Bug 717853

Summary: [abrt] kernel: [110159.578356] WARNING: at include/net/mac80211.h:2878 rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn](): TAINTED ---------W
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: John Rowe <john.barr.rowe>
Component: kernelAssignee: John W. Linville <linville>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 15CC: chanueting, cupp, gansalmon, itamar, jamescape777, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda, marbolangos, sgruszka, spam42, terrance.wickman, wey-yi.w.guy
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Unspecified   
Whiteboard: abrt_hash:af7bb31744e82b85c8ec3b0b01668719bf1534a7
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Description John Rowe 2011-06-30 07:54:11 UTC 
abrt version: 2.0.3
architecture:   x86_64
cmdline:        ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_bfsjrowefedora-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_bfsjrowefedora/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_bfsjrowefedora/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=uk rhgb quiet
comment:        This failed while connecting or coming out of sleep.
component:      kernel
kernel:         2.6.38.8-32.fc15.x86_64
kernel_tainted: 512
kernel_tainted_long: Taint on warning.
os_release:     Fedora release 15 (Lovelock)
package:        kernel
reason:         [110159.578356] WARNING: at include/net/mac80211.h:2878 rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn]()
time:           Wed Jun 29 17:03:10 2011

backtrace:
:[110159.578356] WARNING: at include/net/mac80211.h:2878 rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn]()
:[110159.578359] Hardware name: 43842RG
:[110159.578361] Modules linked in: tcp_lp fuse ebtable_nat ebtables ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle bridge 8021q garp stp llc sunrpc cpufreq_ondemand acpi_cpufreq freq_table mperf ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables rfcomm sco bnep l2cap virtio_net kvm_intel snd_hda_codec_hdmi kvm snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_seq arc4 snd_seq_device snd_pcm iwlagn iwlcore btusb microcode uvcvideo mac80211 videodev i2c_i801 joydev bluetooth v4l2_compat_ioctl32 intel_ips iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support cfg80211 e1000e snd_timer snd_page_alloc thinkpad_acpi rfkill snd soundcore wmi ipv6 sdhci_pci sdhci mmc_core firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t nouveau ttm drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core video [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
:[110159.578412] Pid: 3468, comm: kworker/u:0 Not tainted 2.6.38.8-32.fc15.x86_64 #1
:[110159.578414] Call Trace:
:[110159.578421]  [<ffffffff8105511a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x83/0x9b
:[110159.578423]  [<ffffffff8105514c>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
:[110159.578429]  [<ffffffffa03bd1c6>] rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn]
:[110159.578435]  [<ffffffffa03bd3a4>] rs_get_rate+0x1d6/0x215 [iwlagn]
:[110159.578445]  [<ffffffffa025805d>] rate_control_get_rate+0x86/0x14c [mac80211]
:[110159.578453]  [<ffffffffa025ff73>] invoke_tx_handlers+0x7ff/0xe46 [mac80211]
:[110159.578457]  [<ffffffff813ba66e>] ? __alloc_skb+0x40/0x133
:[110159.578464]  [<ffffffffa0260628>] ieee80211_tx+0x6e/0x1c6 [mac80211]
:[110159.578472]  [<ffffffffa02608e8>] ieee80211_xmit+0x168/0x177 [mac80211]
:[110159.578483]  [<ffffffffa0261360>] ieee80211_tx_skb+0x4f/0x57 [mac80211]
:[110159.578489]  [<ffffffffa02520a5>] ieee80211_send_nullfunc+0x46/0x4b [mac80211]
:[110159.578495]  [<ffffffffa02520f3>] ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send+0x49/0xaa [mac80211]
:[110159.578502]  [<ffffffffa0253c2b>] ieee80211_sta_work+0xd5/0x127 [mac80211]
:[110159.578508]  [<ffffffffa0256691>] ieee80211_iface_work+0x2af/0x2d2 [mac80211]
:[110159.578515]  [<ffffffffa02563e2>] ? ieee80211_iface_work+0x0/0x2d2 [mac80211]
:[110159.578519]  [<ffffffff8106afb6>] process_one_work+0x186/0x298
:[110159.578521]  [<ffffffff8106b343>] worker_thread+0xda/0x15d
:[110159.578523]  [<ffffffff8106b269>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x15d
:[110159.578525]  [<ffffffff8106b269>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x15d
:[110159.578527]  [<ffffffff8106ebaf>] kthread+0x84/0x8c
:[110159.578530]  [<ffffffff8100a9e4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
:[110159.578532]  [<ffffffff8106eb2b>] ? kthread+0x0/0x8c
:[110159.578534]  [<ffffffff8100a9e0>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10
Comment 1 John W. Linville 2011-07-12 19:50:04 UTC 
Wey-yi, any idea what continues to cause this warning?
Comment 2 Stanislaw Gruszka 2011-07-13 12:38:16 UTC 
*** Bug 713617 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Stanislaw Gruszka 2011-07-16 10:14:28 UTC 
*** Bug 715428 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Stanislaw Gruszka 2011-07-16 14:59:51 UTC 
*** Bug 702627 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Dave Jones 2011-08-10 03:45:35 UTC 
I hit this sometimes up to a dozen or so times a day. I reported it upstream twice with no response..

