Description of problem: Updated Fedora 17 and restarted computer. Additional info: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [vmtoolsd:884] Modules linked in: des_generic md4 nls_utf8 cifs fscache lockd bnep bluetooth sunrpc rfkill fuse nf_conntrack_tftp nf_conntrack_netbios_ns ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_broadcast nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables coretemp snd_ens1371 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus gameport snd_rawmidi ppdev snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm joydev pcnet32 vmw_balloon microcode snd_page_alloc snd_timer parport_pc parport snd soundcore mii i2c_piix4 uinput mptspi mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi vmwgfx ttm drm i2c_core [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] Modules linked in: des_generic md4 nls_utf8 cifs fscache lockd bnep bluetooth sunrpc rfkill fuse nf_conntrack_tftp nf_conntrack_netbios_ns ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_broadcast nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables coretemp snd_ens1371 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus gameport snd_rawmidi ppdev snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm joydev pcnet32 vmw_balloon microcode snd_page_alloc snd_timer parport_pc parport snd soundcore mii i2c_piix4 uinput mptspi mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi vmwgfx ttm drm i2c_core [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] Pid: 884, comm: vmtoolsd Not tainted 3.5.5-2.fc17.i686.PAE #1 VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform EIP: 0060:[<c0960f7f>] EFLAGS: 00000286 CPU: 0 EIP is at _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xf/0x20 EAX: 00000286 EBX: 00000000 ECX: f43e3a00 EDX: 00000286 ESI: f431a800 EDI: c075ccb0 EBP: f480be28 ESP: f480be28 DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 CR0: 8005003b CR2: b74fe000 CR3: 33267000 CR4: 000007f0 DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000 DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400 Process vmtoolsd (pid: 884, ti=f480a000 task=f6203ed0 task.ti=f30d4000) Stack: f480be44 f7e69914 f436c000 00000286 f01010c0 00000000 f431a800 f480be68 c075e618 f480be5c c0658e40 f32e5d98 f431a800 f428d800 f431a800 f413a9a0 f480bea8 c0764a3b f5321640 f480bea4 c053c642 c075d50e f4802180 c075d50e Call Trace: [<f7e69914>] mptspi_qcmd+0x74/0xd0 [mptspi] [<c075e618>] scsi_dispatch_cmd+0xb8/0x260 [<c0658e40>] ? blk_add_timer+0x60/0xa0 [<c0764a3b>] scsi_request_fn+0x2bb/0x4a0 [<c053c642>] ? kmem_cache_free+0xf2/0x100 [<c075d50e>] ? scsi_pool_free_command.isra.11+0x3e/0x50 [<c075d50e>] ? scsi_pool_free_command.isra.11+0x3e/0x50 [<c065195f>] blk_run_queue+0x2f/0x50 [<c0764393>] scsi_run_queue+0xf3/0x210 [<c0765646>] scsi_next_command+0x36/0x50 [<c0765862>] scsi_io_completion+0x1b2/0x630 [<c0765366>] ? scsi_device_unbusy+0x76/0xa0 [<c075cc40>] scsi_finish_command+0xa0/0x110 [<c0762b68>] ? scsi_decide_disposition+0x198/0x1c0 [<c07655ca>] scsi_softirq_done+0x11a/0x140 [<c0658c0f>] blk_done_softirq+0x5f/0x70 [<c044fcc7>] __do_softirq+0x97/0x190 [<c044fc30>] ? local_bh_enable_ip+0x90/0x90
Created attachment 767203 [details] File: dmesg
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