Same problem here: I have an Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS VM, 32bit, running under vmware ESXi 6.5 The VM freezes randomly once a week. With kdump the machine crashes and leaves me crash dumps in /var/crash
I could try with mainline 4.4.31 kernel as suggested on the last post, but that post is almost 3 years old. Which mainline kernel would you suggest to try now or Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS 32bit ? ----- Crash of 201907080446 ----------------------------- [331600.730775] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at f7c02000 [331600.730999] IP: [<c1178e6b>] set_pageblock_migratetype+0x1b/0x60 [331600.731207] *pdpt = 0000000001c93001 *pde = 0000000000000000 [331600.731374] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [331600.731551] Modules linked in: vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock ppdev joydev input_leds vmw_balloon serio_raw nfit 8250_fintek shpchp vmw_vmci i2c_piix4 parport_pc parport mac_hid autofs4 btrfs raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c raid1 raid0 multipath linear vmwgfx ttm drm_kms_helper syscopyarea psmouse sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops drm pcnet32 vmw_pvscsi mii pata_acpi fjes [331600.732702] CPU: 1 PID: 12401 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 4.4.0-79-generic #100-Ubuntu [331600.732909] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 09/19/2018 [331600.733254] Workqueue: events_freezable vmballoon_work [vmw_balloon] [331600.733424] task: f5b5e900 ti: efc66000 task.ti: efc66000 [331600.733593] EIP: 0060:[<c1178e6b>] EFLAGS: 00010046 CPU: 1 [331600.733754] EIP is at set_pageblock_migratetype+0x1b/0x60 [331600.733914] EAX: f7c02000 EBX: c1b7c808 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000000 [331600.734097] ESI: f7c07000 EDI: 00007e30 EBP: efc67d84 ESP: efc67d78 [331600.734265] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 [331600.734425] CR0: 8005003b CR2: f7c02000 CR3: 350b2620 CR4: 000006f0 [331600.734691] Stack: [331600.734838] 00000002 00000007 c1b7c808 efc67dcc c1179543 00000000 efc67dbb 00000000 [331600.735036] 00000001 0000000a c1b7c580 00000000 f72f2000 f72f2014 00000009 c1b7c808 [331600.735224] 01000002 e6b9af96 efc67e7c 00000141 00000000 efc67e44 c11799fe 00000002 [331600.735422] Call Trace: [331600.735564] [<c1179543>] __rmqueue.isra.91+0x433/0x4c0 [331600.735749] [<c11799fe>] get_page_from_freelist+0x42e/0x860 [331600.735960] [<c10a3417>] ? dequeue_entity+0x3a7/0xf50 [331600.736164] [<c10a07e3>] ? set_next_entity+0xe3/0xcd0 [331600.736330] [<c117a9d4>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x114/0x280 [331600.736535] [<f8d5210e>] vmballoon_work+0x52e/0x767 [vmw_balloon] [331600.736706] [<c10877c1>] process_one_work+0x121/0x3f0 [331600.736898] [<c1087ac7>] worker_thread+0x37/0x490 [331600.738698] [<c108cf83>] kthread+0xb3/0xd0 [331600.739900] [<c1087a90>] ? process_one_work+0x3f0/0x3f0 [331600.741157] [<c17c3e09>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x21/0x38 [331600.742361] [<c108ced0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x170/0x170 [331600.743563] Code: 09 d1 f0 0f b1 0e 39 c3 75 ee 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 90 55 89 e5 53 83 ec 08 66 66 66 66 90 8b 0d 64 b4 b9 c1 85 c9 74 05 83 fa 02 7e 3d <8b> 08 89 c3 c7 44 24 04 07 00 00 00 c7 04 24 02 00 00 00 c1 e9 [331600.747346] EIP: [<c1178e6b>] set_pageblock_migratetype+0x1b/0x60 SS:ESP 0068:efc67d78 [331600.748630] CR2: 00000000f7c02000 ----------------- Crash of 201907141138 ----------- [182436.410880] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000104 [182436.411142] IP: [<f8629e63>] vmballoon_work+0x283/0x767 [vmw_balloon] [182436.411478] *pdpt = 000000002ae52001 *pde = 0000000000000000 [182436.411663] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP [182436.412032] Modules linked in: vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock ppdev joydev input_leds serio_raw vmw_balloon nfit parport_pc 8250_fintek parport i2c_piix4 shpchp vmw_vmci mac_hid autofs4 btrfs raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c raid1 raid0 multipath linear vmwgfx