Public bug reported: Copying files from a external usb drive causes a soft cpu lockup. Resulting in a freeze for half an hour while 3gb is copied. Load average reaches 20.
kern.log ====== (multiple occurances of these) Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 61s! [kswapd0:26] Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] Modules linked in: nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat parport_pc ppdev binfmt_misc arc4 snd_hda_codec_realtek joydev snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec radeon snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi ath5k snd_rawmidi ttm snd_seq_midi_event pcmcia mac80211 snd_seq drm_kms_helper ath snd_timer snd_seq_device usbhid drm cfg80211 yenta_socket hid pcmcia_rsrc snd ati_agp pcmcia_core i2c_algo_bit psmouse soundcore serio_raw shpchp agpgart i2c_piix4 snd_page_alloc k8temp lp parport usb_storage 8139too 8139cp sdhci_pci sata_sil mii sdhci led_class pata_atiixp Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] Modules linked in: nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat parport_pc ppdev binfmt_misc arc4 snd_hda_codec_realtek joydev snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec radeon snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi ath5k snd_rawmidi ttm snd_seq_midi_event pcmcia mac80211 snd_seq drm_kms_helper ath snd_timer snd_seq_device usbhid drm cfg80211 yenta_socket hid pcmcia_rsrc snd ati_agp pcmcia_core i2c_algo_bit psmouse soundcore serio_raw shpchp agpgart i2c_piix4 snd_page_alloc k8temp lp parport usb_storage 8139too 8139cp sdhci_pci sata_sil mii sdhci led_class pata_atiixp Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] Pid: 26, comm: kswapd0 Not tainted 2.6.35-24-generic #42-Ubuntu Prespa M /Aspire 5050 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] EIP: 0060:[<c01de733>] EFLAGS: 00000246 CPU: 0 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] EIP is at zone_watermark_ok+0x63/0xb0 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] EAX: 000019e9 EBX: 00000576 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000576 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] ESI: c0800040 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f71fbf78 ESP: f71fbf64 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] Process kswapd0 (pid: 26, ti=f71fa000 task=f7133f70 task.ti=f71fa000) Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] Stack: Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] 000019e9 00000000 c07ffd00 c0800040 00000001 f71fbfbc c01e69d9 00000000 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] <0> 00000000 f7133f70 f7133f70 c0800a48 00000000 00000000 f7133f70 c0165ec0 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] <0> c0800a4c c0800a4c 00000004 f706df3c c07ffd00 c01e6810 f71fbfe4 c0165a94 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] Call Trace: Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c01e69d9>] ? kswapd+0x1c9/0x270 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c0165ec0>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x50 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c01e6810>] ? kswapd+0x0/0x270 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c0165a94>] ? kthread+0x74/0x80 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c0165a20>] ? kthread+0x0/0x80 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c010363e>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] Code: ea 1f 01 da d1 fa 29 d3 f6 45 0c 10 74 0d 85 db 8d 53 03 0f 49 d3 c1 fa 02 29 d3 8b 55 08 8b 54 96 10 8d 14 13 39 d0 76 3f 85 ff <7e> 2d 2b 46 54 31 c9 d1 fb 39 d8 7f 1b eb 2e 8d b6 00 00 00 00 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] Call Trace: Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c01e69d9>] kswapd+0x1c9/0x270 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c0165ec0>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x50 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c01e6810>] ? kswapd+0x0/0x270 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c0165a94>] kthread+0x74/0x80 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c0165a20>] ? kthread+0x0/0x80 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5684.392011] [<c010363e>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10 Jan 1 11:28:18 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 5722.436067] usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 Jan 1 11:33:53 paul-Aspire-5050 kernel: [ 6057.279634] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 4 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: linux-image-2.6.35-24-generic 2.6.35-24.42 Regression: No Reproducible: Yes ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: paul 1281 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xc0000000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883' Components : 'HDA:14f12bfa,1025010f,00090000 HDA:10ec0883,10250000,00100002' Controls : 28 Simple ctrls : 16 Date: Sat Jan 1 11:59:54 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=df586914-dab5-45d2-8b5e-76f5df9752f5 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) Lsusb: Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c51b Logitech, Inc. V220 Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Acer, inc. Aspire 5050 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=3bc7c979-96a4-46b7-ab61-ca5acbc901cf ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux dmi.bios.date: 11/16/06 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: v1.3112 dmi.board.name: Prespa M dmi.board.vendor: Acer, Inc. dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer, Inc. dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv1.3112:bd11/16/06:svnAcer,inc.:pnAspire5050:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer,Inc.:rnPrespaM:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer,Inc.:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Aspire 5050 dmi.product.version: Not Applicable dmi.sys.vendor: Acer, inc. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 kernel-uncat maverick needs-upstream-testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/696212 Title: Soft cpu lock copying files form external usb drive -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs