Observed below kernel BUG_ON in slab.c while using "Debian 4.9.189-3+deb9u2" on an x86 platform.
This was observed when the device was being rebooted while a packet storm was in progress and the packets were still in-flight in the network device driver. netdev_alloc_skb() was being done to send the packet to the kernel IP stack. I also have a vmcore available but I am not able to find anything useful. I observed this only once, but wanted to put it out there for wider consumption. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. [121568.845041] kernel BUG at /sonic/src/sonic-linux-kernel/linux-4.9.189/mm/slab.c:2984! [121568.853896] invalid opcode: 0000 1 SMP [121568.858474] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc xt_mac macvlan team_mode_loadbalance team xt_mark vxlan ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel 8021q garp mrp dummy vrf iptable_mangle xt_TCPMSS ip6table_mangle at24 nvmem_core lm75 ip6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_tcpudp ip6table_filter ip6_tables optoe accton_as7726_32x_psu(O) accton_as7726_32x_leds(O) accton_as7726_32x_fan(O) accton_as7726_32x_cpld(O) ym2651y(O) i2c_mux_pca954x i2c_mux xt_conntrack nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xfrm_user xfrm_algo linux_knet_cb(O) psample(O) linux_bcm_knet(O) linux_user_bde(O) linux_kernel_bde(O) bonding intel_rapl sb_edac edac_core x86_pkg_temp_thermal i2c_dev intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel kvm irqbypass crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support intel_cstate gpio_ich evdev mxm_wmi intel_uncore intel_rapl_perf ioatdma mei_me lpc_ich intel_pch_thermal sg mfd_core mei shpchp ebtable_broute bridge stp wmi llc ebtable_nat ebtable_filter ebtables acpi_pad button iptable_filter iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack ip_tables x_tables autofs4 loop ext4 crc16 jbd2 crc32c_generic fscrypto ecb mbcache nls_utf8 nls_cp437 nls_ascii vfat fat overlay squashfs sd_mod crc32c_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 ahci glue_helper lrw gf128mul ablk_helper cryptd libahci xhci_pci ehci_pci ehci_hcd xhci_hcd libata ixgbe(O) i2c_i801 scsi_mod i2c_smbus tg3 usbcore libphy usb_common dca ptp pps_core [121569.001571] CPU: 7 PID: 5807 Comm: ip Tainted: G O 4.9.0-11-2-amd64 #1 Debian 4.9.189-3+deb9u2 [121569.012557] Hardware name: Accton AS7726-32X/AS7726-32X, BIOS AS7726 V36 20180806 08/06/2018 [121569.022086] task: ffff9786b925b140 task.stack: ffffb2a8c3734000 [121569.028799] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffb63e9363>] [<ffffffffb63e9363>] kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace+0x553/0x5a0 [121569.039506] RSP: 0000:ffff9787bfdc3cc0 EFLAGS: 00010086 [121569.045537] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff9787bf001700 RCX: ffff9787bf0006c0 [121569.053611] RDX: ffff9787bf001708 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9787bf001700 [121569.061683] RBP: ffff9787bf0006c0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000004 [121569.069756] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 00000000000000fa R12: 0000000000000004 [121569.077828] R13: ffff9787bfddbc90 R14: ffffe2de445b5f00 R15: ffff9787bf0006c0 [121569.085901] FS: 00007fb6aba7a700(0000) GS:ffff9787bfdc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [121569.095042] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [121569.101559] CR2: 00007f502e7f15d8 CR3: 00000003e4c64000 CR4: 0000000000360670 [121569.109631] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [121569.117701] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [121569.125772] Stack: [121569.128111] 0000000000000000 d58a38ae00000000 0000000000000046 ffff9787bf001700 [121569.136494] 00000000a6333000 ffff9787bfddbc90 ffff9787bf001708 ffff9787bf001718 [121569.144867] ffffffff02090220 ffff9787bf0006c0 ffffffff02090220 0000000000002600 [121569.153242] Call Trace: [121569.156069] <IRQ> [121569.158314] [<ffffffffb66e2e1e>] ? __kmalloc_reserve.isra.35+0x2e/0x80 [121569.165807] [<ffffffffb66e3d92>] ? __alloc_skb+0x82/0x1c0 [121569.172032] [<ffffffffb66ea39c>] ? __netdev_alloc_skb+0x3c/0x110 [121569.178938] [<ffffffffb66c2210>] ? get_target_pstate_use_cpu_load+0x90/0x90 [121569.186915] [<ffffffffc0885632>] ? bkn_rx_refill+0xd8/0x300 [linux_bcm_knet] [121569.194988] [<ffffffffc0886094>] ? bkn_rxtick+0x172/0x1ae [linux_bcm_knet] [121569.202865] [<ffffffffc0885f22>] ? bkn_rx_restart+0xf4/0xf4 [linux_bcm_knet] [121569.210939] [<ffffffffb62e9702>] ? call_timer_fn+0x32/0x120 [121569.217359] [<ffffffffb62e9a77>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x1d7/0x430 [121569.224266] [<ffffffffb62fabe0>] ? tick_sched_do_timer+0x30/0x30 [121569.231174] [<ffffffffb653ce14>] ? timerqueue_add+0x54/0xa0 [121569.237595] [<ffffffffb62eb768>] ? enqueue_hrtimer+0x38/0x80 [121569.244114] [<ffffffffb68086ed>] ? __do_softirq+0x10d/0x2b0 [121569.250535] [<ffffffffb62812a2>] ? irq_exit+0xc2/0xd0 [121569.256372] [<ffffffffb680816c>] ? smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4c/0x60 [121569.263764] [<ffffffffb680689e>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0x9e/0xb0 [121569.270765] <EOI> [121569.273006] Code: 00 48 29 46 40 e9 d3 fe ff ff 48 8b 53 18 48 8b 74 24 38 4c 89 ff e8 2d 94 16 00 f6 45 23 40 74 ae 49 c7 46 10 00 00 00 00 eb a4 <0f> 0b 0f 0b 48 8b 74 24 18 48 89 cf 44 89 ea 44 89 4c 24 28 48 [121569.294762] RIP [<ffffffffb63e9363>] kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace+0x553/0x5a0 [121569.302835] RSP <ffff9787bfdc3cc0> [ 0.000000] Linux version 4.9.0-11-2-amd64 (debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 6.3.0 20170516 (Debian 6.3.0-
