Description of problem: Git (or other largish transfer e.g. ftp) causes kernel soft lockup Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-kirkwood-3.7.5-201.fc18.armv5tel I first experienced this problem with kernel-kirkwood-3.6.10-6.fc18.armv5tel, although the previous kernel to that that I used was 3.1.4, which doesn't have the problem How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git 2. Wait about a minute 3. Actual results: Kernel soft lockup Expected results: Successful data transfer. Additional info: One one occasion there were multiple of the mx643xx_eth_port ... messages for about 20 seconds, then a pause and then the BUG: soft lockup messages start. Normally is just a 25second or so pause and then the BUG: soft lockup messages start. When I did an ftp transfer, aproximately 35Mb transferred before the problem occurred; on another occasion a few 10s of kb were transferred by git before the lockup. [371414.773444] mv643xx_eth_port mv643xx_eth_port.0 eth0: tx error [371414.950024] mv643xx_eth_port mv643xx_eth_port.0 eth0: tx error [371437.822892] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [git:17118] [371437.828927] Modules linked in: 8021q garp stp llc nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast ipt_MASQUERADE ip6table_mangle ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat iptable_mangle nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_filter ip6_tables vfat fat btmrvl_sdio btmrvl snd_usb_audio snd_usbmidi_lib snd_hwdep snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_timer snd soundcore libertas_sdio libertas bluetooth cfg80211 rfkill mv643xx_eth leds_gpio mmc_block sata_mv mvsdio mmc_core mv_cesa usb_storage [371437.881787] [371437.883367] Pid: 17118, comm: git [371437.888261] CPU: 0 Not tainted (3.7.5-201.fc18.armv5tel.kirkwood #1) [371437.895086] PC is at feroceon_l2_inv_range+0x44/0xb8 [371437.900155] LR is at __dma_page_cpu_to_dev+0x80/0x94 [371437.905232] pc : [<c0014a50>] lr : [<c001058c>] psr: 00000013 [371437.905232] sp : dec61cc0 ip : c00147dc fp : c0675f60 [371437.916931] r10: c090fe80 r9 : 00000000 r8 : 1d9f85fe [371437.922260] r7 : 0016be80 r6 : 00000000 r5 : 0b5f4000 r4 : 0b5f4000 [371437.928905] r3 : c0014a0c r2 : 20000013 r1 : 0b5f4012 r0 : 0b5f4000 [371437.935549] Flags: nzcv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment user [371437.942805] Control: 0005397f Table: 1f368000 DAC: 00000015 [371437.948682] [<c000f354>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0x124) from [<c00771dc>] (watchdog_timer_fn+0xf4/0x148) [371437.958128] [<c00771dc>] (watchdog_timer_fn+0xf4/0x148) from [<c003c0c4>] (__run_hrtimer+0xb0/0x1d4) [371437.967395] [<c003c0c4>] (__run_hrtimer+0xb0/0x1d4) from [<c003c8d8>] (hrtimer_interrupt+0x104/0x250) [371437.976752] [<c003c8d8>] (hrtimer_interrupt+0x104/0x250) from [<c0017508>] (orion_timer_interrupt+0x24/0x34) [371437.986719] [<c0017508>] (orion_timer_interrupt+0x24/0x34) from [<c0077998>] (handle_irq_event_percpu+0x38/0x23c) [371437.997120] [<c0077998>] (handle_irq_event_percpu+0x38/0x23c) from [<c0077bcc>] (handle_irq_event+0x30/0x40) [371438.007087] [<c0077bcc>] (handle_irq_event+0x30/0x40) from [<c007a24c>] (handle_level_irq+0xcc/0xdc) [371438.016348] [<c007a24c>] (handle_level_irq+0xcc/0xdc) from [<c00773c4>] (generic_handle_irq+0x28/0x38) [371438.025782] [<c00773c4>] (generic_handle_irq+0x28/0x38) from [<c0009c40>] (handle_IRQ+0x68/0x8c) [371438.034698] [<c0009c40>] (handle_IRQ+0x68/0x8c) from [<c0450cb4>] (__irq_svc+0x34/0x78) [371438.042832] [<c0450cb4>] (__irq_svc+0x34/0x78) from [<c0014a50>] (feroceon_l2_inv_range+0x44/0xb8) [371438.051926] [<c0014a50>] (feroceon_l2_inv_range+0x44/0xb8) from [<c001058c>] (__dma_page_cpu_to_dev+0x80/0x94) [371438.062065] [<c001058c>] (__dma_page_cpu_to_dev+0x80/0x94) from [<c0010618>] (arm_dma_map_page+0x40/0x6c) [371438.071767] [<c0010618>] (arm_dma_map_page+0x40/0x6c) from [<c023ce2c>] (dma_async_memcpy_buf_to_pg+0xe0/0x1ec) [371438.081994] [<c023ce2c>] (dma_async_memcpy_buf_to_pg+0xe0/0x1ec) from [<c023e448>] (dma_memcpy_to_iovec+0xd4/0x158) [371438.092571] [<c023e448>] (dma_memcpy_to_iovec+0xd4/0x158) from [<c038d964>] (dma_skb_copy_datagram_iovec+0x5c/0x1d4) [371438.103238] [<c038d964>] (dma_skb_copy_datagram_iovec+0x5c/0x1d4) from [<c03b4250>] (tcp_recvmsg+0x630/0xac4) [371438.113288] [<c03b4250>] (tcp_recvmsg+0x630/0xac4) from [<c03d48dc>] (inet_recvmsg+0x48/0x5c) [371438.121938] [<c03d48dc>] (inet_recvmsg+0x48/0x5c) from [<c0365b2c>] (sock_aio_read+0x100/0x120) [371438.130766] [<c0365b2c>] (sock_aio_read+0x100/0x120) from [<c00e9b1c>] (do_sync_read+0x98/0xd4) [371438.139598] [<c00e9b1c>] (do_sync_read+0x98/0xd4) from [<c00ea268>] (vfs_read+0xb4/0x184) [371438.147906] [<c00ea268>] (vfs_read+0xb4/0x184) from [<c00ea378>] (sys_read+0x40/0x6c) [371438.155859] [<c00ea378>] (sys_read+0x40/0x6c) from [<c0008cc0>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x2c) The above from BUG: soft lockup repeats every 30 seconds or so. I makes no difference whether the transfer is over ipv4 or ipv6. The harware is a Dreamplug, and I have had the same problem on 2 different Dreamplugs.
Please update to 3.8.x
I have the same thing reproducibly happening on my SheevaPlug with kernel 3.9.10-100.fc17.armv5tel.kirkwood. Not git, but also a large network transfer (that does not get very far): $ wget https://java.net/downloads/openjdk6/openjdk-6-src-b31-15_apr_2014.tar.xz --2014-05-21 13:07:38-- https://java.net/downloads/openjdk6/openjdk-6-src-b31-15_apr_2014.tar.xz Resolving java.net (java.net)... 137.254.56.25 Connecting to java.net (java.net)|137.254.56.25|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 33245892 (32M) [application/x-tar] Saving to: `openjdk-6-src-b31-15_apr_2014.tar.xz' 0% [ ] 46,009 45.3K/s [ 214.214083] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [wget:578] [ 214.219939] Modules linked in: lockd sunrpc mtdchar ofpart cmdlinepart orion_nand marvell nand nand_ecc nand_ids mtd leds_gpio orion_wdt mv_cesa mv643xx_eth ums_cypress usb_storage mmc_core [ 214.237029] [ 214.238522] Pid: 578, comm: wget [ 214.243154] CPU: 0 Not tainted (3.9.10-100.fc17.armv5tel.kirkwood #1) [ 214.249978] PC is at page_address+0x68/0xd0 [ 214.254180] LR is at dma_cache_maint_page+0xc0/0xfc [ 214.259079] pc : [<c00cb4c4>] lr : [<c000f88c>] psr: 80000013 [ 214.259079] sp : de17bcb8 ip : 0001dd88 fp : c0bb8100 [ 214.270604] r10: