irq 16: nobody cared usb_hcd_irq

[xavier]

I am using a PCI card which is the Nova-T-500, a double tuner DVB-T card with "Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04 (Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic 3.2.34)". I get random IRQ bugs with it which make my DVB card not usable. I have tried everything on this webpage: . I have disabled what I could in the BIOS, I have updated the BIOS, I have tried tried all the kernel parameters, I have tried to put the card on another slot (sometimes the computer didn't boot on the other slot, sometimes I still had the bug) without any success...

Here is the interrupts list:
cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0 CPU1
  0: 43 65 IO-APIC-edge timer
  1: 2 1 IO-APIC-edge i8042
  7: 1 0 IO-APIC-edge
  8: 0 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc0
  9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
 12: 0 4 IO-APIC-edge i8042
 14: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge pata_atiixp
 15: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge pata_atiixp
 16: 471658 28343 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb4
 17: 0 4 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb2, ehci_hcd:usb3
 18: 196503 5028 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb5, ohci_hcd:usb6, ohci_hcd:usb7, ohci_hcd:usb8, uhci_hcd:usb9
 19: 236910 12253 IO-APIC-fasteoi ahci
 40: 3330812 1557 PCI-MSI-edge eth0
 41: 12311 221497 PCI-MSI-edge fglrx[0]@PCI:0:1:0
NMI: 187 124 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 4781455 4642174 Local timer interrupts
SPU: 0 0 Spurious interrupts
PMI: 187 124 Performance monitoring interrupts
IWI: 0 0 IRQ work interrupts
RES: 643229 835925 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 663 719 Function call interrupts
TLB: 70683 63843 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 0 0 Thermal event interrupts
THR: 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
MCE: 0 0 Machine check exceptions
MCP: 66 66 Machine check polls
ERR: 1
MIS: 0

On the forum I have been told that a kernel panic was related to a irq problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2098028
Basically when I try to convert a file with ffmpeg, I get a kernel panic, maybe it is related to that irq problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic 3.2.0-35.55
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic 3.2.34
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AlsaVersion:
 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25-5.17rc13.
 Compiled on Dec 27 2012 for kernel 3.2.0-35-generic (SMP).
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: Set [C-Media USB Headphone Set], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15.1
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: Set [C-Media USB Headphone Set], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: xavier 1713 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Set'/'C-Media USB Headphone Set at usb-0000:00:13.0-1, full speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB0d8c:000c'
   Controls : 7
   Simple ctrls : 3
CurrentDmesg:
 Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: No such file or directory
 dmesg: write failed: Broken pipe
Date: Mon Dec 31 16:03:10 2012
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 dns0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
MarkForUpload: True
ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-35-generic root=UUID=9d6d643d-ae16-4677-895a-22b929009790 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M panic=10 quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WifiSyslog:

dmi.bios.date: 08/06/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1502
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: E35M1-M
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1502:bd08/06/2012:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnE35M1-M:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[xavier (s.xavier)]

It seems dmesg wasn't included:
[ 2794.402505] irq 16: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
[ 2794.402535] Pid: 0, comm: swapper/0 Tainted: P O 3.2.0-35-generic #55-Ubuntu
[ 2794.402543] Call Trace:
[ 2794.402564] [<c1560f2c>] ? printk+0x2d/0x2f
[ 2794.402581] [<c10b1259>] __report_bad_irq+0x29/0xd0
[ 2794.402593] [<c10b14b4>] note_interrupt+0x104/0x150
[ 2794.402606] [<c107c1d4>] ? tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick+0x2b4/0x410
[ 2794.402618] [<c10af38f>] handle_irq_event_percpu+0x9f/0x1f0
[ 2794.402631] [<c157614d>] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x2d/0x40
[ 2794.402642] [<c10af51b>] handle_irq_event+0x3b/0x60
[ 2794.402654] [<c10b1cc0>] ? unmask_irq+0x30/0x30
[ 2794.402664] [<c10b1d0e>] handle_fasteoi_irq+0x4e/0xd0
[ 2794.402671] <IRQ> [<c157d832>] ? do_IRQ+0x42/0xc0
[ 2794.402693] [<c106e483>] ? __hrtimer_start_range_ns+0x163/0x400
[ 2794.402704] [<c157d770>] ? common_interrupt+0x30/0x38
[ 2794.402716] [<c107c1d4>] ? tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick+0x2b4/0x410
[ 2794.402728] [<c10017da>] ? cpu_idle+0x6a/0xe0
[ 2794.402741] [<c15455a5>] ? rest_init+0x5d/0x68
[ 2794.402754] [<c1834771>] ? start_kernel+0x34d/0x353
[ 2794.402764] [<c18343b5>] ? pass_bootoption.constprop.2+0xe2/0xe2
[ 2794.402776] [<c18340a9>] ? i386_start_kernel+0xa9/0xaf
[ 2794.402782] handlers:
[ 2794.402795] [<c13deb10>] usb_hcd_irq
[ 2794.402810] Disabling IRQ #16