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/200701
Comment 6 Dave Jones 2011-08-22 21:48:15 UTC 
*** Bug 732500 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 John W. Linville 2011-08-24 15:35:41 UTC 
Does this problem persist with 2.6.40 (or later) kernels?
Comment 8 John Rowe 2011-08-25 10:21:49 UTC 
It doesn't appear to, however, there's still a warning:

jrowe@BFS-JROWE-FEDORA [11:19:38] ~/Projects/mov_parser: sudo grep rate_lowest_index /var/log/messages
Aug 24 09:52:06 BFS-JROWE-FEDORA kernel: [176656.072183] WARNING: at include/net/mac80211.h:3081 rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn]()
Aug 24 09:52:06 BFS-JROWE-FEDORA kernel: [176656.072282]  [<ffffffffa03311ca>] rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn]
Aug 24 09:52:07 BFS-JROWE-FEDORA kernel: [176657.343098] WARNING: at include/net/mac80211.h:3081 rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn]()
Aug 24 09:52:07 BFS-JROWE-FEDORA kernel: [176657.343247]  [<ffffffffa03311ca>] rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn]
Aug 24 12:56:11 BFS-JROWE-FEDORA kernel: [187673.266055] WARNING: at include/net/mac80211.h:3081 rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn]()
Aug 24 12:56:11 BFS-JROWE-FEDORA kernel: [187673.266202]  [<ffffffffa03311ca>] rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn]
Aug 24 12:56:12 BFS-JROWE-FEDORA kernel: [187674.481670] WARNING: at include/net/mac80211.h:3081 rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn]()
Aug 24 12:56:12 BFS-JROWE-FEDORA kernel: [187674.481859]  [<ffffffffa03311ca>] rate_lowest_index+0x38/0x40 [iwlagn]
Comment 9 J. William Cupp 2011-09-23 12:25:05 UTC 
Package: kernel
Architecture: i686
OS Release: Fedora release 15 (Lovelock)

Comment
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I don't know.
Comment 10 Kelvan 2011-09-23 17:05:59 UTC 
I can't remember this error before 2.6.40 (using it since updates-testing)
Comment 11 J. William Cupp 2011-09-26 11:31:17 UTC 
Package: kernel
Architecture: i686
OS Release: Fedora release 15 (Lovelock)

Comment
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dropped laptop into docking station ... laptop had been hibernating ... woke up when I opened the lid ... as soon as I began to work, the kernel crash appeared
Comment 12 Fabien Archambault 2011-10-14 15:21:30 UTC 
Package: kernel
Architecture: i686
OS Release: Fedora release 15 (Lovelock)

Comment
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Doing nothing while connected to eduroam network
Comment 13 Stanislaw Gruszka 2012-01-24 07:20:13 UTC 
This should be fixed, try 3.2.1 or later.