Kdump boot fails due to Kernel OOPS @tpm_ibmvtpm_probe (PowerVM)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kexec-tools (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
== Comment: #0 - SACHIN P. SANT <email address hidden> - 2015-06-04 06:03:17 ==
---Steps to Reproduce---
1) Using latest daily ISO install 14.04.02 as a Power VM guest. The LPAR has vTPM functionality enabled.
2) Upgrade the kernel to 3.19 level (3.19.0-18-generic)
3) Configure kdump. A fix is required to configure kdump. Refer to defect (https:/
# kdump-config load
Modified cmdline:
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* loaded kdump kernel
# cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=
#
4) Trigger a crash. Kdump boot fails with a kernel panic
I'm in purgatory
-> smp_release_cpus()
spinning_
<- smp_release_cpus()
<- setup_system()
[ 0.877197] Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000010
[ 0.877232] Faulting instruction address: 0xc00000000863a044
[ 0.877241] Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
[ 0.877246] SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries
[ 0.877255] Modules linked in:
[ 0.877264] CPU: 8 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/8 Not tainted 3.19.0-18-generic #18~14.04.1-Ubuntu
[ 0.877273] task: c000000086bc0000 ti: c000000086c00000 task.ti: c000000086c00000
[ 0.877280] NIP: c00000000863a044 LR: c000000008639f54 CTR: 00000000003fd734
[ 0.877288] REGS: c000000086c03580 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (3.19.0-18-generic)
[ 0.877294] MSR: 8000000100009033 <SF,EE,
[ 0.877314] CFAR: c000000008639f60 DAR: 0000000000000010 DSISR: 40000000 SOFTE: 1
GPR00: 0000000024002022 c000000086c03800 c00000000944c760 0000000000000100
GPR04: fffffff000000500 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000010
GPR08: 0000000000000008 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000000000000
GPR12: fffffffffffffff0 c00000000e7f4800 c00000000800bdd8 0000000000000000
GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR20: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR24: 0000000000000000 c000000086dece00 c000000008a86cb0 fffffffffffffff0
GPR28: 0000000000000000 c0000000823c9848 c00000008608ad00 c0000000823c9800
[ 0.877409] NIP [c00000000863a044] tpm_ibmvtpm_
[ 0.877417] LR [c000000008639f54] tpm_ibmvtpm_
[ 0.877423] Call Trace:
[ 0.877430] [c000000086c03800] [c000000008639e6c] tpm_ibmvtpm_
[ 0.877442] [c000000086c038a0] [c000000008033a1c] vio_bus_
[ 0.877451] [c000000086c03940] [c00000000864b15c] driver_
[ 0.877461] [c000000086c039d0] [c00000000864b69c] __driver_
[ 0.877469] [c000000086c03a10] [c00000000864817c] bus_for_
[ 0.877478] [c000000086c03a60] [c00000000864a8fc] driver_
[ 0.877486] [c000000086c03a90] [c00000000864a2d8] bus_add_
[ 0.877495] [c000000086c03b20] [c00000000864c31c] driver_
[ 0.877504] [c000000086c03b90] [c0000000080322f8] __vio_register_
[ 0.877513] [c000000086c03c10] [c000000008df6de8] ibmvtpm_
[ 0.877523] [c000000086c03c30] [c00000000800b4bc] do_one_
[ 0.877532] [c000000086c03d00] [c000000008da4100] kernel_
[ 0.877543] [c000000086c03dc0] [c00000000800bdfc] kernel_
[ 0.877553] [c000000086c03e30] [c00000000800956c] ret_from_
[ 0.877561] Instruction dump:
[ 0.877567] 38e00000 f8410018 7d2c4b78 4e800421 e8410018 4bfffea0 60420000 38600064
[ 0.877583] 4bb04c35 60000000 e93e0008 38600100 <80890010> 4ba46121 60000000 7c6907b4
[ 0.877607] ---[ end trace c0064a96755f8f13 ]---
[ 0.881558]
[ 2.881696] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
[ 2.881696]
[ 2.885423] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
[ 2.885423]
== Comment: #6 - HON CHING LO <email address hidden> - 2015-06-04 16:39:23 ==
The patch was sent upstream and under review. I'll post the commit as soon as it's available.
== Comment: #9 - HON CHING LO <email address hidden> - 2015-06-08 15:42:40 ==
Upstream submission for the patch:
tags: | added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-125877 severity-critical targetmilestone-inin14043 |
affects: | ubuntu → kexec-tools (Ubuntu) |
Changed in kexec-tools (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
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