Help with a crash dump

nik.taylor

I'll disable nut and report back.

Nothing unusual in the config. Not sure how I could tell if there is?

No other components added and no additional cards / hardware.

nik.taylor

I disabled nut and it crashed again this week.

Anything else I can do?

Thanks.

chrismacmahon

Are the crashes all the same with this error:

db:0:kdb.enter.default>  bt
Tracing pid 12 tid 100026 td 0xfffff8000396b620
pfslowtimo() at pfslowtimo+0x52/frame 0xfffffe010e6e6810
softclock_call_cc() at softclock_call_cc+0x13a/frame 0xfffffe010e6e68c0

Or is it different?

nik.taylor

This is the latest error I recieved:

db:0:kdb.enter.default>  bt
Tracing pid 12 tid 100026 td 0xfffff8000397d620
ipport_tick() at ipport_tick+0x4e/frame 0xfffffe010e6e6810
softclock_call_cc() at softclock_call_cc+0x13a/frame 0xfffffe010e6e68c0
softclock() at softclock+0x79/frame 0xfffffe010e6e68e0

chrismacmahon

It looks like that's hardware, I would potentially look at changing the on-board battery see if that helps, but I highly doubt it would.

Warden

Hi,

I'm experimenting the same kind of issue, my PFsense box crashing on daily basis since a couple of months. I did the same changing the SSD drive but getting the same results.

Looking at the logs I see the same kind of details as discussed above:

Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
cpuid = 3; apic id = 06
fault virtual address	= 0xc46b3dd0
fault code		= supervisor read data, page not present
instruction pointer	= 0x20:0xffffffff80d89866
stack pointer	        = 0x28:0xfffffe01188d6688
frame pointer	        = 0x28:0xfffffe01188d6688
code segment		= base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
			= DPL 0, pres 1, long 1, def32 0, gran 1
processor eflags	= interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
current process		= 55216 (darkstat)
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    root@buildbot2.nyi.netgate.com:/build/ce-crossbuild-244/obj/amd64/ZfGpH5cd/build/ce-crossbuild-244/pfSense/tmp/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense��
Filename: /var/crash/textdump.tar.11
ddb.txt�����0600����0�������0�������140000������13422124500�  7063� ��ustar���root������wheel����db:0:kdb.enter.default>  run lockinfo
db:1:lockinfo> show locks
No such command; use "help" to list available commands
db:1:lockinfo>  show alllocks
No such command; use "help" to list available commands
db:1:lockinfo>  show lockedvnods
Locked vnodes
db:0:kdb.enter.default>  show pcpu
cpuid        = 2
dynamic pcpu = 0xfffffe018f873480
curthread    = 0xfffff80003dd0000: pid 12 "irq259: re0"
curpcb       = 0xfffffe0118646cc0
fpcurthread  = none
idlethread   = 0xfffff80003939000: tid 100005 "idle: cpu2"
curpmap      = 0xffffffff82b83898
tssp         = 0xffffffff82bb47e0
commontssp   = 0xffffffff82bb47e0
rsp0         = 0xfffffe0118646cc0
gs32p        = 0xffffffff82bbb038
ldt          = 0xffffffff82bbb078
tss          = 0xffffffff82bbb068
db:0:kdb.enter.default>  bt
Tracing pid 12 tid 100057 td 0xfffff80003dd0000
turnstile_broadcast() at turnstile_broadcast+0x47/frame 0xfffffe0118646050
__mtx_unlock_sleep() at __mtx_unlock_sleep+0xb9/frame 0xfffffe0118646080
pf_state_insert() at pf_state_insert+0xb33/frame 0xfffffe0118646110
pf_test_rule() at pf_test_rule+0x2c7c/frame 0xfffffe01186465a0
pf_test() at pf_test+0x20e9/frame 0xfffffe0118646800
pf_check_in() at pf_check_in+0x1d/frame 0xfffffe0118646820
pfil_run_hooks() at pfil_run_hooks+0x90/frame 0xfffffe01186468b0
ip_input() at ip_input+0x441/frame 0xfffffe0118646910
netisr_dispatch_src() at netisr_dispatch_src+0xa8/frame 0xfffffe0118646960
ether_demux() at ether_demux+0x173/frame 0xfffffe0118646990
ether_nh_input() at ether_nh_input+0x32b/frame 0xfffffe01186469f0
netisr_dispatch_src() at netisr_dispatch_src+0xa8/frame 0xfffffe0118646a40
ether_input() at ether_input+0x26/frame 0xfffffe0118646a60
re_rxeof() at re_rxeof+0x601/frame 0xfffffe0118646ad0
re_intr_msi() at re_intr_msi+0xfc/frame 0xfffffe0118646b20
intr_event_execute_handlers() at intr_event_execute_handlers+0xe9/frame 0xfffffe0118646b60
ithread_loop() at ithread_loop+0xe7/frame 0xfffffe0118646bb0
fork_exit() at fork_exit+0x83/frame 0xfffffe0118646bf0
fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0xe/frame 0xfffffe0118646bf0
--- trap 0, rip = 0, rsp = 0, rbp = 0 ---

