Server Crash - Kernel: Delta way too big ! - Modules linked in: nfs(U) lockd(U)

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Issue

  • The server crashed unexpectedly.
  • The last messages on /var/log/messages:

    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: Delta way too big! 18428729675454034343 ts=18446744065991344103 write stamp = 18014390537309760
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: WARNING: at kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:1984 rb_reserve_next_event+0x129/0x276()
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: Hardware name: VMware Virtual Platform
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: Modules linked in: nfs(U) lockd(U) nfs_acl(U) auth_rpcgss(U) iptable_filter(U) ip_tables(U) autofs4(U) sunrpc(U) configfs(U) bnx2fc(U) cnic(U) uio(U) fcoe(U)  
    libfcoe(U) libfc(U) scsi_transport_fc(U) scsi_tgt(U) 8021q(U) garp(U) stp(U) llc(U) cachefiles(U) fscache(U) ip6t_REJECT(U) xt_tcpudp(U) nf_conntrack_ipv6(U) xt_state(U) 
    nf_conntrack(U) ip6table_filter(U) ip6_tables(U) x_tables(U) ipv6(U) xfs(U) exportfs(U) dm_round_robin(U) dm_multipath(U) ppdev(U) parport_pc(U) parport(U) joydev(U) 
    vmw_balloon(U) microcode(U) pcspkr(U) vmxnet3(U) i2c_piix4(U) i2c_core(U) shpchp(U) mptspi(U) mptscsih(U) mptbase(U) scsi_transport_spi(U) floppy(U) pata_acpi(U) 
    ata_generic(U) ata_piix(U) [last unloaded: speedstep_lib]
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek.x86_64 #1
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: Call Trace:
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: <IRQ>  [<ffffffff81056f98>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7c/0x94
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff81056fc4>] warn_slowpath_null+0x14/0x16
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff810ba76f>] rb_reserve_next_event+0x129/0x276
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff810baaae>] ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x102/0x13d
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff810bdf13>] trace_buffer_lock_reserve+0x21/0x55
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff810be615>] trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve+0x16/0x18
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff81065535>] ftrace_raw_event_hrtimer_cancel+0x4a/0x94
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff81078aad>] debug_deactivate+0x29/0x38
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff81078e94>] __run_hrtimer+0x49/0x142
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff810180fe>] ? read_tsc+0x9/0x1b
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff810791ae>] hrtimer_interrupt+0xc7/0x1b6
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff814541a5>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x89/0x9c
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff810127f3>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: <EOI>  [<ffffffff810311ad>] ? native_safe_halt+0xb/0xd
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff81019350>] ? default_idle+0x36/0x53
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff81010ceb>] ? cpu_idle+0xaa/0xe4
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: [<ffffffff81449b9a>] ? start_secondary+0x1f7/0x238
    Jun  7 04:53:43 kernel: ---[ end trace 0e45bb3cf15f2866 ]--- 
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
  • Oracle Linux Server release 6.2

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