Hello. Something is wrong with my guest Linux on VMware.
Host: CentOS5 (2.6.18-8.1.4.el5) on x86_64 (ThinkPad X60) Guest: CentOS5 (2.6.18-8.1.4.el5) on x86_64 on VMware Workstation 5.5.4 using 2 CPUs BUG messages appear frequently (several times per a minute) on the guest, while they never appear on the host. --- dmesg start --- BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff80073bb7>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff803c57f6>] start_kernel+0x220/0x225 [<ffffffff803c5237>] _sinittext+0x237/0x23e BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff80073bb7>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff80073bb7>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff803c57f6>] start_kernel+0x220/0x225 [<ffffffff803c5237>] _sinittext+0x237/0x23e BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff803c57f6>] start_kernel+0x220/0x225 [<ffffffff803c5237>] _sinittext+0x237/0x23e BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff80073bb7>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff803c57f6>] start_kernel+0x220/0x225 [<ffffffff803c5237>] _sinittext+0x237/0x23e BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff80073bb7>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff80073bb7>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff8804ec84>] :ext3:ext3_get_block+0x0/0xe3 [<ffffffff8804ec84>] :ext3:ext3_get_block+0x0/0xe3 [<ffffffff8001b82e>] __block_write_full_page+0x0/0x2eb [<ffffffff8805042b>] :ext3:ext3_ordered_writepage+0xf1/0x198 [<ffffffff8001c53f>] mpage_writepages+0x1ab/0x34c [<ffffffff8805033a>] :ext3:ext3_ordered_writepage+0x0/0x198 [<ffffffff800d10bd>] do_readv_writev+0x272/0x295 [<ffffffff80059080>] do_writepages+0x29/0x2f [<ffffffff8004d5b4>] __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x51/0x5b [<ffffffff8004de7c>] do_fsync+0x2f/0xa3 [<ffffffff800d155c>] __do_fsync+0x23/0x36 [<ffffffff8005b2c1>] tracesys+0xd1/0xdc BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff80073bb7>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff803c57f6>] start_kernel+0x220/0x225 [<ffffffff803c5237>] _sinittext+0x237/0x23e BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff80073bb7>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff803c57f6>] start_kernel+0x220/0x225 [<ffffffff803c5237>] _sinittext+0x237/0x23e BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff80073bb7>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff803c57f6>] start_kernel+0x220/0x225 [<ffffffff803c5237>] _sinittext+0x237/0x23e BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: mptscsih: ioc0: attempting task abort! (sc=ffff81000da886c0) sd 0:0:0:0: command: Write(10): 2a 00 00 2c 80 67 00 00 e8 00 <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff80073bb7>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469 mptbase: ioc0: IOCStatus(0x004b): SCSI IOC Terminated mptscsih: ioc0: task abort: SUCCESS (sc=ffff81000da886c0) BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff80073bb7>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff80068ae6>] default_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80068b0f>] default_idle+0x29/0x50 [<ffffffff80046fb7>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8 [<ffffffff803c57f6>] start_kernel+0x220/0x225 [<ffffffff803c5237>] _sinittext+0x237/0x23e BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff8005f996>] copy_user_generic+0x92/0x126 [<ffffffff800173e0>] copy_strings+0x1af/0x204 [<ffffffff800173e0>] copy_strings+0x1af/0x204 [<ffffffff8003e327>] do_execve+0x161/0x243 [<ffffffff80052a45>] sys_execve+0x36/0x4c [<ffffffff8005b507>] stub_execve+0x67/0xb0 BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff800b2ca3>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed [<ffffffff80093424>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 [<ffffffff80073d99>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 [<ffffffff8007445b>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c [<ffffffff8021f49e>] dst_rcu_free+0x0/0x3a [<ffffffff8003cca7>] rt_run_flush+0x61/0xb8 [<ffffffff80220ca4>] rt_secret_rebuild+0x0/0x26 [<ffffffff80220cb3>] rt_secret_rebuild+0xf/0x26 [<ffffffff80092c4a>] run_timer_softirq+0x133/0x1b0 [<ffffffff80011c19>] __do_softirq+0x5e/0xd5 [<ffffffff8005c330>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x28 [<ffffffff8006a312>] do_softirq+0x2c/0x85 [<ffffffff8005bcc2>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c <EOI> [<ffffffff80008e1a>] __handle_mm_fault+0x832/0xdf2 [<ffffffff80008cd5>] __handle_mm_fault+0x6ed/0xdf2 [<ffffffff800645a7>] do_page_fault+0x4b8/0x81d [<ffffffff80060ab8>] thread_return+0x0/0xea [<ffffffff8005be1d>] error_exit+0x0/0x84 --- dmesg end --- Finally I got kernel panic (but I couldn't get the dmesg after panic). 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