I also attached the latest crash report to this post: https://forum.netgate.com/post/819822

Thanks

chrismacmahon

@warden said in Help with a crash dump:

your crash is very different from the other one, Can you open a new thread?

nik.taylor

It's definitely nut. I uninstalled and there were no crashes. I re-installed and it's started crashing. Is this an integration issue you can look at or should I contact the nut team?

Thanks.

stephenw10

Yet it still crashed with Nut installed but disabled previously?

Were you able to replicate that? It seems hard to imagine that could happen if it really was disabled.

If it's a problem with the nut binaries in FreeBSD that would need to be reported upstream but there must be be a lot of people running that in FreeBSD.

Do you have any additional crash reports? Anything showing the NUT package specifically?

Steve

nik.taylor

I'm pretty sure it did. I'm going to disable it again and see if I get a crash dump with nut installed but disabled.

Here is the latest crash:

0_1551543086047_nut dump.txt

stephenw10

Mmm, well identical crash then. Implies probably software at least.

nik.taylor

Bumping this thread back up. I've continued to have this problem. I disabled nut for a few months and it didn't go away. I'm seeing crashes about once or twice a week still. Any next debugging steps?

Latest crash dump attached.

Thanks in advance.

crash_dump.txt

stephenw10

Hmm, well that is three almost identical crashes:

hardclock_cnt() at hardclock_cnt+0x131/frame 0xfffffe010e4d44e0
handleevents() at handleevents+0xc9/frame 0xfffffe010e4d4530
timercb() at timercb+0xad/frame 0xfffffe010e4d4580
lapic_handle_timer() at lapic_handle_timer+0xa2/frame 0xfffffe010e4d45c0
Xtimerint() at Xtimerint+0xa8/frame 0xfffffe010e4d45c0

I got to think it's some issue with the system clock being used on that system.

I see it's loading the speedstep driver (est), is powerd enabled? You might disabling it if so. It's been a while since I've seen one but some systems has issues with varying the cpu clock that would throw errors.

You could usually work past that by selevting a non variable system timer instead.
For example:

[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@apu.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl kern.timecounter.choice
kern.timecounter.choice: ACPI-fast(900) HPET(950) i8254(0) TSC(800) dummy(-1000000)
[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@apu.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware
kern.timecounter.hardware: HPET

Steve

nik.taylor

@stephenw10 said in Help with a crash dump:

sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware

Thanks very much. powerd is not running.

I changed to HPET and will see what happens. I have to be honest, I know next to nothing about system timers so this is a stab in the dark for me. Will report back if anything happens.

nik.taylor

HPET didnt work. My system froze with 're1 watchdog timeout' within about 5 mins. Re-booted, reset HPET and same thing happened.

stephenw10

@nik-taylor said in Help with a crash dump:

watchdog timeout

You saw that error only using the HPET timecounter? What is the default timecounter there?

Did it actually 'freeze' or just stop responding to the network? That error is typical when using Realtek NICs but the system usually still responds at the console for example. It's only the NICs that fail.
You might try the alternative driver if so. That has been shown to help if the default driver is triggering watchdog timeouts.
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/135850/official-realtek-driver-binary-1-95-for-2-4-4-release

Steve

nik.taylor

I have seen that error once or twice in the past but it's pretty consistent when i changed to HPET.

It just stopped responding to the network. I could still use a keyboard directly attached to the box.

Default timecounter is TSC.

I'll try the updated driver.

Thanks for helping me keep on top of this.

stephenw10

No problem.
Yeah if the console was still active but the NIC/driver crashed out definitely try the alternative driver.

Ultimately there's not too much you can do. The Realtek NICs are budget items and not that well supported in FreeBSD.

Steve

nik.taylor

@stephenw10 - 5 days and no crash. I think the NIC driver patch fixed it. Thanks for all your help. I think I learned my lesson, Intel NIC's from here on out.