Bug 479306

Summary: Kernel kernel-2.6.27.9-159.fc10.x86_64 locks system on Thinkpad T61
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jan Frey <linux>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Jan Frey 2009-01-08 19:05:28 UTC
Description of problem:
When updating my FC10 system (Thinkpad T61, Core 2 Duo T5670, Intel ICH8 + integrated graphics, iwl4965AGN) to latest kernel, the system becomes slower and slower and more and more unresponsive (e.g. to mouse events). It gets really unusable after about 1h and finally locks down.
Inspired by googling I added the kernel parameter "clocksource=jiffies" which immediately locked the system when X was started.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.27.9-159.fc10.x86_64

How reproducible:
Easily - it always happens.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot the new kernel
2. Use the system normally for 30-60 minutes
3.
  

Additional info:

By watching /proc/interrupts I got the impression that there is a huge number of interrupts occuring.
Currently (with old kernel) and after using the system for ca. 30 minutes the line for IRQ16 says:

 16:       2538     257460   IO-APIC-fasteoi   ahci, uhci_hcd:usb5, yenta, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0

While with the new kernel, the number in the third column goes into the millions quite quickly.

Additionally I observe cracky (interrupted) sound, but this also happens with the older kernel (not as bad - but anyway).

Comment 1 François Cami 2009-02-06 00:45:33 UTC
Jan,
Could you post dmesg output as uncompressed attachment to this bug ?
Does pci=noacpi help ?

Comment 2 Jan Frey 2009-02-10 20:41:49 UTC
Created attachment 331468 [details]
dmesg output

Comment 3 Jan Frey 2009-02-10 20:42:58 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> Jan,
> Could you post dmesg output as uncompressed attachment to this bug ?
> Does pci=noacpi help ?

Hi,

I've added the dmesg output and I'll try pci=noacpi as soon as possible.

Regards,
Jan

Comment 4 Chuck Ebbert 2009-02-10 21:40:54 UTC
You could also try adding just pci=msi instead of pci=noacpi.

Comment 5 Jan Frey 2009-02-11 17:28:00 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> You could also try adding just pci=msi instead of pci=noacpi.

I just checked pci=noacpi: system does not even boot up. Something goes wrong in the SATA driver initialization and then root device cannot be mounted.

I also tried pci=msi, which basically worked but somehow made my WLAN (iwl4965agn) fail to associate with my AP (using WPA2). I had the same problem already with some older kernel (some month ago) but it vanished with some kernel update. 

But I will give pci=msi a real try later...

Regards,
Jan

Comment 6 Jan Frey 2009-02-11 18:52:25 UTC
Now I also checked the pci=msi - the problem persists and the system slows down after something like 20 minutes...

Comment 7 Jan Frey 2009-02-20 16:28:18 UTC
Hello,

just checked the latest kernel (2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10.x86_64): it still shows same behaviour..

Regards,
Jan

Comment 8 Jan Frey 2009-04-06 20:31:23 UTC
Hello,

as an update: problem persists with kernel-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64 .

Additional information/observations:
When system starts getting unresponsive, I usually try to shutdown in a hurry.. Two observation when system goes down:

a) usually, when cupsd is to be stopped (may be coincidence) the system prints a message "Disabling IRQ #16" (which does not appear when running old kernel-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64)

b) when shutdown reaches the point where iptables is to flush its tables, the system is stuck (key presses are recognized, but nothing else happens)

Regards,
Jan

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