Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6 server with kernel parameter "intel_iommu=on iommu=pt" causes kernel panic.

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Issue

  • Kernel panic messages captured from serial console:
dmar: DRHD: handling fault status reg 302
dmar: DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [03:00.0] fault addr 62de81000
DMAR:[fault reason 06] PTE Read access is not set
:megasr[cfg]: err ldf RCL packet free logic error
:megasr[raid_key]: [x] RAID5 support    [x] SAS drive support
scsi0 : LSI MegaSR RAID5
irq 26: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: P           ---------------    2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 #1
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>  [<ffffffff810e8fdb>] ? __report_bad_irq+0x2b/0xa0
 [<ffffffff810e91dc>] ? note_interrupt+0x18c/0x1d0
 [<ffffffff810e997d>] ? handle_fasteoi_irq+0xcd/0xf0
 [<ffffffff8100faf9>] ? handle_irq+0x49/0xa0
 [<ffffffff815312ec>] ? do_IRQ+0x6c/0xf0
 [<ffffffff8100b9d3>] ? ret_from_intr+0x0/0x11
 <EOI>  [<ffffffff810ad7e6>] ? tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick+0x296/0x3c0
 [<ffffffff81009f89>] ? cpu_idle+0x79/0x110
 [<ffffffff8150cf1a>] ? rest_init+0x7a/0x80
 [<ffffffff81c26f8f>] ? start_kernel+0x424/0x430
 [<ffffffff81c2633a>] ? x86_64_start_reservations+0x125/0x129
 [<ffffffff81c26453>] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0x115/0x124
handlers:
[<ffffffffa003ccb0>] (lsraid_isr+0x0/0x70 [megasr])
Disabling IRQ #26
dracut Warning: No root device "block:/dev/mapper/vg_rhel-lv_root" found
dracut Warning: LVM vg_rhel/lv_root not found
dracut Warning: LVM vg_rhel/lv_swap not found
dracut Warning: Boot has failed. To debug this issue add "rdshell" to the kernel command line.
dracut Warning: Signal caught!
dracut Warning: LVM vg_rhel/lv_root not found
dracut Warning: LVM vg_rhel/lv_swap not found
dracut Warning: Boot has failed. To debug this issue add "rdshell" to the kernel command line.
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init Tainted: P           ---------------    2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 #1
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff81527513>] ? panic+0xa7/0x16f
 [<ffffffff81077622>] ? do_exit+0x862/0x870
 [<ffffffff8118a855>] ? fput+0x25/0x30
 [<ffffffff81077688>] ? do_group_exit+0x58/0xd0
 [<ffffffff81077717>] ? sys_exit_group+0x17/0x20
 [<ffffffff8100b072>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Kernel-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6
  • Kernel Parameter: intel_iommu=on iommu=pt
  • LSI MegaSR RAID5 version v15.04.2013.1121
  • megasr (P)

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