Why is the kernel is reporting "Delta way too big" with WARNING: at kernel trace ring_buffer,c:1988... messages
Issue
- Kernel is reporting "Delta way too big" with kernel oops on server:
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: Delta way too big. 18428729675207113347 ts=18446743941533461967 write stamp = 18014266326348620
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel:
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: WARNING: at kernel trace ring_buffer,c:1988 rb_reserve_next_event+0x2ce/0x370(Not tainted)
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: Hardware name: ProLiant DL380 G7
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: Modules linked in: nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables xt_iprange fuse autofs4 sunrpc pcc_cpufreq bonding xt_multiport ip6t_REJECT
conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_state nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables ipv6 dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log uinput power_meter hpwdt hpilo bnx2 e1000e sg microcode serio_raw iTCO_wdt
iTCO_vendor_support i7core_edac edac_core shpchp ext4 mbcache jbd2 sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif ata_generic pata_acpi ata_piix hpsa radeon ttm drm_kms_helper drm hwmon i2c_algo_bit i2c_core
dm_mod [last unloaded: nf_defrag_ipv4]
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2,6,32-131,0,15,el6,x86_64 #1
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: Call Trace:
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff81067137>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x87/0xc0
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff8106718a>] ? warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff810e7d0e>] ? rb_reserve_next_event+0x2ce/0x370
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff810e7f62>] ? ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0xa2/0x160
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff810e9ddc>] ? trace_buffer_lock_reserve+0x2c/0x70
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff810e9f76>] ? trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve+0x16/0x20
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff8110089e>] ? ftrace_raw_event_power_end+0x4e/0xb0
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff813ecd1e>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0x10e/0x140
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff81009e96>] ? cpu_idle+0xb6/0x110
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff814d493c>] ? start_secondary+0x202/0x245
Feb 6 03:45:24 hostname kernel: ---[ end trace 9fa77d77a6a010c8 ]---
Feb 6 03:45:54 hostname abrt: Kerneloops: Reported 1 kernel oopses to Abrt
Feb 6 03:45:54 hostname abrtd: Directory 'kerneloops-1328467554-2637-1' creation detected
Feb 6 03:45:54 hostname abrtd: New crash /var/spool/abrt/kerneloops-1328467554-2637-1, processing
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- uptime = 208.5 days or resumed from sleep mode
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