Public bug reported: Every hundred boots or so when booting Ubuntu 16.04 under Xen, it crashes early on boot with the following stack trace:
kernel BUG at /build/linux-Ay7j_C/linux-4.4.0/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c:1210! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP ... RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff814c97c9>] [<ffffffff814c97c9>] xen_send_IPI_one+0x59/0x60 ... Call Trace: [<ffffffff8102be9e>] xen_qlock_kick+0xe/0x10 [<ffffffff810cabc2>] __pv_queued_spin_unlock+0xb2/0xf0 [<ffffffff810ca6d1>] ? __raw_callee_save___pv_queued_spin_unlock+0x11/0x20 [<ffffffff81052936>] ? check_tsc_warp+0x76/0x150 [<ffffffff81052aa6>] check_tsc_sync_source+0x96/0x160 [<ffffffff81051e28>] native_cpu_up+0x3d8/0x9f0 [<ffffffff8102b315>] xen_hvm_cpu_up+0x35/0x80 [<ffffffff8108198c>] _cpu_up+0x13c/0x180 [<ffffffff81081a4a>] cpu_up+0x7a/0xa0 [<ffffffff81f80dfc>] smp_init+0x7f/0x81 [<ffffffff81f5a121>] kernel_init_freeable+0xef/0x212 [<ffffffff81817f30>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80 [<ffffffff81817f3e>] kernel_init+0xe/0xe0 [<ffffffff8182488f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 [<ffffffff81817f30>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80 This is fixed by the following commit: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/arch/x86/xen?id=707e59ba494372a90d245f18b0c78982caa88e48 Unfortunately this wasn't backported to Linux 4.4. Can you please include this in the next Ubuntu 16.04 kernel release? Thanks Ross ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1649821 Title: Boot crash in xen_send_IPI_one To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1649821/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