c07e8900 r9 : c06c3da0 r8 : 00000744 [ 214.275845] r7 : 00000001 r6 : 0001dd88 r5 : 00000003 r4 : 00000003 [ 214.282394] r3 : c07e8900 r2 : c071867c r1 : 000002ac r0 : c0bb8100 [ 214.288951] Flags: Nzcv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment user [ 214.296119] Control: 0005397f Table: 1f3ac000 DAC: 00000015 [ 214.301897] [<c000e488>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0x124) from [<c007b108>] (watchdog_timer_fn+0xe4/0x134) [ 214.311248] [<c007b108>] (watchdog_timer_fn+0xe4/0x134) from [<c003aca8>] (__run_hrtimer+0xd0/0x1c8) [ 214.320429] [<c003aca8>] (__run_hrtimer+0xd0/0x1c8) from [<c003b498>] (hrtimer_interrupt+0x110/0x25c) [ 214.329693] [<c003b498>] (hrtimer_interrupt+0x110/0x25c) from [<c001674c>] (orion_timer_interrupt+0x24/0x34) [ 214.339572] [<c001674c>] (orion_timer_interrupt+0x24/0x34) from [<c007b8f8>] (handle_irq_event_percpu+0x5c/0x234) [ 214.349886] [<c007b8f8>] (handle_irq_event_percpu+0x5c/0x234) from [<c007bb00>] (handle_irq_event+0x30/0x40) [ 214.359767] [<c007bb00>] (handle_irq_event+0x30/0x40) from [<c007e1c4>] (handle_level_irq+0xcc/0xdc) [ 214.368949] [<c007e1c4>] (handle_level_irq+0xcc/0xdc) from [<c007b300>] (generic_handle_irq+0x28/0x38) [ 214.378304] [<c007b300>] (generic_handle_irq+0x28/0x38) from [<c0009540>] (handle_IRQ+0x68/0x8c) [ 214.387129] [<c0009540>] (handle_IRQ+0x68/0x8c) from [<c04872f4>] (__irq_svc+0x34/0x78) [ 214.395179] [<c04872f4>] (__irq_svc+0x34/0x78) from [<c00cb4c4>] (page_address+0x68/0xd0) [ 214.403402] [<c00cb4c4>] (page_address+0x68/0xd0) from [<c000f88c>] (dma_cache_maint_page+0xc0/0xfc) [ 214.412583] [<c000f88c>] (dma_cache_maint_page+0xc0/0xfc) from [<c00104f8>] (__dma_page_dev_to_cpu+0x7c/0xcc) [ 214.422550] [<c00104f8>] (__dma_page_dev_to_cpu+0x7c/0xcc) from [<c02606d0>] (dma_async_memcpy_buf_to_pg+0x158/0x1ec) [ 214.433215] [<c02606d0>] (dma_async_memcpy_buf_to_pg+0x158/0x1ec) from [<c0261fc8>] (dma_memcpy_to_iovec+0xd4/0x158) [ 214.443792] [<c0261fc8>] (dma_memcpy_to_iovec+0xd4/0x158) from [<c03c362c>] (dma_skb_copy_datagram_iovec+0x5c/0x1d4) [ 214.454371] [<c03c362c>] (dma_skb_copy_datagram_iovec+0x5c/0x1d4) from [<c03ea840>] (tcp_recvmsg+0x634/0xac8) [ 214.464337] [<c03ea840>] (tcp_recvmsg+0x634/0xac8) from [<c040be98>] (inet_recvmsg+0x48/0x5c) [ 214.472910] [<c040be98>] (inet_recvmsg+0x48/0x5c) from [<c0399aa0>] (sock_aio_read+0xfc/0x118) [ 214.481568] [<c0399aa0>] (sock_aio_read+0xfc/0x118) from [<c00f1f20>] (do_sync_read+0x98/0xd4) [ 214.490224] [<c00f1f20>] (do_sync_read+0x98/0xd4) from [<c00f2684>] (vfs_read+0xb4/0x184) [ 214.498438] [<c00f2684>] (vfs_read+0xb4/0x184) from [<c00f2910>] (sys_read+0x40/0x6c) [ 214.506304] [<c00f2910>] (sys_read+0x40/0x6c) from [<c0008c40>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x2c)
F17 has been EOL for some time. The Fedora ARM effort no longer supports armv5tel binaries at all, as everything has moved to armv7hl. There isn't anything we can do to help you here.
Too bad. FWIW, I have a self-built 3.3.2 kernel, interestingly with PREEMPT, that works perfectly. I have been using this one with F17 for a long time before trying to switch to the distro kernel for convenience. Unsuccessfully, as can be seen here... :(