NMI watchdog detected a hard lockup due to an excessive number of "SISFIM: event queue" messages on the serial console.

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Issue

  • The NMI watchdog detected a hard lockup due to an excessive number of "SISFIM: event queue" messages on the serial console.
[927221.070190] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.070341] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.070968] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.071646] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.072999] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.073396] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.073426] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.073496] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.073510] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.073547] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.074194] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.074518] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.074793] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.075140] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.075404] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.076129] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.076389] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.076740] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[927221.077743] <2><1>SISFIM: event queue -268435456 full.
[..]
[927230.080158] <6>Kernel panic - not syncing: Hard LOCKUP
[927230.080159] <6>CPU: 8 PID: 861 Comm: systemd-journal Kdump: loaded Tainted: PWOEL ------------ 3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7.x86_64 #1
[927230.080160] <6>Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R630/02C2CP, BIOS 2.18.1 08/14/2023
[927230.080160] <2>Call Trace:
[927230.080162] <2> <NMI>  [<ffffffff859b1bec>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1f
[927230.080164] <2> [<ffffffff859ab708>] panic+0xe8/0x21f
[927230.080165] <2> [<ffffffff85230a78>] ? show_regs+0x58/0x290
[927230.080167] <2> [<ffffffff8529f523>] nmi_panic+0x43/0x50
[927230.080169] <2> [<ffffffff85357479>] watchdog_overflow_callback+0x119/0x140
[927230.080173] <2> [<ffffffff853b3317>] __perf_event_overflow+0x57/0x100
[927230.080174] <2> [<ffffffff853bcdd4>] perf_event_overflow+0x14/0x20
[927230.080176] <2> [<ffffffff8520acf0>] handle_pmi_common+0x1a0/0x260
[927230.080179] <2> [<ffffffff8559ec98>] ? ioremap_page_range+0x2e8/0x490
[927230.080180] <2> [<ffffffff85411bc4>] ? vunmap_page_range+0x234/0x470
[927230.080183] <2> [<ffffffff8566b0a6>] ? ghes_copy_tofrom_phys+0x116/0x220
[927230.080184] <2> [<ffffffff8520afef>] intel_pmu_handle_irq+0xcf/0x1d0
[927230.080186] <2> [<ffffffff859bb039>] perf_event_nmi_handler+0x39/0x60
[927230.080187] <2> [<ffffffff859bc9cc>] nmi_handle.isra.0+0x8c/0x150
[927230.080188] <2> [<ffffffff859bcbed>] do_nmi+0x15d/0x460
[927230.080189] <2> [<ffffffff859bbdf4>] end_repeat_nmi+0x1e/0x81
[927230.080191] <2> [<ffffffff8531ec46>] ? native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x126/0x200
[927230.080192] <2> [<ffffffff8531ec46>] ? native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x126/0x200
[927230.080193] <2> [<ffffffff8531ec46>] ? native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x126/0x200
[927230.080195] <2> <EOE>  [<ffffffff859ac21a>] queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0xb/0x13
[927230.080196] <2> [<ffffffff859ba7bb>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3b/0x40
[927230.080197] <2> [<ffffffff85360958>] force_quiescent_state+0x98/0x130
[927230.080198] <2> [<ffffffff85362206>] __call_rcu+0x286/0x2c0
[927230.080200] <2> [<ffffffff8536225d>] call_rcu_sched+0x1d/0x30
[927230.080201] <2> [<ffffffff8545e596>] put_filp+0x46/0x50
[927230.080202] <2> [<ffffffff8546db64>] path_openat+0x114/0x5a0
[927230.080203] <2> [<ffffffff8546f4dd>] do_filp_open+0x4d/0xc0
[927230.080204] <2> [<ffffffff8547dd47>] ? __alloc_fd+0x47/0x180
[927230.080206] <2> [<ffffffff8545aba4>] do_sys_open+0x124/0x220
[927230.080207] <2> [<ffffffff8545acbe>] SyS_open+0x1e/0x30
[927230.080210] <2> [<ffffffffc052c4f5>] sisevt_hook_sys_open+0x1cc/0x254 [sisevt]
[927230.080211] <2> [<ffffffff8545aca0>] ? do_sys_open+0x220/0x220
[927230.080212] <2> [<ffffffff85346966>] ? __audit_syscall_exit+0x1f6/0x2b0
[927230.080214] <2> [<ffffffff8534671c>] ? __audit_syscall_entry+0xbc/0x110
[927230.080216] <2> [<ffffffffc0532cd2>] sisevt64_sys_open+0x12/0x20 [sisevt]
[927230.080217] <2> [<ffffffff859c539a>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x25/0x2a

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprie Linux 7
  • Kernel
  • Out-of-tree (O) kernel module: [sisfim]

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