Dead lock/freeze when using netconsole over bonding interface configured in ALB/TLB mode
Issue
- System freezes and a lockup is detected with a trace similar to this in the kernel log:
Kernel panic - not syncing: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 1
Pid: 2044, comm: bond0 Not tainted 2.6.32-504.8.1.el6.x86_64 #1
Call Trace:
<NMI> [<ffffffff815292d6>] ? panic+0xa7/0x16f
[<ffffffff81014959>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10
[<ffffffff810ea5dd>] ? watchdog_overflow_callback+0xcd/0xd0
[<ffffffff81120d87>] ? __perf_event_overflow+0xa7/0x240
[<ffffffff8101dacd>] ? x86_perf_event_set_period+0xdd/0x170
[<ffffffff811213d4>] ? perf_event_overflow+0x14/0x20
[<ffffffff81024892>] ? intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x202/0x410
[<ffffffff8152e5d9>] ? perf_event_nmi_handler+0x39/0xb0
[<ffffffff81530095>] ? notifier_call_chain+0x55/0x80
[<ffffffff815300fa>] ? atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x1a/0x20
[<ffffffff810a4eae>] ? notify_die+0x2e/0x30
[<ffffffff8152dd5b>] ? do_nmi+0x1bb/0x340
[<ffffffff8152d620>] ? nmi+0x20/0x30
[<ffffffff81298a63>] ? __read_lock_failed+0x3/0x20
<<EOE>> [<ffffffff8152cd44>] ? _read_lock+0x14/0x20
[<ffffffffa027cebe>] ? bond_alb_xmit+0x5e/0x610 [bonding]
[<ffffffffa0272cdb>] ? bond_start_xmit+0x3eb/0x5d0 [bonding]
[<ffffffff81475b41>] ? netpoll_send_skb_on_dev+0x191/0x250
[<ffffffff81475e24>] ? netpoll_send_udp+0x224/0x240
[<ffffffffa013431b>] ? write_msg+0xbb/0x110 [netconsole]
[<ffffffff81074f95>] ? __call_console_drivers+0x75/0x90
[<ffffffff81074ffa>] ? _call_console_drivers+0x4a/0x80
[<ffffffff81075648>] ? release_console_sem+0x108/0x220
[<ffffffff81075d48>] ? vprintk+0x248/0x560
[<ffffffffa013435d>] ? write_msg+0xfd/0x110 [netconsole]
[<ffffffff815293df>] ? printk+0x41/0x4a
[<ffffffff81074ffa>] ? _call_console_drivers+0x4a/0x80
[<ffffffff8145b8f2>] ? __dev_set_promiscuity+0xa2/0x190
[<ffffffff8100b9ce>] ? common_interrupt+0xe/0x13
[<ffffffff8145bfc4>] ? dev_set_promiscuity+0x24/0x50
[<ffffffffa027dcad>] ? rlb_teach_disabled_mac_on_primary+0x5d/0x80 [bonding]
[<ffffffffa027dd5c>] ? rlb_clear_slave+0x8c/0x110 [bonding]
[<ffffffffa027de4c>] ? bond_alb_handle_link_change+0x6c/0x70 [bonding]
[<ffffffffa0274c36>] ? bond_mii_monitor+0x566/0x660 [bonding]
[<ffffffffa02746d0>] ? bond_mii_monitor+0x0/0x660 [bonding]
[<ffffffff81097fe0>] ? worker_thread+0x170/0x2a0
[<ffffffff8109eb00>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
[<ffffffff81097e70>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x2a0
[<ffffffff8109e66e>] ? kthread+0x9e/0xc0
[<ffffffff8100c20a>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20
[<ffffffff8109e5d0>] ? kthread+0x0/0xc0
[<ffffffff8100c200>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 or earlier
- netconsole configured over bonding interface in balance-alb or balance-tlb mode
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