System crashed due to IBM GPFS bug, EIP or RIP is at force_reval_path.

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Issue

  • lsof cause kernel panic "EIP is at force_reval_path"
  • The below kernel panic traces occurs
kernel: EIP is at force_reval_path+0xd/0x34  
kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: dc59004c ecx: 00000000 edx: d6426f0c  
kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: 00000000 ebp: d6426f0c esp: d6426e78  
kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068  
kernel: Process lsof (pid: 23392, threadinfo=d6426000 task=ee8e8cb0)  
kernel: Stack: d6426000 c016a20b c011d655 cfc4db94 ee8e81b0 c2421d80 00000001 00000000  
kernel: e518e010 f7f09e00 cfc4db94 00002491 00000001 e518e00f 00000000 c2670df4  
kernel: f7f09f80 d6426f0c 00000001 c016a3a2 e518e000 d6426000 d6426f0c e518e000  
kernel: Call Trace:  
kernel: [016a20b] __link_path_walk+0xb3e/0xc9f  
kernel: [011d655] activate_task+0x88/0x95  
kernel: [016a3a2] link_path_walk+0x36/0xa1  
kernel: [016a727] path_lookup+0x14b/0x183  
kernel: [016a87f] __user_walk+0x21/0x51  
kernel: [0165837] vfs_stat64+0x14/0x3a  
kernel: [0168448] pipe_readv+0x292/0x29e  
kernel: [0165e76] sys_stat64+0xf/0x23  
kernel: [01765dd] dnotify_parent+0x1b/0x6e  
kernel: [015d5d6] vfs_read+0xda/0xe2  
kernel: [015d7c7] sys_read+0x3c/0x62  
kernel: [02de1ef] syscall_call+0x7/0xb

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • IBM GPFS

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