[Edge 11] Unbootable: Kernel crash on startup since proposed 3.2.0-63.94

Bug #1319735 reported by Benjamin Schmid
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Bug Description

With the latest kernel update in precise-proposed my Lenovo Edge 11 is no longer bootable and reliable runs into a kernel panic. I tried to capture a stacktrace with Alt-SysRq-1 but no message was written to kern.log. So I'm only able to provide a captured, digital image of the crash.

The new kernel is bootable into recovery console, but I don't know how to perform any diagnostics from where. Based on the kernel panic and due to the fact that i'm unable to activate networking in the recovery console I assume its a network related issue.

To report this bug, I'm running the previous kernel "Ubuntu 3.2.0-61.93-generic-pae 3.2.55" from precise-updates, which runs fine. I'll run apport-collect from this to provide my system details.
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ben 6439 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ben 6439 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xd0900000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20582 (Pebble)'
   Components : 'HDA:14f15066,17aa21ca,00100302'
   Controls : 9
   Simple ctrls : 6
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xd0510000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 87HT24WW-1.090000'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 87HT24WW-1.090000'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 1
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b6404bc2-b76e-469d-b63a-3a6fbef5ecef
MachineType: LENOVO 2545A12
MarkForUpload: True
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/usr/local/bin/fish
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-61-generic-pae root=/dev/mapper/sda5_crypt ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-61.93-generic-pae 3.2.55
PulseList:
 Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory /home/ben not ours.
 No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-61-generic-pae N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-61-generic-pae N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.14
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
StagingDrivers: zram
Tags: precise staging
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-61-generic-pae i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 09/01/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 87ET42WW (1.16 )
dmi.board.name: 2545A12
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr87ET42WW(1.16):bd09/01/2011:svnLENOVO:pn2545A12:pvrThinkPadEdge:rvnLENOVO:rn2545A12:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2545A12
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote : Status changed to Confirmed

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Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) wrote :

I have a patch I would like to test and see if it resolves this bug. I will build a test kernel and post a link to it shortly.

In the meantime, can you test the latest 3.2 upstream kernel which can be downloaded from:

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2.58-precise/

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Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) wrote :

Actually, the patch I would like you to test is already applied to the -proposed repository.

Would it be possible for you to test the latest kernel in proposed and post back if it resolves this bug?
See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed.

Thank you in advance!

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Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) wrote :

Ok, sorry for the repeated requests, but one more change. A revert of commit 9b33bf99915d39bbf699facefacfbd391289162e in Precise is what we want to test. I'll build a test kernel with that revert and post a link to it shortly.

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Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) wrote :

So just ignore my requests in comment #23 and #24

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Benjamin Schmid (benbuntu) wrote :

Hello Joseph! Thank you for your quick assistance!

I didn't found 9b33bf99915d39bbf699facefacfbd391289162e in https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git so I guess this is a Ubuntu-specific commit and I still should install the upstream kernel.

Going to report back right after a reboot.

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Benjamin Schmid (benbuntu) wrote :

Reporting in from a running, latest upstream "Linux version 3.2.58-030258-generic-pae (apw@gomeisa) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #201404301236 SMP Wed Apr 30 16:59:24 UTC 2014".

So I'll wait for your test kernel...

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Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) wrote :

I built a Precise test kernel with a revert of the following commit:

commit 9b33bf99915d39bbf699facefacfbd391289162e
Author: Larry Finger <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Nov 18 11:11:28 2013 -0600

    rtlwifi: Set the link state

The kernel can be downloaded from:
kernel.ubuntu.com/~jsalisbury/lp1319735/

Can you test this kernel and post back if it resolves the bug?

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Benjamin Schmid (benbuntu) wrote :

A oneliner causes my issues? The revert of this commit actually seems to fix my kernel panic.

Thank you _very_ much, Joseph. Didn't expect to get this issue identified _that_ fast.

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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote :

@Benjamin,

Thanks for the quick test on this. Yes, this same commit hurt us on another series as well.

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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.2.0-63.95

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linux (3.2.0-63.95) precise; urgency=low

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * Revert "rtlwifi: Set the link state"
    - LP: #1319735
  * Release Tracking Bug
    - re-used previous tracking bug

linux (3.2.0-63.94) precise; urgency=low

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * Merged back Ubuntu-3.2.0-61.93 security release
  * Revert "n_tty: Fix n_tty_write crash when echoing in raw mode"
    - LP: #1314762
  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1316703

  [ Stefan Bader ]

  * SAUCE: net/ipv4: Always flush route cache on unregister batch call
    - LP: #1021471

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * ipv6: don't set DST_NOCOUNT for remotely added routes
    - LP: #1293726
    - CVE-2014-2309
  * vhost: fix total length when packets are too short
    - LP: #1312984
    - CVE-2014-0077
  * n_tty: Fix n_tty_write crash when echoing in raw mode
    - LP: #1314762
    - CVE-2014-0196
  * floppy: ignore kernel-only members in FDRAWCMD ioctl input
    - LP: #1316729
    - CVE-2014-1737
  * floppy: don't write kernel-only members to FDRAWCMD ioctl output
    - LP: #1316735
    - CVE-2014-1738

linux (3.2.0-62.93) precise; urgency=low

  [ Joseph Salisbury ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1313807

  [ Joseph Salisbury ]

  * [Config] updateconfigs after Linux v3.2.57 update

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * rds: prevent dereference of a NULL device in rds_iw_laddr_check
    - LP: #1302222
    - CVE-2014-2678
  * rtlwifi: Set the link state
    - LP: #1310763
  * rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix some code in RF handling
    - LP: #1310763
  * NFSv4: OPEN must handle the NFS4ERR_IO return code correctly
    - LP: #1310763
  * selinux: process labeled IPsec TCP SYN-ACK packets properly in
    selinux_ip_postroute()
    - LP: #1310763
  * parport: parport_pc: remove double PCI ID for NetMos
    - LP: #1310763
  * staging: vt6656: [BUG] BBvUpdatePreEDThreshold Always set sensitivity
    on bScanning
    - LP: #1310763
  * bfa: Chinook quad port 16G FC HBA claim issue
    - LP: #1310763
  * usb: option: add new zte 3g modem pids to option driver
    - LP: #1310763
  * dib8000: make 32 bits read atomic
    - LP: #1310763
  * serial: add support for 400 and 800 v3 series Titan cards
    - LP: #1310763
  * serial: add support for 200 v3 series Titan card
    - LP: #1310763
  * x86/efi: Fix off-by-one bug in EFI Boot Services reservation
    - LP: #1310763
  * rtc-cmos: Add an alarm disable quirk
    - LP: #1310763
  * slub: Fix calculation of cpu slabs
    - LP: #1310763
  * mtd: mxc_nand: remove duplicated ecc_stats counting
    - LP: #1310763
  * USB: pl2303: fix data corruption on termios updates
    - LP: #1310763
  * USB: serial: add support for iBall 3.5G connect usb modem
    - LP: #1310763
  * USB: Nokia 502 is an unusual device
    - LP: #1310763
  * USB: cypress_m8: fix ring-indicator detection and reporting
    - LP: #1310763
  * ALSA: rme9652: fix a missing comma in channel_map_9636_ds[]
    - LP: #1310763
  * sunrpc: Fix infinite loop in RPC state machine
    - LP: #1310763
  * SELinux: Fix memory leak upon loading policy
    - LP: #1310763
  * drm/radeon: warn users when hw_i2c is enabled (v2)
    - LP: #131...

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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