[SOLVED] Frequent Freezing since Kernel Update to 3.17.1.1

cutuchiqueno · 2014-10-27 11:25:23

Since my Kernel Update to Kernel 3.17.1.1 my Notebook is freezing around every hour once. In the Log I always get one or the other type of BUG: Message:

 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000001c
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: IP: [<ffffffff811a3339>] mmu_notifier_unregister+0x19/0xe0
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: PGD 212d8e067 PUD 212d42067 PMD 0 
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP 
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: Modules linked in: fuse ctr ccm snd_hda_codec_hdmi arc4 dell_wmi sparse_keymap coretemp hwmon ecb intel_rapl hid_rmi x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp kvm_intel nls_iso8859_1 btusb nls_cp437 kvm blu
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  lpc_ich i2c_core snd_timer ac snd shpchp mei_me mei soundcore button processor ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 hid_multitouch usbhid hid sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_common atkbd libps2 ahci libahci ehci_pci li
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: CPU: 1 PID: 4130 Comm: kworker/1:0 Tainted: G        W      3.17.1-1-ARCH #1
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: Hardware name: Dell Inc. XPS13 9333/0GFTRT, BIOS A02 12/11/2013
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: Workqueue: events __i915_mm_struct_free__worker [i915]
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: task: ffff880209222840 ti: ffff880209354000 task.ti: ffff880209354000
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff811a3339>]  [<ffffffff811a3339>] mmu_notifier_unregister+0x19/0xe0
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff880209357dd8  EFLAGS: 00010202
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: RAX: 000000000000000d RBX: ffff88021229b0f0 RCX: ffff88021229b938
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: RDX: ffff88021f253dd8 RSI: ffff88021280fa80 RDI: 0000000000000014
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: RBP: ffff880209357df0 R08: 0000000000017400 R09: ffffea000848a6c0
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: R10: ffffffffa03d9d26 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: fffffffffffffffc
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: R13: ffff88021229b0c0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88021f258000
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88021f240000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: CR2: 000000000000001c CR3: 0000000211449000 CR4: 00000000001407e0
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: Stack:
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  ffff88021229b0f0 fffffffffffffffc ffff88021229b0c0 ffff880209357e18
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  ffffffffa03d9d0c ffff88021229b0f0 ffff8800cf6b1cc0 ffff88021f253dc0
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  ffff880209357e58 ffffffff81088b85 00ff880200000000 ffff8800cf6b1cc0
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: Call Trace:
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  [<ffffffffa03d9d0c>] __i915_mm_struct_free__worker+0x2c/0x70 [i915]
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  [<ffffffff81088b85>] process_one_work+0x145/0x400
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  [<ffffffff8108914b>] worker_thread+0x6b/0x4a0
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  [<ffffffff810890e0>] ? init_pwq.part.22+0x10/0x10
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  [<ffffffff8108e06a>] kthread+0xea/0x100
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  [<ffffffff8108df80>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x1b0/0x1b0
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  [<ffffffff8153c77c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  [<ffffffff8108df80>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x1b0/0x1b0
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: Code: ff ff 5d c3 66 66 66 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 8b 46 4c 85 c0 0f 8e c0 00 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 55 41 54 53 <48> 83 7f 08 00 48 89 f3 49 89 fc 74 76 48 c7 c7 80 78 b0 81 e8 
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: RIP  [<ffffffff811a3339>] mmu_notifier_unregister+0x19/0xe0
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel:  RSP <ffff880209357dd8>
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: CR2: 000000000000001c
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: ---[ end trace 5fe2093341c42ee7 ]---
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffffffffd8
Okt 27 12:12:00 sputnik3arch kernel: IP: [<ffffffff8108e720>] kthread_data+0x10/0x20

For I have an Intel processor I also changed my initrd entry and added intel-ucode.img as described at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mi … de_Updates. dmesg | grep microcode confirmed that this works.

I never ran into a similar proble and do not really know how to approach it, any hints?

Last edited by cutuchiqueno (2014-10-28 10:01:10)

jasonwryan · 2014-10-27 16:12:23

Possibly related: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/42353

cutuchiqueno · 2014-10-27 21:19:41

thx for the hint.

I would try out the patch, mentioned in the bug report, although I am not really sure how?

Or would you recommend under these circumstances to just downgrade to kernerl 3.16.4 and wait until 3.18?

jasonwryan · 2014-10-27 21:20:37

Downgrade if your aren't comfortable patching the kernel.

cutuchiqueno · 2014-10-28 08:57:29

So for downgrading the kernel the wiki says to downgrade the kernel, the headers and in case there are some, any extra modules. It's short in telling how I actually know if extra modules are installed. lsmod does not tell of cause. For as I know I haven't installed packages with extra modules but naturally I relying on my (bad) memory is not the perfect approach.

(sorry, I am still learning on this level, so this is the perfect learning situation ;-) )

jasonwryan · 2014-10-28 09:29:50

Just downgrade linux (the kernel package) and see how you go from there. You could also install linux-lts and have a choice of kernels to boot into.

cutuchiqueno · 2014-10-28 10:00:55

ok, here my respect was too high. Everything went smoothly like any other downgrade from cache.

thx

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#1 2014-10-27 11:25:23

[SOLVED] Frequent Freezing since Kernel Update to 3.17.1.1

#2 2014-10-27 16:12:23

Re: [SOLVED] Frequent Freezing since Kernel Update to 3.17.1.1

#3 2014-10-27 21:19:41

Re: [SOLVED] Frequent Freezing since Kernel Update to 3.17.1.1

#4 2014-10-27 21:20:37

Re: [SOLVED] Frequent Freezing since Kernel Update to 3.17.1.1

#5 2014-10-28 08:57:29

Re: [SOLVED] Frequent Freezing since Kernel Update to 3.17.1.1

#6 2014-10-28 09:29:50

Re: [SOLVED] Frequent Freezing since Kernel Update to 3.17.1.1

#7 2014-10-28 10:00:55

Re: [SOLVED] Frequent Freezing since Kernel Update to 3.17.1.1

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