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    Kernel panic 4-5 Nov (i386)

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      Michael Sh.
      last edited by

      pfSense-Full-Update-2.0-BETA4-20101109-1641.tgz

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        Ah, well I was hoping it may be a similar issue to amd64. Looks like it may be different.

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          Michael Sh.
          last edited by

          pfSense-Full-Update-2.0-BETA4-20101110-0504.tgz
          Same balls, but side-view. It seems to me traffic generating by router is reason of crash. Without this traffic router working more long time, but attempt to fetch any by router always cause panic.

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            I've been sitting here furiously loading GUI pages on my poor little ALIX running a snapshot from today and though it's gotten slow at times, I have yet to see a panic.

            Is there anything else people in this thread might have in common? What kind of setups do you all have? Can you give a general idea of things that are in use? (Multi-wan, IPsec, OpenVPN, PPPoE, 3G, wireless, etc)

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              FisherKing
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              Not to cause you more frustration Jimp - but I'm seeing this GUI / Kernel Panic also.

              Running 2010-11-09 (i386) on a PIII.
              Reset to factory defaults yesterday & did a basic install
              I've got 2 dual port intel nics.
              fxp0 = WAN PPPoE
              fxp0 = Opt3 DHCP private (10.x.x.x)
              fxp1 = Opt1 DMZ static public
              fxp2 = LAN static private (172.x.x.x.)
              fxp3 = Opt2 static private (172.y.y.y)

              I'm running DHCP server on Lan and Opt2.
              I'm logging in under a 2nd administrator account.
              I'm running Captive Portal on Opt2 w/ local auth
              Firewall allows web, mail, dns traffic through to the public IPs on the DMZ
              I have freeswitch installed on the box, but it isn't the pfSense package.  pfSense doesn't know it's there.

              How does this match up with what the rest of you have?

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                FisherKing
                last edited by

                I've noticed the following on the kernel panic screen.

                Cannot dump. Device not defined or unavailable.

                Would the dump be helpful in diagnosing this?  Is there a place where we can find directions on how to give it a dump device?  Is it possible to dump to the local disk, or to a USB memory stick?

                I do have a null modem cable & could dump to the serial port / windows terminal app if that's how it's done, but I'd need directions for that also.

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                  eri--
                  last edited by

                  Can it be your hardware?
                  Can you please install dev kernel in there?

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    In case someone missed it earlier in the thread, here are instructions for installing a dev kernel:

                    http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Switching_Kernels

                    Afterwards, capture the panic message and also the output of typing "bt" at the debugger prompt.

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                      Michael Sh.
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                      Hi!
                      snapshot pfSense-Full-Update-2.0-BETA4-20101110-1837.tgz
                      I switching to dev kernel but is not working at all (can't finish boot). Attaching dmesg for hardware configuration.
                      Rollback to 13 Oct, because not working PPTP MPD is critically for me.

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                        eri--
                        last edited by

                        Can you please try setting net.inet.tcp.syncookies=0 and see if you still get panic?

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                          Michael Sh.
                          last edited by

                          pfSense-Full-Update-2.0-BETA4-20101111-2017.tgz
                          I try setting net.inet.tcp.syncookies=0  in /boot/loader.conf.local and all without changes.
                          Dev kernel cannot finish init scripts and panic on “syncache: mbuf to small”.
                          Uniprocessor kernel working some time, but panic on interrupt routines (more often Ethernet bfe0 WAN, but may be clock interrupt).
                          I can post screenshots if it can be helpful.

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                            FisherKing
                            last edited by

                            WOW that debug kernel is slow (on my PIII 500 Mhz)!

                            I got the dump, but it's a physical machine so all I could do is take pictures.  For future reference, is there a better way to capture that dump?  The machine does have a serial port.

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                              singerie
                              last edited by

                              I can confirm its not the hardware, i tried installing fresh install on 3 different pc, pentium 3 and 4.

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                                FisherKing
                                last edited by

                                I've found another way to produce the kernel panic and it seems to be related.

                                I've noticed that when I log into the GUI that pfSense doesn't panic until the automatic update check has completed.  Related to that, if I ssh into the console and select option 13 (upgrade from console), and then option 1 (Update from a URL), the system will panic when it starts to download the file from the snapshot server.

