70
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000003510873e10 CR3: 000000083333e000 CR4: 00000000000407e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process gmond (pid: 5729, threadinfo ffff88023bff2000, task ffff88023c724080)
Stack:
 c0fd24ffff89feeb 90c9fe230f81609a 0000000000000001 0000000000001661
<d> 0000000000000001 00000000000000e8 0000000000000000 0000000000000001
<d> 000000000097af60 0000000000000004 00000000000000e8 00000035108e8f03
Call Trace:
Code: 1f 62 81 41 bf ea ff ff ff 74 22 48 89 df e8 ea af fb ff 49 63 c7 48 8b 5d d8 4c 8b 65 e0 4c 8b 6d e8 4c 8b 75 f0 4c 8b 7d f8 c9 <c3> 90 48 8b bb a0 00 00 00 49 63 ce 44 89 ea 4c 89 e6 e8 0b fc 
RIP  [<ffffffff811c796e>] sys_epoll_wait+0xae/0xe0
 RSP <ffff88023bff3f80>

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
  • kernel 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6

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