Bug 479184 - RHEL 4.7: unknown NMI errors on x86_64 on DL580 G5
Summary: RHEL 4.7: unknown NMI errors on x86_64 on DL580 G5
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Vitaly Mayatskikh
QA Contact: Martin Jenner
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 458859 497330
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-01-07 19:39 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2018-10-20 03:00 UTC (History)
16 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2009-04-30 21:25:30 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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dmesg for kernel-largesmp-78.0.20.EL (29.31 KB, text/plain)
2009-04-23 09:19 UTC, Qian Cai 		no flags Details
dmesg for kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-89.EL (29.13 KB, text/plain)
2009-04-23 09:21 UTC, Qian Cai 		no flags Details
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:0459 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2009-04-30 21:24:29 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2009-01-07 19:39:34 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #458859 and has been proposed
to be backported to 4.7 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2009-01-07 20:12:58 UTC 
This bugzilla has Keywords: Regression.  

Since no regressions are allowed between releases, 
it is also being proposed as a blocker for this release.  

Please resolve ASAP.
Comment 5 Vitaly Mayatskikh 2009-01-21 14:17:13 UTC 
Committed in 78.0.14.EL
Comment 10 Vitaly Mayatskikh 2009-03-25 07:57:11 UTC 
Committed in 78.0.18.EL
Comment 12 Qian Cai 2009-04-23 09:19:56 UTC 
Created attachment 340909 [details]
dmesg for kernel-largesmp-78.0.20.EL
Comment 13 Qian Cai 2009-04-23 09:21:52 UTC 
Created attachment 340911 [details]
dmesg for kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-89.EL
Comment 14 Qian Cai 2009-04-23 09:31:50 UTC 
This problem is also there for UP kernel.

[root@hp-dl580g5-01 ~]# grep -i nmi /var/log/dmesg
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0xff] dfl dfl lint[0x1])
activating NMI Watchdog ... done.
testing NMI watchdog ... CPU#0: NMI appears to be stuck (1)!
NMI watchdog: disabling NMI delivery on LINT0 for all CPUs
[root@hp-dl580g5-01 ~]# uname -ra
Linux hp-dl580g5-01.rhts.bos.redhat.com 2.6.9-78.0.20.EL #1 Thu Apr 16 13:37:56 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Comment 16 Qian Cai 2009-04-23 10:44:33 UTC 
After a while, the following console messages have been displayed with the RHEL4.7.z kernel.

hp-dl580g5-01.rhts.bos.redhat.com login: warning: many lost ticks.
Your time source seems to be instable or some driver is hogging interupts
rip __do_softirq+0x4d/0xd0
Falling back to HPET
Comment 17 Vitaly Mayatskikh 2009-04-23 11:44:43 UTC 
I'm trying to bisect what we miss in 4.7.z.
Comment 18 Vitaly Mayatskikh 2009-04-23 12:09:55 UTC 
We need patch linux-2.6.9-nehalem-ex-support.patch from bz 491338, with this patch 4.7.z kernel works as desired.
Comment 19 Jiri Skrabal 2009-04-23 12:29:39 UTC 
Patch from BZ 491338 approved for 4.7.z. See Bug #497330
Comment 23 errata-xmlrpc 2009-04-30 21:25:30 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0459.html
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