Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: Distribution: RedHat Hardware Environment: 2 x DualCore opteron Software Environment: Problem Description: Kernel panic with following error: Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: kernel BUG at include/asm/spinlock.h:146! Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: invalid operand: 0000 [#1] Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: SMP Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: Modules linked in: raid5 xor ipt_REJECT loop iptable_filter ip_tables nfsd exportfs md5 ipv6 autofs4 w83627hf eeprom lm85 i2c_sensor i2c_isa i2c_amd756 i2c_dev i2c_core nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc dm_mirror dm_mod button battery ac ohci_hcd hw_random shpchp e100 mii tg3 bonding(U) floppy ext3 jbd sata_promise sata_sil libata sd_mod scsi_mod Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: CPU: 2 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c02d12c8>] Not tainted VLI Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010046 (2.6.9-34.0.1.ELsmp) Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: EIP is at _spin_lock_irqsave+0x20/0x45 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: eax: c011e82f ebx: 00000246 ecx: c02e4cee edx: c02e4cee Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: esi: d0a81f54 edi: d5592000 ebp: d5592f9c esp: d5592f84 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: Process md0_resync (pid: 12669, threadinfo=d5592000 task=e1e2f670) Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: Stack: d0a81f50 d0a81f54 c011e82f f766b580 00000000 d5592000 00000000 c0270ea4 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: 00000000 e1e2f670 c0120291 d5592fd0 d5592fd0 d0a81ee4 c02d25ae f76966b0 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: 00000000 e1e2f670 c0120291 d5592fd0 d5592fd0 00000000 00000000 0000007b Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: Call Trace: Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c011e82f>] complete+0x12/0x3d Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0270ea4>] md_thread+0x15f/0x168 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0120291>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c02d25ae>] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x14 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0120291>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0270d45>] md_thread+0x0/0x168 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c01041f5>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: Code: 81 00 00 00 00 01 c3 f0 ff 00 c3 56 89 c6 53 9c 5b fa 81 78 04 ad 4e ad de 74 18 ff 74 24 08 68 ee 4c 2e c0 e8 74 13 e5 ff 59 58 <0f> 0b 92 00 a8 3d 2e c0 f0 fe 0e 79 13 f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 01 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: Badness in complement_pos at drivers/char/vt.c:456 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c020711e>] complement_pos+0x3d/0x132 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0205215>] clear_selection+0xd/0x3e Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0207564>] set_cursor+0x3e/0x6e Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c020a543>] vt_console_print+0x286/0x2a5 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c020a2bd>] vt_console_print+0x0/0x2a5 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c012242b>] __call_console_drivers+0x36/0x40 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0122837>] release_console_sem+0x43/0xa9 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0122781>] vprintk+0x136/0x14a Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0122648>] printk+0xe/0x11 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c011aa86>] bust_spinlocks+0x3a/0x43 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0106047>] die+0xfb/0x16b Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0106409>] do_invalid_op+0xcf/0xf2 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c02d12c8>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x20/0x45 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c011e75d>] __wake_up_common+0x36/0x51 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c011e7a1>] __wake_up+0x29/0x3c Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c010633a>] do_invalid_op+0x0/0xf2 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c02d316b>] error_code+0x2f/0x38 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c011e82f>] complete+0x12/0x3d Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c02d12c8>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x20/0x45 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c011e82f>] complete+0x12/0x3d Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0270ea4>] md_thread+0x15f/0x168 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0120291>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c02d25ae>] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x14 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0120291>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0270d45>] md_thread+0x0/0x168 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c01041f5>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: Badness in poke_blanked_console at drivers/char/vt.c:2929 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c020b132>] poke_blanked_console+0x30/0x9a Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c020a551>] vt_console_print+0x294/0x2a5 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c020a2bd>] vt_console_print+0x0/0x2a5 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c012242b>] __call_console_drivers+0x36/0x40 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0122837>] release_console_sem+0x43/0xa9 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0122781>] vprintk+0x136/0x14a Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0122648>] printk+0xe/0x11 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c011aa86>] bust_spinlocks+0x3a/0x43 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0106047>] die+0xfb/0x16b Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0106409>] do_invalid_op+0xcf/0xf2 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c02d12c8>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x20/0x45 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c011e75d>] __wake_up_common+0x36/0x51 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c011e7a1>] __wake_up+0x29/0x3c Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c010633a>] do_invalid_op+0x0/0xf2 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c02d316b>] error_code+0x2f/0x38 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c011e82f>] complete+0x12/0x3d Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c02d12c8>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x20/0x45 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c011e82f>] complete+0x12/0x3d Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0270ea4>] md_thread+0x15f/0x168 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0120291>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c02d25ae>] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x14 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0120291>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c0270d45>] md_thread+0x0/0x168 Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: [<c01041f5>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb Jul 19 14:07:20 beta13 kernel: Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds Steps to reproduce: I was playing with raid failure simulation. Created raid5 device on loop devices and failed 2 out of 3 devices on which raid has been setup.
Can you reproduce this problem with a vanilla 2.6.17 kernel from ftp.kernel.org? If yes, please post the output with kernel 2.6.17. If no, please close this bug and contact RedHat for support.