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Title: softlockup DoS causes systemd-journald.service to abort with SIGABORT Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Opinion Status in systemd source package in Artful: Opinion Bug description: I was running the new stress-ng softlockup stressor and observed that systemd-journald gets killed with an abort and this corrupts the systemd journal. How to reproduce: git clone git://kernel.ubuntu.com/cking/stress-ng cd stress-ng make clean; make sudo ./stress-ng --softlockup 0 -t 360 -v ..and wait for 360 seconds. dmesg shows the following, 100% reproduceable: [ 875.310331] systemd[1]: systemd-timesyncd.service: Watchdog timeout (limit 3min)! [ 875.310740] systemd[1]: systemd-timesyncd.service: Killing process 574 (systemd-timesyn) with signal SIGABRT. [ 875.327289] systemd[1]: systemd-timesyncd.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT [ 875.327666] systemd[1]: systemd-timesyncd.service: Unit entered failed state. [ 875.327686] systemd[1]: systemd-timesyncd.service: Failed with result 'watchdog'. [ 875.327917] systemd[1]: systemd-timesyncd.service: Service has no hold-off time, scheduling restart. [ 875.327954] systemd[1]: Stopped Network Time Synchronization. [ 875.328845] systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization... [ 875.525071] systemd[1]: Started Network Time Synchronization. [ 875.539619] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT [ 875.544257] systemd-journald[5214]: File /run/log/journal/440e485e550040e3b93b66b2faae8525/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1696970/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
