retitle 391929 hdparm/sata_promise kernel freeze on 2.6.18.2/amd64 when setting write_cache off thanks
The problem seems to be related to S07hdparm instead of
S10checkroot and more specifically to the setting write_cache=off
in /etc/hdparm.conf for the two drives attached to the
Promise/FastTrak controller (which is being used not as a HW-RAID
controller, but rather as provider of two separate SATA channels):
lspci -v (full lspci -vv attached):
00:08.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20378 (FastTrak
378/SAT
A 378) (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8V Deluxe/PC-DL Deluxe motherboard
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 96, IRQ 177
I/O ports at 8800 [size=64]
I/O ports at 8400 [size=16]
I/O ports at 8000 [size=128]
Memory at fb300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at fb200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
If I comment out write_cache=off for sd[gh], the system boots fine.
I can also set -W0 on sd[ef], which are connected to a sata_via
controller (see lspci attachment for details).
If I run hdparm -W0 on sdg or sgh, I get a panic, which this time
actually mentions sata_promise:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000028 RIP:
[<ffffffff8818c642>] :sata_promise:pdc_eng_timeout+0x62/0x18d
PGD 35fb2067 PUD 3585d067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [1] SMP
CPU 0
Modules linked in: rfcomm l2cap button ac battery ipv6 ipt_MASQUERADE
iptable_nat ipt_REJECT ipt_addrtype ipt_LOG xt_limit xt_tcpudp xt_conntrack
ip_nat_ftp ip_nat ip_conntrack_ftp ip_conntrack nfnetlink iptable_filter
ip_tables x_tables netconsole snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_via82xx tsdev serio_raw snd_bt87x
snd_via82xx_modem snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss evdev
snd_mpu401_uart snd_pcm psmouse snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd_timer snd
soundcore eth1394 pcspkr floppy ext3 jbd mbcache dm_mirror dm_snapshot dm_mod
raid10 raid1 md_mod ide_generic ide_cd cdrom skge sd_mod hci_usb bluetooth
usbhid usb_storage bt878 via82cxxx ohci1394 shpchp pci_hotplug ieee1394
sata_promise sk98lin sata_via aic7xxx scsi_transport_spi bttv video_buf
firmware_class ir_common compat_ioctl32 i2c_algo_bit btcx_risc tveeprom
videodev v4l1_compat v4l2_common libata scsi_mod generic ide_core uhci_hcd
ehci_hcd i2c_viapro i2c_core gameport snd_ac97_bus snd_page_alloc thermal
processor fan
Pid: 1129, comm: scsi_eh_4 Not tainted 2.6.18-2-amd64 #1
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8818c642>] [<ffffffff8818c642>]
:sata_promise:pdc_eng_timeout+0x62/0x18d
RSP: 0018:ffff81003d86fe40 EFLAGS: 00010096
RAX: 00000000fafbfcfd RBX: ffff81003e080000 RCX: 000000000000acd4
RDX: 00000000ffffff01 RSI: 0000000000000046 RDI: ffff81003e3461c0
RBP: ffff81003e0804e8 R08: ffffffff804dc140 R09: 0000000000000012
R10: ffff81003d86fe08 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff81003e3461c0 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: 0000000000000005
FS: 00002ad83985c8c0(0000) GS:ffffffff80520000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000000000000028 CR3: 0000000035c4f000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Process scsi_eh_4 (pid: 1129, threadinfo ffff81003d86e000, task
ffff810037f55770)
Stack: ffff81003e080000 ffff81003e0804e8 ffff81003df05ac8 ffff81003e080000
ffff81003e080000 ffffffff880a4f11 0000000000000282 ffff81003e080000
ffffffff880767ed ffff81003df05ac8 ffff81003e080000 ffff81003df05ab8
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff880a4f11>] :libata:ata_scsi_error+0x418/0x50b
[<ffffffff880767ed>] :scsi_mod:scsi_error_handler+0x0/0xa81
[<ffffffff80290195>] keventd_create_kthread+0x0/0x61
[<ffffffff880768ac>] :scsi_mod:scsi_error_handler+0xbf/0xa81
[<ffffffff80290195>] keventd_create_kthread+0x0/0x61
[<ffffffff880767ed>] :scsi_mod:scsi_error_handler+0x0/0xa81
[<ffffffff80290195>] keventd_create_kthread+0x0/0x61
[<ffffffff8023055a>] kthread+0xd4/0x107
[<ffffffff80259318>] child_rip+0xa/0x12
[<ffffffff80290195>] keventd_create_kthread+0x0/0x61
[<ffffffff80230486>] kthread+0x0/0x107
[<ffffffff8025930e>] child_rip+0x0/0x12
Code: 41 8a 44 24 28 3c 01 74 0d 3c 03 bb e8 03 00 00 0f 85 93 00
RIP [<ffffffff8818c642>] :sata_promise:pdc_eng_timeout+0x62/0x18d
RSP <ffff81003d86fe40>
CR2: 0000000000000028
NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP on CPU 0
CPU 0
Modules linked in: rfcomm l2cap button ac battery ipv6 ipt_MASQUERADE
iptable_nat ipt_REJECT ipt_addrtype ipt_LOG xt_limit xt_tcpudp xt_conntrack
ip_nat_ftp ip_nat ip_conntrack_ftp ip_conntrack nfnetlink iptable_filter
ip_tables x_tables netconsole snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_via82xx tsdev serio_raw snd_bt87x
snd_via82xx_modem snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss evdev
snd_mpu401_uart snd_pcm psmouse snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd_timer snd
soundcore eth1394 pcspkr floppy ext3 jbd mbcache dm_mirror dm_snapshot dm_mod
raid10 raid1 md_mod ide_generic ide_cd cdrom skge sd_mod hci_usb bluetooth
usbhid usb_storage bt878 via82cxxx ohci1394 shpchp pci_hotplug ieee1394
sata_promise sk98lin sata_via aic7xxx scsi_transport_spi bttv video_buf
