Re: [BUG] 2.6.24 refuses to boot - NMI watchdog problem?

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 23:36:42 +0000 (GMT)
Chris Rankin <rankincj@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a 1 GHz Coppermine PC with 512 MB RAM, and it is failing to boot with the nmi_watchdog=1
> option. This kernel was rebuilt after doing a "make mrproper". The dmesg log follows:

Can you tell us if earlier kernels worked OK, and if so which version(s)?
>From your other mail it appears that 2.6.23 was OK?

> ...
>
> ..TIMER: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
> WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/smp_32.c:561 native_smp_call_function_mask()
> Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.24 #1
>  [<c0112a37>] native_smp_call_function_mask+0x43/0x114
>  [<c01149f2>] enable_NMI_through_LVT0+0x0/0x26
>  [<c01049b3>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28
>  [<c01149f2>] enable_NMI_through_LVT0+0x0/0x26
>  [<c01149f2>] enable_NMI_through_LVT0+0x0/0x26
>  [<c0113c07>] smp_call_function+0x1c/0x1f
>  [<c01244e2>] on_each_cpu+0x28/0x54
>  [<c0115eee>] setup_nmi+0x30/0x47
>  [<c032a820>] setup_IO_APIC+0x88c/0xe49
>  [<c01b2166>] number+0x159/0x22f
>  [<c0103078>] __switch_to+0x23/0x133
>  [<c0282231>] _spin_unlock_irq+0xe/0x22
>  [<c011bd5a>] finish_task_switch+0x1c/0x50
>  [<c02807a5>] schedule+0x527/0x541
>  [<c02821a6>] _spin_unlock+0xd/0x21
>  [<c028083e>] preempt_schedule+0x43/0x54
>  [<c0120c92>] vprintk+0x2c1/0x2fc
>  [<c020c610>] device_add+0x318/0x541
>  [<c0328084>] native_smp_prepare_cpus+0x45f/0x46f
>  [<c01e0b07>] acpi_ns_get_device_callback+0xfe/0x11c
>  [<c0282087>] _spin_lock+0xd/0x5a
>  [<c011a998>] task_rq_lock+0x28/0x4b
>  [<c028220f>] _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xf/0x23
>  [<c011c13f>] set_cpus_allowed+0x86/0x8e
>  [<c020e0d9>] __driver_attach+0x0/0x7f
>  [<c0209860>] serial8250_set_termios+0x2b4/0x2c8
>  [<c031f349>] kernel_init+0x0/0x2b2
>  [<c031f39b>] kernel_init+0x52/0x2b2
>  [<c0282231>] _spin_unlock_irq+0xe/0x22
>  [<c011bd5a>] finish_task_switch+0x1c/0x50
>  [<c011cced>] schedule_tail+0x17/0x51
>  [<c0103ec2>] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x1c
>  [<c031f349>] kernel_init+0x0/0x2b2
>  [<c031f349>] kernel_init+0x0/0x2b2
>  [<c0104bc3>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
>  =======================

I think we've fixed that now.  Len: if so, has that fix been sent in for
2.6.24.1?

> APIC timer registered as dummy, due to nmi_watchdog=1!
> Brought up 1 CPUs
> net_namespace: 64 bytes
> NET: Registered protocol family 16
> ACPI: bus type pci registered
> PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0e30, last bus=3
> PCI: Using configuration type 1
> Setting up standard PCI resources
> ACPI: Interpreter enabled
> ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S5)
> ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
> ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
> PCI quirk: region e400-e47f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
> PCI quirk: region ec00-ec3f claimed by ICH4 GPIO
> PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
> Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
> pnp: PnP ACPI init
> ACPI: bus type pnp registered
> pnp: PnP ACPI: found 15 devices
> ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
> PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
> PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".  If it helps, post a report
> BUG: NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP on CPU0, eip c0102ad1, registers:
> Modules linked in:
> 
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.24 #1)
> EIP: 0060:[<c0102ad1>] EFLAGS: 00000246 CPU: 0
> EIP is at default_idle+0x2c/0x3e
> EAX: 00000000 EBX: c0102aa5 ECX: 010bb000 EDX: fffedb3c
> ESI: 00000000 EDI: c1409284 EBP: 00000004 ESP: c031bfc8
>  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=c031b000 task=c02f4320 task.ti=c031b000)
> Stack: c010258e c140c000 c034e284 c031f8dc 00000037 c031f0e0 00000000 00009000 
>        c033b260 00000002 00099800 c0311000 007a2007 00000000 
> Call Trace:
>  [<c010258e>] cpu_idle+0x97/0xcc
>  [<c031f8dc>] start_kernel+0x2e1/0x2e9
>  [<c031f0e0>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x195
>  =======================
> Code: 3d 48 a9 35 c0 00 75 32 80 3d e5 97 31 c0 00 74 29 89 e0 25 00 f0 ff ff 83 60 0c fd f0 83 04
> 24 00 fa 8b 40 08 a8 04 75 04 fb f4 <eb> 01 fb 89 e0 25 00 f0 ff ff 83 48 0c 02 c3 f3 90 c3 55 57
> 56