I just hit this warning on a box under heavy load.
WARNING: at kernel/time/clockevents.c:110 clockevents_program_event+0x37/0x90()
Hardware name: GA-MA78GM-S2H
Modules linked in: microcode fuse btrfs zlib_deflate tun uinput rfcomm pn_pep can_raw cmtp kernelcapi sctp libcrc32c hidp can pppoe pppox ppp_generic slhc appletalk rds rose ax25 decnet irda crc_ccitt af_key phonet bluetooth rfkill af_802154 ipx p8022 psnap llc p8023 atm nfsd lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables ppdev snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore edac_core pcspkr snd_page_alloc edac_mce_amd k10temp sp5100_tco i2c_piix4 r8169 mii parport_pc parport wmi lm63 ipv6 pata_acpi firewire_ohci ata_generic firewire_core crc_itu_t pata_atiixp floppy radeon ttm drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
Pid: 16066, comm: trinity Not tainted 2.6.39-rc3+ #3
Call Trace:
<IRQ> [<ffffffff810569ac>] warn_slowpath_common+0x83/0x9b
[<ffffffff810569de>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
[<ffffffff81080380>] clockevents_program_event+0x37/0x90
[<ffffffff8108144d>] tick_dev_program_event+0x3c/0xfb
[<ffffffff8108152b>] tick_program_event+0x1f/0x21
[<ffffffff81076c41>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x127/0x1c2
[<ffffffff814c410e>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x79/0x8c
[<ffffffff814c2f93>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20
<EOI> [<ffffffff814c257a>] ? sysret_check+0x2e/0x69
---[ end trace 76ca0db688fca8df ]---
hrtimer: interrupt took 47180328 ns
which is ..
109 if (unlikely(expires.tv64 < 0)) {
110 WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
111 return -ETIME;
112 }
Dave
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Dave Jones wrote:
> I just hit this warning on a box under heavy load.
>
> WARNING: at kernel/time/clockevents.c:110 clockevents_program_event+0x37/0x90()
> Hardware name: GA-MA78GM-S2H
> Modules linked in: microcode fuse btrfs zlib_deflate tun uinput rfcomm pn_pep can_raw cmtp kernelcapi sctp libcrc32c hidp can pppoe pppox ppp_generic slhc appletalk rds rose ax25 decnet irda crc_ccitt af_key phonet bluetooth rfkill af_802154 ipx p8022 psnap llc p8023 atm nfsd lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables ppdev snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore edac_core pcspkr snd_page_alloc edac_mce_amd k10temp sp5100_tco i2c_piix4 r8169 mii parport_pc parport wmi lm63 ipv6 pata_acpi firewire_ohci ata_generic firewire_core crc_itu_t pata_atiixp floppy radeon ttm drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> Pid: 16066, comm: trinity Not tainted 2.6.39-rc3+ #3
> Call Trace:
> <IRQ> [<ffffffff810569ac>] warn_slowpath_common+0x83/0x9b
> [<ffffffff810569de>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
> [<ffffffff81080380>] clockevents_program_event+0x37/0x90
> [<ffffffff8108144d>] tick_dev_program_event+0x3c/0xfb
> [<ffffffff8108152b>] tick_program_event+0x1f/0x21
> [<ffffffff81076c41>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x127/0x1c2
> [<ffffffff814c410e>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x79/0x8c
> [<ffffffff814c2f93>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20
> <EOI> [<ffffffff814c257a>] ? sysret_check+0x2e/0x69
> ---[ end trace 76ca0db688fca8df ]---
> hrtimer: interrupt took 47180328 ns
Huch, what did you do to make the timer interrupt run 47ms ? There is
something badly wrong.
> which is ..
>
> 109 if (unlikely(expires.tv64 < 0)) {
> 110 WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
> 111 return -ETIME;
> 112 }
>
>
> Dave
>
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 09:35:19AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Dave Jones wrote:
>
> > I just hit this warning on a box under heavy load.
> >
> > WARNING: at kernel/time/clockevents.c:110 clockevents_program_event+0x37/0x90()
> > Hardware name: GA-MA78GM-S2H
> > Modules linked in: microcode fuse btrfs zlib_deflate tun uinput rfcomm pn_pep can_raw cmtp kernelcapi sctp libcrc32c hidp can pppoe pppox ppp_generic slhc appletalk rds rose ax25 decnet irda crc_ccitt af_key phonet bluetooth rfkill af_802154 ipx p8022 psnap llc p8023 atm nfsd lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables ppdev snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore edac_core pcspkr snd_page_alloc edac_mce_amd k10temp sp5100_tco i2c_piix4 r8169 mii parport_pc parport wmi lm63 ipv6 pata_acpi firewire_ohci ata_generic firewire_core crc_itu_t pata_atiixp floppy radeon ttm drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> > Pid: 16066, comm: trinity Not tainted 2.6.39-rc3+ #3
> > Call Trace:
> > <IRQ> [<ffffffff810569ac>] warn_slowpath_common+0x83/0x9b
> > [<ffffffff810569de>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
> > [<ffffffff81080380>] clockevents_program_event+0x37/0x90
> > [<ffffffff8108144d>] tick_dev_program_event+0x3c/0xfb
> > [<ffffffff8108152b>] tick_program_event+0x1f/0x21
> > [<ffffffff81076c41>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x127/0x1c2
> > [<ffffffff814c410e>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x79/0x8c
> > [<ffffffff814c2f93>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20
> > <EOI> [<ffffffff814c257a>] ? sysret_check+0x2e/0x69
> > ---[ end trace 76ca0db688fca8df ]---
> > hrtimer: interrupt took 47180328 ns
>
> Huch, what did you do to make the timer interrupt run 47ms ? There is
> something badly wrong.
This is probably a 'root shot himself in the foot' thing.
I ran my system call fuzzer from a wrong shell, which was a very bad idea.
(It seems to have actually destroyed the hardware, no longer even POSTs. oops).
Dave
On Mon, 18 Apr 2011, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 09:35:19AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > hrtimer: interrupt took 47180328 ns
> >
> > Huch, what did you do to make the timer interrupt run 47ms ? There is
> > something badly wrong.
>
> This is probably a 'root shot himself in the foot' thing.
>
> I ran my system call fuzzer from a wrong shell, which was a very bad idea.
> (It seems to have actually destroyed the hardware, no longer even POSTs. oops).
Yikes. That's scary. Did you end up injecting malicious microcode ?