[RHEL5.4 MRG] ? :libata:ata_interrupt+0x1c1/0x1d9 (please try booting with the "ioapic_level_quirk=1" option)

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Issue

  • Server froze, not responding on network, serial console and screen. It's a HPDL380G6 with 2 NC522SFP cards and one fusion-io iodrive solid state drive card. There is no response on the network, nothing on the serial console (on HP ILO) and the remote screen stay black.
  • /var/log/messages:
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: irq 17: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: irq 17: Some systems using an IO-APIC require a special quirk to workaround
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: irq 17: problems with interrupt routing. If your system requires such a quirk,
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: irq 17: please try booting with the "ioapic_level_quirk=1" option.
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: Pid: 1057, comm: IRQ-17 Tainted: P 2.6.24.7-139.el5rt #1
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel:
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: Call Trace:
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: [<ffffffff880a9fc6>] ? :libata:ata_interrupt+0x1c1/0x1d9
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: [<ffffffff8107cef0>] __report_bad_irq+0x71/0xc2
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: [<ffffffff8107d145>] note_interrupt+0x204/0x23f
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: [<ffffffff8107c43e>] thread_simple_irq+0x80/0x9d
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: [<ffffffff8107cb19>] do_irqd+0xc2/0x2c2
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: [<ffffffff8107ca57>] ? do_irqd+0x0/0x2c2
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: [<ffffffff8107ca57>] ? do_irqd+0x0/0x2c2
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: [<ffffffff8105261c>] kthread+0x49/0x79
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: [<ffffffff8100d088>] child_rip+0xa/0x12
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: [<ffffffff810525d3>] ? kthread+0x0/0x79
    Feb 23 01:46:40 HOSTNAME kernel: [<ffffffff8100d07e>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x12
    

Environment

 cat ../../etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga)
Update Rev. 20100208

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