Description of problem: after "yum update" the system generates several kernel oopses during boot on the console ending in a Kernel panic. In 50% of the cases the kernel just boots fine). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-3.6.6-1.fc16.x86_64 How reproducible: 50% Steps to Reproduce: 1. reboot 2. enjoy the kernel oops Actual results: <3>[ 15.593074] BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/0/0/0x10010000 <4>[ 15.594079] Modules linked in: bridge stp llc be2iscsi iscsi_boot_sysfs bnx2i cnic uio cxgb4i cxgb4 cxgb3i libcxgbi cxgb3 mdio ib_iser rdma_cm ib_cm iw_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core ib_addr iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi xt_CHECKSUM xt_LOG iptable_mangle xt_limit ipt_MASQUERADE xt_physdev xt_hl iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_state nf_conntrack xt_hashlimit xt_multiport ip6table_filter ip6_tables iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek vfat fat binfmt_misc raid10 eeepc_wmi asus_wmi sparse_keymap rfkill coretemp crc32c_intel joydev ghash_clmulni_intel microcode serio_raw i2c_i801 lpc_ich mfd_core vhost_net macvtap macvlan tun kvm_intel snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep kvm snd_seq snd_seq_devicePanic#2 Part10 <4>[ 15.597558] snd_pcm uinput snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc e1000e sunrpc mxm_wmi wmi i915 drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core video <4>[ 15.598740] Pid: 0, comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G D W 3.6.6-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 <4>[ 15.599909] Call Trace: <4>[ 15.601078] <IRQ> [<ffffffff8160f516>] __schedule_bug+0x4d/0x59 <4>[ 15.602281] [<ffffffff81618350>] __schedule+0x720/0x7c0 <4>[ 15.603457] [<ffffffff81533c12>] ? netlink_broadcast_filtered+0x122/0x380 <4>[ 15.604633] [<ffffffff8108f2ea>] __cond_resched+0x2a/0x40 <4>[ 15.605812] [<ffffffff81618472>] _cond_resched+0x32/0x40 <4>[ 15.606986] [<ffffffff8161744d>] mutex_lock+0x1d/0x50 <4>[ 15.608164] [<ffffffff811ff840>] sysfs_addrm_start+0x20/0x30 <4>[ 15.609352] [<ffffffff81200078>] sysfs_remove_dir+0x58/0xf0 <4>[ 15.610524] [<ffffffff812d6eb6>] kobject_del+0x16/0x40 <4>[ 15.611689] [<ffffffff812d6f4b>] kobject_release+0x6b/0x1d0 <4>[ 15.612847] [<ffffffff812d6dec>] kobject_put+0x2c/0x60 <4>[ 15.614004] [<ffffffff814cbab7>] efi_pstore_write+0x2b7/0x370 <4>[ 15.615170] [<ffffffff8105d2d2>] ? kmsg_dump_get_buffer+0x262/0x2c0 <4>[ 15.616351] [<ffffffff8126a04c>] pstore_dump+0x12c/0x200 <4>[ 15.617517] [<ffffffff8105ff2c>] kmsg_dump+0x9c/0xc0 <4>[ 15.618672] [<ffffffff8105c7c9>] oops_exit+0x29/0x30 <4>[ 15.619829] [<ffffffff8161a90e>] oops_end+0x7e/0xf0 <4>[ 15.620973] [<ffffffff8160e8ee>] no_context+0x276/0x285 <4>[ 15.622129] [<ffffffff81099f81>] ? load_balance+0x7a1/0x860 <4>[ 15.623294] [<ffffffff8160eace>] __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x1d1/0x1f0 <4>[ 15.624414] [<ffffffff81094c6d>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xbd/0x110 <4>[ 15.625499] [<ffffffff8108e433>] ? update_rq_clock+0x43/0x1a0 <4>[ 15.626548] [<ffffffff8160eb00>] bad_area_nosemaphore+0x13/0x15 <4>[ 15.627563] [<ffffffff8161d546>] do_page_fault+0x416/0x4f0 <4>[ 15.628545] [<ffffffff8109a146>] ? rebalance_domains+0x106/0x180 <4>[ 15.629523] [<ffffffff8101baf9>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10 <4>[ 15.630498] [<ffffffff81084d22>] ? hrtimer_get_next_event+0xf2/0x100 <4>[ 15.631474] [<ffffffff81619d65>] page_fault+0x25/0x30 <4>[ 15.632437] [<ffffffff8103bc45>] ? smp_irq_move_cleanup_interrupt+0xc5/0x150 <4>[ 15.633418] [<ffffffff8103bc41>] ? smp_irq_move_cleanup_interrupt+0xc1/0x150 <4>[ 15.634389] [<ffffffff81622267>] irq_move_cleanup_interrupt+0x67/0x70 <4>[ 15.635359] <EOI> [<ffffffff81332ded>] ? intel_idle+0xed/0x150 <4>[ 15.636336] [<ffffffff81332dcf>] ? intel_idle+0xcf/0x150 <4>[ 15.637320] [<ffffffff814c62d9>] cpuidle_enter+0x19/0x20 <4>[ 15.638295] [<ffffffff814c696c>] cpuidle_idle_call+0xac/0x290 <4>[ 15.639279] [<ffffffff8101d74f>] cpu_idle+0xcf/0x120 <4>[ 15.640261] [<ffffffff815f5cde>] rest_init+0x72/0x74 <4>[ 15.641245] [<ffffffff81cfcc31>] start_kernel+0x3c7/0x3d4 <4>[ 15.642227] [<ffffffff81cfc66a>] ? repair_env_string+0x5a/0x5a <4>[ 15.643199] [<ffffffff81cfc356>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x131/0x135 <4>[ 15.644179] [<ffffffff81cfc120>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x120/0x120 <4>[ 15.645169] [<ffffffff81cfc45c>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x102/0x111 <0>[ 16.036608] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt Expected results: smooth boot Additional info: BUG 607698
This is most likely a duplicate of 869341 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 869341 ***