                                Even stranger, if I ssh into the console, choose option 8 (shell),  then then type something like "fetch http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_1/i386/pfSense_HEAD/updates/pfSense-Full-Update-2.0-BETA4-20101115-1340.tgz" the kernel will panic then also.

                                My "WAN" port is configured via PPPoE.  I've also set the physical port that the WAN is on as Opt 3.

                                Still having this panic on snapshot dated "Nov 15 16:00:39 EST 2010".

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                                  FisherKing
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                                  Ok, I figured out how to setup the serial console on the full version of pfSense.

                                  Having done that, I've captured a couple of kernel panics and the back traces from that.  I've noticed that the panics appear to be related to my WAN port. My WAN's IP is received via PPPoE.

                                  The others who are seeing this panic - are you also getting your WAN IP via PPPoE?  Or maybe PPTP?  What driver is your WAN using?

                                  Here are the kernel panics & back traces.

                                  –After running fetch from an SSH terminal session

                                  
                                  # fetch http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_1/i386/pfSense_HEAD/update
                                  s/pfSense-Full-Update-2.0-BETA4-20101115-1340.tgz
                                  
                                  pfSense-Full-Update-2.0-BETA4-20101115-1340.tg  0% of   75 MB    0  Bps
                                  
                                  Kernel page fault with the following non-sleepable locks held:
                                  exclusive sleep mutex fxp0 (network driver) r = 0 (0xc36c2018) locked @ /usr/pfS
                                  ensesrc/src/sys/dev/fxp/if_fxp.c:1288
                                  KDB: stack backtrace:
                                  X_db_sym_numargs(c0ea6373,c330788c,c0a32ac5,508,0,...) at X_db_sym_numargs+0x146
                                  
                                  kdb_backtrace(508,0,ffffffff,c144d77c,c33078c4,...) at kdb_backtrace+0x29
                                  witness_display_spinlock(c0ea888b,c33078d8,4,1,0,...) at witness_display_spinloc
                                  k+0x75
                                  witness_warn(5,0,c0ee6c23,c144d778,c3590550,...) at witness_warn+0x20d
                                  trap(c3307964) at trap+0x19e
                                  alltraps(c36d1b00,dedeadc0,c36d1b00,c36d1b00,c33079ec,...) at alltraps+0x1b
                                  m_tag_delete_chain(c36d1b00,0,df,0,c36c2000,...) at m_tag_delete_chain+0x3f
                                  reallocf(c36d1b00,100,0,9e3,3,...) at reallocf+0x8a5
                                  uma_zfree_arg(c1d7e380,c36d1b00,0,c36c3020,c3307a60,...) at uma_zfree_arg+0x29
                                  m_freem(c36d1b00,c36ca5c0,8,c36b9800,c36c2018,...) at m_freem+0x43
                                  fwohci_init(c36c2018,4,c0e62817,519,c3307ab4,...) at fwohci_init+0x545c
                                  fwohci_init(c36c2018,0,c0e62817,508,c36b9800,...) at fwohci_init+0x6613
                                  fwohci_init(c36b9800,c3307c0c,c0aa12bf,c36b9800,0,...) at fwohci_init+0x733b
                                  if_start(c36b9800,0,c0eb26f9,d1d,2,...) at if_start+0x12
                                  if_handoff(c36b9800,c39ad800,0,0) at if_handoff+0x25f
                                  ether_output_frame(c36b9800,c39ad800,c0e98e11,1,c3dac380,...) at ether_output_fr
                                  ame+0x65
                                  ng_car_q_event(c3db1080,c3dac380,c0ebbe43,c0e98e11,3,...) at ng_car_q_event+0x2e
                                  2b
                                  ng_rmnode(c3903bd0,0,c0ebbe43,d2c,0,...) at ng_rmnode+0x2e4
                                  ng_rmnode(0,c3307d38,c0e9de12,344,c3590550,...) at ng_rmnode+0x16a1
                                  fork_exit(c0b0e840,0,c3307d38) at fork_exit+0xb8
                                  fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0x8
                                  --- trap 0, eip = 0, esp = 0xc3307d70, ebp = 0 ---
                                  
