[Bug 613273] Re: kernel panic on ec2 in system_call_fastpath

[Gernot Hillier]

We sporadically also see similar symptoms to this bug and #610107. I
think they're also connected and both caused by killing udev in the
middle of its operation. The huge number of similar bugs makes me think
this is not the best idea even when it gives us 2 or 3 seconds less of
boot time.

Wouldn't simply adding "/sbin/udevadm settle" before killing udev solve
this issue? We're currently starting long-term tests to see whether it
helps.

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Title:
  kernel panic on ec2 in system_call_fastpath

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “initramfs-tools” source package in Maverick:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” source package in Maverick:
  Invalid
Status in “udev” source package in Maverick:
  Triaged
Status in “initramfs-tools” source package in Natty:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” source package in Natty:
  Invalid
Status in “udev” source package in Natty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  In testing alpha-3 build 20100813.2, I found the following kernel oops:
  [    0.473264] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!^M
  [    0.473277] Pid: 1, comm: run-init Not tainted 2.6.35-14-virtual #19-Ubuntu^M
  [    0.473284] Call Trace:^M
  [    0.473294]  [<ffffffff815a0109>] panic+0x90/0x111^M
  [    0.473303]  [<ffffffff81006b1b>] ? __raw_callee_save_xen_irq_enable+0x11/0x26^M
  [    0.473312]  [<ffffffff8106276d>] forget_original_parent+0x33d/0x350^M
  [    0.473318]  [<ffffffff81061b94>] ? put_files_struct+0xc4/0xf0^M
  [    0.473325]  [<ffffffff8106279b>] exit_notify+0x1b/0x190^M
  [    0.473330]  [<ffffffff810640a5>] do_exit+0x1c5/0x3f0^M
  [    0.473336]  [<ffffffff81006afd>] ? __raw_callee_save_xen_irq_disable+0x11/0x1e^M
  [    0.473343]  [<ffffffff810643d7>] sys_exit+0x17/0x20^M
  [    0.473349]  [<ffffffff8100a0f2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b^M

  This happened only once in my testing so far today (dozens of boots).
  I'm attaching the console log of failed instance.  The instance that reported this bug is same ami/region different instance.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: linux-image-2.6.35-14-virtual 2.6.35-14.19
  Regression: Yes
  Reproducible: No
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 2.6.35-14.19-virtual 2.6.35
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-14-virtual x86_64
  AlsaDevices: Error: command ['ls', '-l', '/dev/snd/'] failed with exit code 2: ls: cannot access /dev/snd/: No such file or directory
  AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  CurrentDmesg: [   12.900041] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
  Date: Wed Aug  4 01:19:11 2010
  Ec2AMI: ami-09c3bc5b
  Ec2AMIManifest: ubuntu-images-testing-ap-southeast-1/ubuntu-maverick-daily-amd64-server-20100803.2.manifest.xml
  Ec2AvailabilityZone: ap-southeast-1b
  Ec2InstanceType: m1.large
  Ec2Kernel: aki-11d5aa43
  Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
  Frequency: Once a week.
  Lspci:
   
  Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1:
  ProcCmdLine: root=LABEL=uec-rootfs ro
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcModules: acpiphp 18752 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0000000
  SourcePackage: linux

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