Hung task detected waiting for tape device

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Following blocked task message reported in system log followed by a panic.
INFO: task bptm:13670 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
bptm          D 0000000000000000     0 13670  13660 0x00020000
 ffff88036faf3aa8 0000000000000082 0000000000000000 ffffffff8111c633
 ffff8806775e6c30 ffff8804776865e0 ffff880400c02080 0000000000000020
 ffff880400c02638 ffff88036faf3fd8 000000000000fb88 ffff880400c02638
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8111c633>] ? mempool_alloc+0x63/0x140
 [<ffffffff813716c0>] ? scsi_done+0x0/0x60
 [<ffffffff8150e555>] schedule_timeout+0x215/0x2e0
 [<ffffffff81278ee7>] ? kobject_put+0x27/0x60
 [<ffffffff8135a397>] ? put_device+0x17/0x20
 [<ffffffff8150e1d3>] wait_for_common+0x123/0x180
 [<ffffffff81063310>] ? default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
 [<ffffffff8150e2ed>] wait_for_completion+0x1d/0x20
 [<ffffffffa0189f88>] st_do_scsi.clone.0+0x218/0x370 [st]
 [<ffffffffa018a505>] st_int_ioctl+0x1b5/0xcf0 [st]
 [<ffffffffa018cb49>] st_ioctl+0x439/0x11c0 [st]
 [<ffffffff81194ed2>] vfs_ioctl+0x22/0xa0
 [<ffffffff81195074>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x84/0x580
 [<ffffffff8104757c>] ? __do_page_fault+0x1ec/0x480
 [<ffffffff811955f1>] sys_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
 [<ffffffff81086391>] ? sigprocmask+0x71/0x110
 [<ffffffff811d46a0>] do_ioctl32_pointer+0x10/0x20
 [<ffffffff811d6bf6>] compat_sys_ioctl+0x1a6/0x510
 [<ffffffff8104e8d2>] ? sys32_rt_sigprocmask+0xd2/0x110
 [<ffffffff8104d810>] sysenter_dispatch+0x7/0x2e
Kernel panic - not syncing: hung_task: blocked tasks
Pid: 257, comm: khungtaskd Not tainted 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 #1
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8150cfc8>] ? panic+0xa7/0x16f
 [<ffffffff810e0ab7>] ? watchdog+0x217/0x220
 [<ffffffff810e08a0>] ? watchdog+0x0/0x220
 [<ffffffff81096916>] ? kthread+0x96/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8100c0ca>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20
 [<ffffffff81096880>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8100c0c0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20

Environment

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.4
  • st tape driver
  • Symantec tape backup tool (bptm)

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