                                  Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                                  cpuid = 0; apic id = 00
                                  fault virtual address   = 0xdedeadc0
                                  fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                                  instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc0a51d58
                                  stack pointer           = 0x28:0xc33079a4
                                  frame pointer           = 0x28:0xc33079b4
                                  code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                                          = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                                  processor eflags        = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
                                  current process         = 13 (ng_queue0)
                                  [thread]
                                  Stopped at      m_tag_delete+0x48:      movl    0(%ecx),%eax
                                  db>
                                  db>
                                  db>
                                  db>
                                  db> bt
                                  Tracing pid 13 tid 64008 td 0xc3592000
                                  m_tag_delete(c36d1b00,dedeadc0,c36d1b00,c36d1b00,c33079ec,...) at m_tag_delete+0
                                  x48
                                  m_tag_delete_chain(c36d1b00,0,df,0,c36c2000,...) at m_tag_delete_chain+0x3f
                                  reallocf(c36d1b00,100,0,9e3,3,...) at reallocf+0x8a5
                                  uma_zfree_arg(c1d7e380,c36d1b00,0,c36c3020,c3307a60,...) at uma_zfree_arg+0x29
                                  m_freem(c36d1b00,c36ca5c0,8,c36b9800,c36c2018,...) at m_freem+0x43
                                  fwohci_init(c36c2018,4,c0e62817,519,c3307ab4,...) at fwohci_init+0x545c
                                  fwohci_init(c36c2018,0,c0e62817,508,c36b9800,...) at fwohci_init+0x6613
                                  fwohci_init(c36b9800,c3307c0c,c0aa12bf,c36b9800,0,...) at fwohci_init+0x733b
                                  if_start(c36b9800,0,c0eb26f9,d1d,2,...) at if_start+0x12
                                  if_handoff(c36b9800,c39ad800,0,0) at if_handoff+0x25f
                                  ether_output_frame(c36b9800,c39ad800,c0e98e11,1,c3dac380,...) at ether_output_fr
                                  ame+0x65
                                  ng_car_q_event(c3db1080,c3dac380,c0ebbe43,c0e98e11,3,...) at ng_car_q_event+0x2e
                                  2b
                                  ng_rmnode(c3903bd0,0,c0ebbe43,d2c,0,...) at ng_rmnode+0x2e4
                                  ng_rmnode(0,c3307d38,c0e9de12,344,c3590550,...) at ng_rmnode+0x16a1
                                  fork_exit(c0b0e840,0,c3307d38) at fork_exit+0xb8
                                  fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0x8
                                  --- trap 0, eip = 0, esp = 0xc3307d70, ebp = 0 ---
                                  db>
                                  
                                  After logging into the GUI - the dashboard just completed it's automatic update check
                                  [code]
                                  Kernel page fault with the following non-sleepable locks held:
                                  exclusive sleep mutex fxp0 (network driver) r = 0 (0xc36c2018) locked @ /usr/pfS
                                  ensesrc/src/sys/kern/kern_mutex.c:147
                                  KDB: stack backtrace:
                                  X_db_sym_numargs(c0ea6373,c3304a4c,c0a32ac5,93,0,...) at X_db_sym_numargs+0x146
                                  kdb_backtrace(93,0,ffffffff,c144d82c,c3304a84,...) at kdb_backtrace+0x29
                                  witness_display_spinlock(c0ea888b,c3304a98,4,1,0,...) at witness_display_spinloc
                                  k+0x75
                                  witness_warn(5,0,c0ee6c23,c144d828,c35907f8,...) at witness_warn+0x20d
                                  trap(c3304b24) at trap+0x19e
                                  alltraps(c39af800,dedeadc0,c39af800,c39af800,c3304bac,...) at alltraps+0x1b
                                  m_tag_delete_chain(c39af800,0,df,0,c36c2000,...) at m_tag_delete_chain+0x3f
                                  reallocf(c39af800,100,0,9e3,3,...) at reallocf+0x8a5
                                  uma_zfree_arg(c1d7e380,c39af800,0,c36c32c0,c3304c20,...) at uma_zfree_arg+0x29
                                  m_freem(c39af800,c36c9a00,8,c36c2000,c36b9800,...) at m_freem+0x43
                                  fwohci_init(c36c2018,4,c0e62817,82a,c36c2018,...) at fwohci_init+0x545c
                                  fwohci_init(c36c2000,1,c0ea4352,189,c130ccf8,...) at fwohci_init+0x7a25
                                  softclock(c130ccc0,c3304cc8,c09deb04,c1310a80,c35b95b8,...) at softclock+0x24a
                                  intr_event_execute_handlers(c35907f8,c35b9580,c0e9e0ad,533,c35b95f0,...) at intr
                                  _event_execute_handlers+0x125
                                  intr_event_add_handler(c358f110,c3304d38,c0e9de12,344,c35907f8,...) at intr_even
                                  t_add_handler+0x42f
                                  fork_exit(c09c78b0,c358f110,c3304d38) at fork_exit+0xb8
                                  fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0x8
                                  --- trap 0, eip = 0, esp = 0xc3304d70, ebp = 0 ---
                                  
