RHEL: BUG at block/blk-core.c:NNNN! in blk_requeue_request or blk_finish_request

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • RHEL kernel crash with one of the following messages related to either blk_finish_request or blk_requeue_request backtrace and kernel BUG at block/blk-core.c...:
2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64
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kernel BUG at block/blk-core.c:1045!
:
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8125afd4>]  [<ffffffff8125afd4>] blk_requeue_request+0x94/0xa0

OR
2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64
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kernel BUG at block/blk-core.c:1141!
:
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8125afd4>]  [<ffffffff8125afd4>] blk_requeue_request+0x94/0xa0

OR
2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64
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kernel BUG at block/blk-core.c:2412!
:
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81257e61>]  [<ffffffff81257e61>] blk_finish_request+0x221/0x260

OR
2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64 
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kernel BUG at block/blk-core.c:2425!
:
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8125dbc1>]  [<ffffffff8125dbc1>] blk_finish_request+0x221/0x260

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • VMware guest using VMware Paravirtual (vmw_pvscsi) SCSI driver

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