Kernel crash on "mtx eject" with qla1040

[Gordon Shumway]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.27-6-server

Doing an "mtx eject" invariably crashes the kernel with the following dump:

[ 351.762059] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 00200200
[ 351.771998] IP: [<f0938962>] :qla1280:qla1280_done+0x72/0xd0
[ 351.771998] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
[ 351.771998] Modules linked in: ipv6 af_packet fuse lp loop evdev parport_pc parport snd_intel8x0 intel_rng button snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm pcspkr snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc intel_agp iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support agpgart shpchp pci_b
[ 351.771998]
[ 351.771998] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.27-6-server #1)
[ 351.771998] EIP: 0060:[<f0938962>] EFLAGS: 00010212 CPU: 0
[ 351.771998] EIP is at qla1280_done+0x72/0xd0 [qla1280]
[ 351.771998] EAX: 00100100 EBX: edc9e494 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00200200
[ 351.771998] ESI: edc9e400 EDI: ef4f1364 EBP: c04c1ee4 ESP: c04c1ecc
[ 351.771998] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
[ 351.771998] Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=c04c0000 task=c0482340 task.ti=c04c0000)
[ 351.771998] Stack: 453118fd 00162c5a ef4f1be0 ef4f1364 ef4f1be0 00000001 c04c1efc f093b094
[ 351.771998] 00040004 ef469300 00000000 00000000 c04c1f14 c017ea11 00000016 c04b4880
[ 351.771998] 00000016 c04b48b0 c04c1f38 c01802b4 ef469300 c04c1f2c 00000000 00000000
[ 351.771998] Call Trace:
[ 351.771998] [<f093b094>] ? qla1280_intr_handler+0x74/0xb8 [qla1280]
[ 351.771998] [<c017ea11>] ? handle_IRQ_event+0x41/0x80
[ 351.771998] [<c01802b4>] ? handle_fasteoi_irq+0x74/0xe0
[ 351.771998] [<c010c615>] ? do_IRQ+0x45/0x80
[ 351.771998] [<c010a9a7>] ? common_interrupt+0x23/0x28
[ 351.771998] [<c0120f35>] ? native_safe_halt+0x5/0x10
[ 351.771998] [<c011059d>] ? default_idle+0x5d/0x60
[ 351.771998] [<c010888d>] ? cpu_idle+0x7d/0x140
[ 351.771998] [<c037d853>] ? rest_init+0x53/0x60
[ 351.771998] =======================
[ 351.771998] Code: c0 00 00 00 02 02 00 00 89 f0 83 6f 1c 01 ff 96 90 00 00 00 8b 43 0c 85 c0 75 56 8b 9f 7c 08 00 00 39 5d f0 74 5b 8b 03 8b 53 04 <89> 02 89 50 04 8b 73 08 c7 03 00 01 10 00 c7 43 04 00 02 20 00
[ 351.771998] EIP: [<f0938962>] qla1280_done+0x72/0xd0 [qla1280] SS:ESP 0068:c04c1ecc
[ 352.180095] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

This does not happen with an Adaptec 29160 or with an Adapted 2940UW.

System:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10

Hardware is a HP Vectra VL420 with BIOS JA.01.07US.

Relevant packages:

ii linux-headers-2.6.27-6 2.6.27-6.9 Header files related to Linux kernel version
ii linux-headers-2.6.27-6-server 2.6.27-6.9 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.27 on x
ii linux-headers-server 2.6.27.6.7 Linux kernel headers on Server Equipment.
ii linux-image-2.6.27-6-server 2.6.27-6.9 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.27 on x86
ii linux-image-server 2.6.27.6.7 Linux kernel image on Server Equipment.
ii linux-libc-dev 2.6.27-6.9 Linux Kernel Headers for development
ii linux-server 2.6.27.6.7 Complete Linux kernel on Server Equipment.
ii mtx 1.3.11-1ubuntu1 controls tape autochangers

Full dmesg is attached.

[kernel-janitor (kernel-janitor)]

Hi Gordon,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 280979

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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