                                  Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                                  cpuid = 0; apic id = 00
                                  fault virtual address   = 0xdedeadc0
                                  fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                                  instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc0a51d58
                                  stack pointer           = 0x28:0xc3304b64
                                  frame pointer           = 0x28:0xc3304b74
                                  code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                                          = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                                  processor eflags        = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
                                  current process         = 12 (swi4: clock)
                                  [thread]
                                  Stopped at      m_tag_delete+0x48:      movl    0(%ecx),%eax
                                  db>
                                  db>
                                  db> bt
                                  Tracing pid 12 tid 64007 td 0xc3592280
                                  m_tag_delete(c39af800,dedeadc0,c39af800,c39af800,c3304bac,...) at m_tag_delete+0
                                  x48
                                  m_tag_delete_chain(c39af800,0,df,0,c36c2000,...) at m_tag_delete_chain+0x3f
                                  reallocf(c39af800,100,0,9e3,3,...) at reallocf+0x8a5
                                  uma_zfree_arg(c1d7e380,c39af800,0,c36c32c0,c3304c20,...) at uma_zfree_arg+0x29
                                  m_freem(c39af800,c36c9a00,8,c36c2000,c36b9800,...) at m_freem+0x43
                                  fwohci_init(c36c2018,4,c0e62817,82a,c36c2018,...) at fwohci_init+0x545c
                                  fwohci_init(c36c2000,1,c0ea4352,189,c130ccf8,...) at fwohci_init+0x7a25
                                  softclock(c130ccc0,c3304cc8,c09deb04,c1310a80,c35b95b8,...) at softclock+0x24a
                                  intr_event_execute_handlers(c35907f8,c35b9580,c0e9e0ad,533,c35b95f0,...) at intr
                                  _event_execute_handlers+0x125
                                  intr_event_add_handler(c358f110,c3304d38,c0e9de12,344,c35907f8,...) at intr_even
                                  t_add_handler+0x42f
                                  fork_exit(c09c78b0,c358f110,c3304d38) at fork_exit+0xb8
                                  fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0x8
                                  --- trap 0, eip = 0, esp = 0xc3304d70, ebp = 0 ---
                                  db>
                                  [/thread][/code][/thread]
                                  
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                                    singerie
                                    last edited by

                                    my wan is DHCP.

                                    my pfsense was rebooting while downloading lightsquid.

                                    it seems to crash only when the box itself is getting something from the internet.

                                    slow dsl, or fast cable connection, same issue here i think.

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                                      FisherKing
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi singerie - So it probably isn't PPPoE then.  Thanks.

                                      1. are you running either Captive Portal or Traffic shaping?
                                      2. What network driver is your WAN using?
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                                        singerie
                                        last edited by

                                        i'm not using captive portal or traffic shaping, but i use multi wan, but only as a failover.

                                        My network card is a Intel pci-e.

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                                          wallabybob
                                          last edited by

                                          I've seen similar panics in a build of 9-Nov. More in http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,29927.0.html

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                                            Beerman
                                            last edited by

                                            Same panic here: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,30048.0.html

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