Bug 1033819

Summary: I get a very large number of error messages in /var/log/messages from ACPI
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Graham <graham>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 19CC: gansalmon, graham, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, kupo, madhu.chinakonda, michele, michele, smparrish
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Last Closed: 2014-03-10 14:44:49 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Graham 2013-11-23 06:52:25 UTC
Description of problem:
I am receiving a large number of messages in /var/log/messages:

Nov 23 17:29:46 toshiba kernel: [90052.357801] ACPI Error: No installed handler for fixed event - PM_Timer (0), disabling (20130517/evevent-286)

~17 messages at the same time, every 30 seconds

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
My version of Fedora is up-to-date. The problem has been here for a few years.

How reproducible:
I need to do nothing. The 'messages' file just accumulates a large number of these lines.

Steps to Reproduce:
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Additional info:
My machine is a Toshiba Satellite with an AMD chip. I use wireless access to the internet. I am not aware of what ACPI does. If I type "man acpi", I am told that there is no MAN page installed. I am not using acpi deliberately.

Comment 1 Michele Baldessari 2013-11-23 10:16:56 UTC
Hi Graham,

Can you attach the full dmesg to this BZ, please?

Thanks,
Michele

Comment 2 Graham 2013-11-23 21:47:54 UTC
Created attachment 828158 [details]
dmesg output

Comment 3 Michele Baldessari 2013-11-23 22:27:08 UTC
Hi Graham,

the dmesg is being truncated as likely the buffer is too small. Can you either upload the full /var/log/message or increase your kernel log buffer (via the log_buf_len boot parameter) and reupload dmesg please? 

Thanks,
Michele

Comment 4 Graham 2013-11-23 23:56:15 UTC
Created attachment 828210 [details]
messges file

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Comment 6 Michele Baldessari 2013-12-22 08:48:16 UTC
Upstream similar report from Toshiba Satellite laptop:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46521

Comment 7 Michele Baldessari 2013-12-25 19:44:19 UTC
Hi Graham,

con you just confirm that if you launch: grep . /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/*

then wait for a few minutes so that you get many messages. If you relaunch
grep . /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/* then you will see the line
"/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_pmtimer increasing the invalid counter?

Just making sure that we are 100% seeing upstream BZ 46521

Thanks,
Michele

Comment 8 Justin M. Forbes 2014-03-10 14:44:49 UTC
*********** MASS BUG UPDATE **************

This bug has been in a needinfo state for more than 1 month and is being closed with insufficient data due to inactivity. If this is still an issue with Fedora 19, please feel free to reopen the bug and provide the additional information requested.

Comment 9 Graham 2014-06-09 11:35:13 UTC
Sorry I did not reply earlier. when I got the message about Fedora 18 being at end of life, I did not pursue the problem.

I have done the test and yes the counter is increasing:

$ grep . /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/*
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/error:       0
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_gbl_lock:       0   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_pmtimer:  385444   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_pwr_btn:       0   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_rt_clk:       1   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_slp_btn:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe00:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe01:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe02:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe03:  404401   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe04:       0   disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe05:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe06:      67   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe07:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe08:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe09:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0A:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0B:       0   disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0C:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0D:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0E:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0F:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe10:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe11:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe12:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe13:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe14:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe15:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe16:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe17:       0   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe18:       0   disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe19:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1A:       0   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1B:       0   disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1C:       0   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1D:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1E:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1F:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe_all:  404468
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/sci:  404468
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/sci_not:      60


$ grep . /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/*
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/error:       0
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_gbl_lock:       0   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_pmtimer:  385973   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_pwr_btn:       0   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_rt_clk:       1   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_slp_btn:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe00:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe01:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe02:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe03:  404930   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe04:       0   disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe05:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe06:      67   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe07:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe08:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe09:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0A:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0B:       0   disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0C:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0D:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0E:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0F:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe10:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe11:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe12:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe13:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe14:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe15:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe16:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe17:       0   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe18:       0   disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe19:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1A:       0   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1B:       0   disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1C:       0   enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1D:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1E:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1F:       0   invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe_all:  404997
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/sci:  404997
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/sci_not:      60