[xavier (s.xavier)]

I forgot to say that I tried different kernels: 3.2, 3.4 and 3.7. The kernel panic bug (from this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12430893#post12430893):

Bug with 3.2, ffmpeg and one core deactivated:
[ 7.250095] SP5100 TCO timer: mmio address 0xbafe00 already in use
[ 23.216775] SP5100 TCO timer: mmio address 0xbafe00 already in use
[ 21.184130] SP5100 TCO timer: mmio address 0xbafe00 already in use
[ 1583.874892] [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 4 Bank 0: b600000000010015
[ 1583.876014] [Hardware Error]: TSC 252f65ae0c8 ADDR b671d000
[ 1583.876014] [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 2:500f10 TIME 1356285230 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 5000028
[ 1583.876014] [Hardware Error]: Run the above through 'mcelog --ascii'
[ 1583.876014] [Hardware Error]: Machine check: Processor context corrupt
[ 1583.876014] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal machine check on current CPU
[ 1583.876014] Pid: 3234, comm: ffmpeg Tainted: G M O 3.2.0-35-generic #55-Ubuntu
[ 1583.876014] Call Trace:
[ 1583.876014] [<c1560f2c>] ? printk+0x2d/0x2f
[ 1583.876014] [<c1560dfa>] panic+0x5c/0x161
[ 1583.876014] [<c1015a0f>] mce_panic.part.14+0x13f/0x170
[ 1583.876014] [<c1015a92>] mce_panic+0x52/0x90
[ 1583.876014] [<c1016526>] do_machine_check+0x356/0x4f0
[ 1583.876014] [<c10161d0>] ? mce_log+0x120/0x120
[ 1583.876014] [<c15769a7>] error_code+0x67/0x6c
[ 24.773952] SP5100 TCO timer: mmio address 0xbafe00 already in use
[ 24.118978] SP5100 TCO timer: mmio address 0xbafe00 already in use

Bug with 3.7
[ 765.772789] i2c /dev entries driver
[ 1327.785334] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 1: Machine Check Exception: 4 Bank 0: f600000000010015
[ 1327.789344] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 1f357ac28c4 ADDR b1be8000
[ 1327.793361] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 2:500f10 TIME 1356277176 SOCKET 0 APIC 1 microcode 5000026
[ 1327.797362] mce: [Hardware Error]: Run the above through 'mcelog --ascii'
[ 1327.801339] mce: [Hardware Error]: Machine check: Invalid
[ 1327.805255] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal machine check on current CPU

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[xavier (s.xavier)]

From my own experience I can reduce the frequency of this irq thing by:
(1) using less DVB channels, especially DVB channels with high definition (with tvheadend my DVB software, I can activate the muxes/channels I want)
(2) using only one DVB tuner from my dual-tuner DVB-T card (maybe it even suppress the problem)

For the moment it is quite stable, I will try to get it to run as long as possible, but (2) isn't satisfactory at all so I am still seeking for a solution.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.8 kernel[0] (Not a kernel in the daily directory) and install both the linux-image and linux-image-extra .deb packages.

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, for example it will not boot, please add the tag: 'kernel-unable-to-test-upstream'.
Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".

Thanks in advance.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.8-rc1-raring/

[xavier (s.xavier)]

I am able to test 3.8, but not for a long time, because I need the computer to be operational and with 3.8 I have two issues:
(1) amd drivers not compatible
(2) the remote bundled with my dvb card doesn't work anymore: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1492275/
[ 720.770607] INFO: task lirc:1758 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[ 720.770626] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 720.770631] lirc D 00000000 0 1758 1753 0x00000000
[ 720.770639] eb901ea8 00000082 00000000 00000000 0b973100 c18bb220 c19f8100 c19f8100
[ 720.770650] 0c1a6a04 0000000e f7be0100 eb896680 ec2d0cd0 c162c749 eb901e74 eb896680
[ 720.770659] eb900000 eb896680 eb901eb8 c1625010 eb896680 eb896680 00000000 eb900000
[ 720.770669] Call Trace:
[ 720.770683] [<c162c749>] ? smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x59/0x88
[ 720.770690] [<c1625010>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0x34/0x3c
[ 720.770695] [<c1623bd3>] schedule+0x23/0x60
[ 720.770700] [<c1623e1d>] schedule_preempt_disabled+0xd/0x10
[ 720.770705] [<c1622d16>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xc6/0x120
[ 720.770710] [<c16229c4>] mutex_lock+0x24/0x40
[ 720.770732] [<f85572d0>] ? rc_allocate_device+0x110/0x110 [rc_core]
[ 720.770778] [<f85572f9>] store_protocols+0x29/0x1e0 [rc_core]
[ 720.770785] [<c12af106>] ? apparmor_file_permission+0x16/0x20
[ 720.770793] [<f85572d0>] ? rc_allocate_device+0x110/0x110 [rc_core]
[ 720.770801] [<c13e01c3>] dev_attr_store+0x23/0x40
[ 720.770808] [<c11c28d6>] sysfs_write_file+0xa6/0x100
[ 720.770816] [<c116325f>] vfs_write+0x8f/0x160
[ 720.770821] [<c11c2830>] ? sysfs_poll+0x90/0x90
[ 720.770825] [<c117c841>] ? sys_dup3+0x91/0xe0
[ 720.770831] [<c1163557>] sys_write+0x47/0x80
[ 720.770836] [<c162bf4d>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x28

