Estimados: Poseo una bd postgresql en un entorno virtualizado bajo vmware y revisando los logs me encontre con lo siguiente:
2013-11-28T08:29:20.988215-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.703492] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 123s! [postgres:22979] 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988242-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739235] Modules linked in: xt_tcpudp xt_pkttype xt_LOG xt_limit vsock(O) ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_raw ipt_REJECT iptable_raw xt_CT iptable_filter ip6table_mangle nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_tables xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ip6table_filter acpiphp ip6_tables x_tables mperf coretemp sg sr_mod i2c_piix4 mptctl vmw_balloon vmci(O) ppdev parport_pc shpchp e1000 pcspkr pci_hotplug crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel ablk_helper cryptd lrw aes_x86_64 xts gf128mul floppy cdrom microcode parport button ac container autofs4 vmwgfx ttm drm processor thermal_sys scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh ata_generic ata_piix mptspi mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi vmw_pvscsi vmxnet3 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988244-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739308] CPU 1 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988246-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739311] Pid: 22979, comm: postgres Tainted: G O 3.7.10-1.1-desktop #1 VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988247-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739313] RIP: 0033:[<00000000006a6d90>] [<00000000006a6d90>] 0x6a6d8f 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988248-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739318] RSP: 002b:00007fffd9fdd600 EFLAGS: 00000202 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988253-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739320] RAX: 0000000000000069 RBX: 00007f5b08940ec8 RCX: 0000000000000006 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988255-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739321] RDX: 00000000029104d6 RSI: 00000000ffffffc0 RDI: 0000000002910954 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988256-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739322] RBP: 000000000291096d R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00007f5bd5f8ed90 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988257-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739324] R10: 00007fffd9fdd068 R11: 00007f5bd5fcb1f0 R12: 00000000028076a8 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988258-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739325] R13: 00000000000081e8 R14: 00007f5b0893feb8 R15: 0000000000008c17 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988259-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739327] FS: 00007f5bd7e297c0(0000) GS:ffff88007fd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988261-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739328] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988262-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739329] CR2: 00007f5b08940edc CR3: 0000000037b1f000 CR4: 00000000000007e0 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988263-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739333] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988265-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739337] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988266-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739338] Process postgres (pid: 22979, threadinfo ffff8800253ae000, task ffff8800247063c0) 2013-11-28T08:29:20.988267-03:00 master kernel: [15485041.739339] no se si es extraño, pero todos los servicios funcionan con normalidad, no veo alteraciones en cuanto a la performance de la bd, ni en la red, tampoco en el sistema operativo, pero me preocupa que pueda estar pasando ya que nunca antes habia visto este mensaje. Seguire investigando, pero si alguien sabe que puede estar pasando, talvez pueda echarme la punta del ovillo. Por lo que puedo deducir, podra tratarse algo respecto a la virtualizacion ? por esta linea: Pid: 22979, comm: postgres Tainted: G Gracias.