The kernel crashes in rcu_needs_cpu() for no reason due to a possible hardware malfunction
Issue
- The kernel crashes in rcu_needs_cpu()
[2487557.836138] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
[2487557.837389] Modules linked in: falcon_lsm_serviceable(PE) falcon_nf_netcontain(PE) falcon_kal(E) falcon_lsm_pinned_13109(E) vsock_diag unix_diag af_packet_diag netlink_diag udp_diag tcp_diag inet_diag falcon_lsm_pinned_13005(E) symap_custom_3_10_0_1160_59_1_el7_x86_64(POE) symev_custom_3_10_0_1160_59_1_el7_x86_64(OE) nfsv3 nfs_acl nfs lockd grace fscache twnotify(OE) vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock sunrpc ppdev vmw_balloon sb_edac iosf_mbi crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd joydev pcspkr sg parport_pc vmw_vmci parport i2c_piix4 binfmt_misc ext4 mbcache jbd2 sr_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic vmwgfx drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ttm ata_piix drm libata mptsas nfit scsi_transport_sas
[2487557.844233] mptscsih libnvdimm crct10dif_pclmul crct10dif_common crc32c_intel mptbase vmxnet3 serio_raw drm_panel_orientation_quirks dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod fuse [last unloaded: falcon_kal]
[2487557.845585] CPU: 11 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/11 Kdump: loaded Tainted: P OE ------------ 3.10.0-1160.59.1.el7.x86_64 #1
[2487557.846284] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 12/12/2018
[2487557.847002] task: ffff91cd36a90000 ti: ffff91cd36a8c000 task.ti: ffff91cd36a8c000
[2487557.847721] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff9a75c106>] [<ffffffff9a75c106>] rcu_needs_cpu+0x36/0x70
[2487557.848456] RSP: 0018:ffff91cd36a8fe38 EFLAGS: 00010046
[2487557.849181] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0008d672968b1b80 RCX: ffffffff9b265b40
[2487557.849921] RDX: 000000000000000b RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 000000000000000b
[2487557.850655] RBP: ffff91cd36a8fe38 R08: ffff91cd36a8c000 R09: 0000000000000001
[2487557.851389] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 000000000000000b
[2487557.852122] R13: 000000019440fe9e R14: ffff92493f4d5f80 R15: ffff91cd36a8c000
[2487557.852865] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff92493f4c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[2487557.853617] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[2487557.854362] CR2: 00007f4aac810d70 CR3: 0000007e24922000 CR4: 00000000003607e0
[2487557.855156] Call Trace:
[2487557.855919] [<ffffffff9a71088c>] tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick+0x7c/0x390
[2487557.856687] [<ffffffff9a710c3f>] __tick_nohz_idle_enter+0x9f/0x170
[2487557.857461] [<ffffffff9a71118f>] tick_nohz_idle_enter+0x3f/0x70
[2487557.858230] [<ffffffff9a701777>] cpu_startup_entry+0xa7/0x1e0
[2487557.858993] [<ffffffff9a65a857>] start_secondary+0x1f7/0x270
[2487557.859751] [<ffffffff9a6000d5>] start_cpu+0x5/0x14
[2487557.860501] Code: ff ff ff 7f 55 48 89 06 48 8b 05 36 9a b0 00 48 89 e5 48 3d 20 5b 26 9b 48 8d 88 18 b8 fe ff 74 3d 48 63 ff 31 c0 be 01 00 00 00 <48> 8b 3c fd 60 18 35 9b 66 90 48 8b 91 30 46 01 00 48 83 7c 3a
[2487557.862163] RIP [<ffffffff9a75c106>] rcu_needs_cpu+0x36/0x70
[2487557.862963] RSP <ffff91cd36a8fe38>
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9.z - kernel-3.10.0-1160.59.1.el7
- VMware hypervisor
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