I could live with (1), but not with (2). So I will try to reproduce the bug on 3.8, but it could take some times. Unless you have an idea on how to fix my remote on 3.8.

[xavier (s.xavier)]

I have tested for like 20 hours with 3.8 rc1. It didn't occur. As I didn't have hardware acceleration and a working remote, I had to revert. I am unable for the moment to test more. If the lirc bug is resolved in a near future, I will test again. I have added the tag "kernel-unable-to-test-upstream".

[xavier (s.xavier)]

I have tried the latest 3.8 kernel, but my remote is still not working so I can't test it enough. Any help appreciated: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12502459#post12502459

[xavier (s.xavier)]

Update: it seems that the support for irexec is broken on 13.04/3.8 kernel: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12508461&postcount=7

[xavier (s.xavier)]

Instead of trying upstream, I have tried downgrading. I have been running with 2.6.32 without any problem for few days (with both tuners and all the channels activated). I will try to report the bug upstream later.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[Tim Ritberg (xpert-reactos)]

Still a Problem with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with kernel 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP:

 xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
 kernel: [ 1.443558] irq 16: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
 kernel: [ 1.443560] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu
 kernel: [ 1.443560] Hardware name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M./Z77 Extreme4, BIOS P2.90 07/11/2013
 kernel: [ 1.443562] ffff880213869aa4 ffff88021f203e68 ffffffff8171e320 ffff880213869a00
 kernel: [ 1.443563] ffff88021f203e90 ffffffff810c1be2 ffff880213869a00 0000000000000010
 kernel: [ 1.443564] 0000000000000000 ffff88021f203ed0 ffffffff810c211c 0000000000000010
 kernel: [ 1.443564] Call Trace:
 kernel: [ 1.443568] <IRQ> [<ffffffff8171e320>] dump_stack+0x45/0x56
 kernel: [ 1.443570] [<ffffffff810c1be2>] __report_bad_irq+0x32/0xd0
 kernel: [ 1.443571] [<ffffffff810c211c>] note_interrupt+0x24c/0x2a0
 kernel: [ 1.443572] [<ffffffff810bf949>] handle_irq_event_percpu+0xd9/0x1d0
 kernel: [ 1.443573] [<ffffffff810bfa7d>] handle_irq_event+0x3d/0x60
 kernel: [ 1.443575] [<ffffffff810c2c9a>] handle_fasteoi_irq+0x5a/0x100
 kernel: [ 1.443577] [<ffffffff81015cde>] handle_irq+0x1e/0x30
 kernel: [ 1.443579] [<ffffffff8173108d>] do_IRQ+0x4d/0xc0
 kernel: [ 1.443580] [<ffffffff8172682d>] common_interrupt+0x6d/0x6d
 kernel: [ 1.443582] <EOI> [<ffffffff815d1012>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x52/0xc0
 kernel: [ 1.443584] [<ffffffff815d1139>] cpuidle_idle_call+0xb9/0x1f0
 kernel: [ 1.443585] [<ffffffff8101ceae>] arch_cpu_idle+0xe/0x30
 kernel: [ 1.443587] [<ffffffff810bed85>] cpu_startup_entry+0xc5/0x290
 kernel: [ 1.443588] [<ffffffff8170c887>] rest_init+0x77/0x80
 kernel: [ 1.443590] [<ffffffff81d35f6b>] start_kernel+0x433/0x43e
 kernel: [ 1.443591] [<ffffffff81d35941>] ? repair_env_string+0x5c/0x5c
 kernel: [ 1.443593] [<ffffffff81d35120>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x120/0x120
 kernel: [ 1.443594] [<ffffffff81d355ee>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
 kernel: [ 1.443594] [<ffffffff81d35733>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x143/0x152
 kernel: [ 1.443595] handlers:
 kernel: [ 1.443597] [<ffffffff81540660>] usb_hcd_irq
 kernel: [ 1.443597] Disabling IRQ #16