ttm drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect psmouse sysimgblt fb_sys_fops vmw_pvscsi drm pcnet32 mii pata_acpi fjes [182436.413121] CPU: 1 PID: 8305 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 4.4.0-79-generic #100-Ubuntu [182436.413330] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 09/19/2018 [182436.413661] Workqueue: events_freezable vmballoon_work [vmw_balloon] [182436.413828] task: f1f7f1c0 ti: ef498000 task.ti: ef498000 [182436.414007] EIP: 0060:[<f8629e63>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 1 [182436.414170] EIP is at vmballoon_work+0x283/0x767 [vmw_balloon] [182436.414334] EAX: f862c314 EBX: 00000100 ECX: f7aae000 EDX: 0000000b [182436.414506] ESI: 0000000b EDI: f862c410 EBP: ef499ef8 ESP: ef499eb0 [182436.414672] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 [182436.414834] CR0: 8005003b CR2: 00000104 CR3: 31ebc1c0 CR4: 000006f0 [182436.415066] Stack: [182436.415208] f23c8a00 f5dc9950 ef499ed0 c1086091 00000000 00000286 000000fa f862c330 [182436.415405] 00000001 00000200 f862c314 f862c300 00000100 000000ec ef499ef8 f862c410 [182436.415589] f59db960 f5dce8c0 ef499f30 c10877c1 8ddabe2d 0000a5ec 8dda296e 0000a5ec [182436.415782] Call Trace: [182436.415935] [<c1086091>] ? __queue_delayed_work+0x121/0x160 [182436.416148] [<c10877c1>] process_one_work+0x121/0x3f0 [182436.416372] [<c1087ac7>] worker_thread+0x37/0x490 [182436.416614] [<c108cf83>] kthread+0xb3/0xd0 [182436.416770] [<c1087a90>] ? process_one_work+0x3f0/0x3f0 [182436.417007] [<c17c3e09>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x21/0x38 [182436.417166] [<c108ced0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x170/0x170 [182436.417376] Code: ff ff ff 85 c0 74 1c 8b 5c 24 24 8b 97 1c ff ff ff 05 00 02 00 00 0f af de 29 da 39 c2 0f 82 95 01 00 00 8b 59 14 8b 41 18 89 f2 <89> 43 04 89 18 8d 5e 01 c7 41 14 00 01 00 00 c7 41 18 00 02 00 [182436.422503] EIP: [<f8629e63>] vmballoon_work+0x283/0x767 [vmw_balloon] SS:ESP 0068:ef499eb0 [182436.424086] CR2: 0000000000000104 -------------- -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1641403 Title: Kernel Oops, possibly VMWare ballooning related Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Xenial: Confirmed Bug description: Dear Maintainers I have encountered a kernel oops, which causes the VM to hard hang. This is an Ubuntu VM running on an ESXi 5.5 host. The hang happens regularly (as in every few days). There is some memory pressure on the host, which explain the ballooning. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-43-generic 4.4.0-43.63 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-43.63-generic 4.4.21 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-43-generic i686 AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Nov 13 13:46 seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Nov 13 13:46 timer AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay' ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord' AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: Date: Sun Nov 13 14:13:05 2016 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ce916614-f122-49a8-a4ae-3d4ac5c515d9 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-30 (1841 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426) IwConfig: ens32 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform PciMultimedia: ProcFB: 0 svgadrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-43-generic root=/dev/mapper/dev2-root ro quiet crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-43-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-43-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157.4 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill' SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-30 (75 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/17/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: None dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd09/17/2015:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform dmi.product.version: None dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc. 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