Description of problem: ACPI subsystem seems to get stuck on certain events, rendering the system useless. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC4 How reproducible: Sporadically. Never showed up with 2.6.15 kernels (based on ACPI 20050902). Steps to Reproduce: 1. Unplug AC. Actual results: CPU load shoots up pretty much 100% system time. Everything else falls to pieces. System is still "running", but impossible to shut down elegantly. ACPI interpreter seems to be caught in a loop. Reviewing system logs reveals a slew of "ACPI Warning (utdelete-0378): Large Reference Count (362E) in object dab92254 [20060127]" error messages. Expected results: System processes AC event as it should. Additional info: Because of quirks in the BIOS and acpi-cpufreq, acpi-cpufreq is reloaded on power-change events so the new set of frequncies is picked up. No problems with earlier kernels with ACPI 20050902, but ACPI 20060127 seems to be rather sketchy on this notebook.
Created attachment 130449 [details] System log excerpt
still happening with the 2.6.17 update ?
I've not seen it with 2.6.17 yet (between hibernates the latest kernel has been "up" 12 days now), but this is perhaps because I've booted it with ec_intr=0.
[This comment added as part of a mass-update to all open FC4 kernel bugs] FC4 has now transitioned to the Fedora legacy project, which will continue to release security related updates for the kernel. As this bug is not security related, it is unlikely to be fixed in an update for FC4, and has been migrated to FC5. Please retest with Fedora Core 5. Thank you.
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
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Created attachment 142110 [details] Typical ACPI large reference count messages Seen again in kernel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6. Again, happened as the battery was removed. It didn't crash the system, but the flurry of messages made is pretty much unusable. Kernel booted with ec_intr=0.
acpi_serialize seems to have calmed this.
if it is necessary to add "acpi_serialize" to the cmdline to make the machine boot and run properly, that is a serious bug. Please file it at bugzilla.kernel.org