kernel BUG at vmxnet3/linux/vmxnet3_drv.c:1421!

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Issue

  • System crashes with the following panic messages.
    kernel BUG at vmxnet3/linux/vmxnet3_drv.c:1421!
    invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP 
    last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/online
    CPU 2 
    Modules linked in: autofs4 nfs lockd fscache auth_rpcgss nfs_acl sunrpc netconsole configfs ipv6 vsock(U) ppdev parport_pc parport sg microcode serio_raw vmware_balloon i2c_piix4 i2c_core vmci(U) shpchp ext4 jbd2 mbcache sd_mod crc_t10dif vmxnet3(U) pvscsi(U) sr_mod cdrom pata_acpi ata_generic ata_piix dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: speedstep_lib]

    Pid: 3967, comm: java Tainted: G           --L------------    2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64 #1 VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform
    RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa00700c8>]  [<ffffffffa00700c8>] vmxnet3_quiesce_dev+0x4ec/0xf00 [vmxnet3]
    RSP: 0000:ffff8800282839e8  EFLAGS: 00010082
    RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000042 RCX: ffff881020c34fc0
    RDX: 00000000000000c0 RSI: 0000000000000ea0 RDI: 0000000000000000
    RBP: ffff880028283a68 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff881020420000
    R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
    R13: ffff881020420ea0 R14: ffff881020dfc8c0 R15: ffff8810291229c0
    FS:  00007f457fefe700(0000) GS:ffff880028280000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
    CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
    CR2: 0000000005b399f0 CR3: 0000001022543000 CR4: 00000000000407e0
    DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
    DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
    Process java (pid: 3967, threadinfo ffff88102405c000, task ffff881025738ab0)
    Stack:
    0000000000000000 ffff881020c34fa0 0000020028283a68 ffff881020c346e0
    <d> ffff881020c34ee0 00ff881000000000 ffff881020c34fc0 0000009c20c347e0
    <d> ffff881020c34f60 ffff88051722a4c0 000001370000000e ffff881020c346e0
    Call Trace:
    <IRQ> 
    [<ffffffffa0070a31>] vmxnet3_quiesce_dev+0xe55/0xf00 [vmxnet3]
    [<ffffffffa0070a82>] vmxnet3_quiesce_dev+0xea6/0xf00 [vmxnet3]
    [<ffffffff81483fb7>] netpoll_poll_dev+0x57/0x4e0
    [<ffffffff81467044>] ? skb_tx_hash+0x14/0x20
    [<ffffffff814671a8>] ? __netdev_pick_tx+0x158/0x1b0
    [<ffffffff81484639>] netpoll_send_skb_on_dev+0x149/0x250
    [<ffffffff81484964>] netpoll_send_udp+0x224/0x240
    [<ffffffffa002f31b>] write_msg+0xbb/0x110 [netconsole]
    [<ffffffff810775f5>] __call_console_drivers+0x75/0x90
    [<ffffffff8107765a>] _call_console_drivers+0x4a/0x80
    [<ffffffff81077ca8>] release_console_sem+0x108/0x220
    [<ffffffff810783a8>] vprintk+0x248/0x560
    [<ffffffff81537f4d>] ? printk+0x41/0x44
    [<ffffffff81537f4d>] printk+0x41/0x44
    [<ffffffff8100fedf>] show_registers+0x7f/0x280
    [<ffffffff81009c36>] show_regs+0x16/0x30
    [<ffffffff810ed0e5>] watchdog_timer_fn+0x1d5/0x230
    [<ffffffff810ecf10>] ? watchdog_timer_fn+0x0/0x230
    [<ffffffff810a5cee>] __run_hrtimer+0x8e/0x1d0
    [<ffffffff810a6086>] hrtimer_interrupt+0xe6/0x260
    [<ffffffff81035dad>] local_apic_timer_interrupt+0x3d/0x70
    [<ffffffff81542795>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x45/0x60
    [<ffffffff8100bc13>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20
    <EOI> 
    Code: d0 44 39 d8 74 07 0f 0b 0f 1f 00 eb fe 41 83 7d 00 01 74 04 0f 0b eb fe 48 8b 4d b0 48 83 39 00 75 09 49 8b 45 08 48 85 c0 75 06 <0f> 0b 66 90 eb fe 41 83 e0 3f 49 c1 e0 08 49 09 d8 75 38 83 e2 
    RIP  [<ffffffffa00700c8>] vmxnet3_quiesce_dev+0x4ec/0xf00 [vmxnet3]
    RSP <ffff8800282839e8>

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • VMware Virtual Platform
  • Unsigned (U) kernel module vmxnet3

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