firmware_class ir_common compat_ioctl32 i2c_algo_bit btcx_risc tveeprom
videodev v4l1_compat v4l2_common libata scsi_mod generic ide_core uhci_hcd
ehci_hcd i2c_viapro i2c_core gameport snd_ac97_bus snd_page_alloc thermal
processor fan
Pid: 2817, comm: md5_raid10 Not tainted 2.6.18-2-amd64 #1
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8025e8c6>] [<ffffffff8025e8c6>]
.text.lock.spinlock+0x2/0x8a
RSP: 0018:ffffffff804bfde0 EFLAGS: 00000086
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000004 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffffffff804bfe98 RSI: ffff81003e3461c0 RDI: ffff81003e3461c0
RBP: ffffc20000036000 R08: ffff81003eedc000 R09: 0000000000000246
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff810037ada770 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00000000000000b1 R14: ffff81003e3461c0 R15: ffffffff804bfe98
FS: 00002ad83985c8c0(0000) GS:ffffffff80520000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000000000000028 CR3: 0000000035c4f000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Process md5_raid10 (pid: 2817, threadinfo ffff81003eedc000, task
ffff8100011fd870)
Stack: ffffffff8818c172 ffffffff80257af1 ffff81003dff2340 0000000000000000
0000000000000000 00000000000000b1 ffffffff804bfe98 ffffffff804bfe98
ffffffff8020f0f4 ffffffff80528d00 0000000000005880 00000000000000b1
Call Trace:
<IRQ> [<ffffffff8818c172>] :sata_promise:pdc_interrupt+0x3b/0x1d9
[<ffffffff80257af1>] blk_run_queue+0x28/0x72
[<ffffffff8020f0f4>] handle_IRQ_event+0x29/0x58
[<ffffffff802a4302>] __do_IRQ+0xa4/0x105
[<ffffffff88077dd7>] :scsi_mod:scsi_io_completion+0x156/0x334
[<ffffffff80263fdf>] do_IRQ+0x65/0x73
[<ffffffff80258989>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa
[<ffffffff80210376>] __do_softirq+0x53/0xd5
[<ffffffff8026e567>] end_level_ioapic_vector+0x9/0x16
[<ffffffff80259664>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x28
[<ffffffff80264019>] do_softirq+0x2c/0x7d
[<ffffffff80263fe4>] do_IRQ+0x6a/0x73
[<ffffffff80258989>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa
<EOI> [<ffffffff8020b1c4>] memcmp+0xb/0x22
[<ffffffff882a4522>] :raid10:raid10d+0x233/0x9da
[<ffffffff80290195>] keventd_create_kthread+0x0/0x61
[<ffffffff8025d504>] schedule_timeout+0x1e/0xad
[<ffffffff80290195>] keventd_create_kthread+0x0/0x61
[<ffffffff8828ac2a>] :md_mod:md_thread+0xf8/0x10e
[<ffffffff80290358>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e
[<ffffffff8828ab32>] :md_mod:md_thread+0x0/0x10e
[<ffffffff8023055a>] kthread+0xd4/0x107
[<ffffffff80259318>] child_rip+0xa/0x12
[<ffffffff80290195>] keventd_create_kthread+0x0/0x61
[<ffffffff80230486>] kthread+0x0/0x107
[<ffffffff8025930e>] child_rip+0x0/0x12
Code: 83 3f 00 7e f9 e9 6d fe ff ff e8 ff d7 ff ff e9 7d fe ff ff
console shuts up ...
<0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
<0>Rebooting in 60 seconds..
Curiously, the last two lines do not always appear; sometimes the
system also just remains frozen forever.
sdg is a Maxtor 250Gb SATA drive at UDMA6
sdh is a Samsung 250Gb SATA drive at UDMA7
One difference about these is that the RAID10 array holding the swap
partition only spans sdg[efg] and does not touch sdh.
Both drives are healthy according to smartctl. This is what dmesg
knows about them:
sata_promise 0000:00:08.0: version 1.04
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000036200 ctl 0xFFFFC20000036238 bmdma
0x0 irq 177
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000036280 ctl 0xFFFFC200000362B8 bmdma
0x0 irq 177
scsi4 : sata_promise
ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata3.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 490234752 sectors: LBA48
ata3.00: ata3: dev 0 multi count 0
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
scsi5 : sata_promise
ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata4.00: ATA-7, max UDMA7, 488397168 sectors: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133
Vendor: ATA Model: Maxtor 7Y250M0 Rev: YAR5
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
SCSI device sdg: 490234752 512-byte hdwr sectors (251000 MB)
sdg: Write Protect is off
sdg: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sdg: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sdg: 490234752 512-byte hdwr sectors (251000 MB)
sdg: Write Protect is off
sdg: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sdg: drive cache: write back
sdg: sdg1 sdg2 sdg3 < sdg5 sdg6 sdg7 sdg8 sdg9 sdg10 >
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdg
Vendor: ATA Model: SAMSUNG SP2504C Rev: VT10
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
SCSI device sdh: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB)
sdh: Write Protect is off
sdh: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sdh: drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdh: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB)
sdh: Write Protect is off
sdh: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sdh: drive cache: write through
sdh: sdh1 sdh2 < sdh5 sdh6 sdh7 sdh8 sdh9 sdh10 >
sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdh
This bug also occurs with the vanilla 2.6.18.2 kernel.
Hope this helps.
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