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dpkg stalls and fails to complete update kernel times out

Bug #628047 reported by kylea
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: dpkg

Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS - Server
Ubuntu 64bit 10.04 Server
Linux 2.6.32-24-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 19 01:38:40 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

root partition is a LVM volume

Here are the fstab entry

/dev/mapper/itvss1-root / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1

# /boot was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=b252807f-d51e-4c70-a9e8-5cfad5e52a18 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2

#/dev/mapper/itvss1-swap_1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/mapper/cryptswap1 none swap sw 0 0

Try to apply an Update via Synaptic
Files are downloaded
Update starts and then stalls

Updates applied via apt-get or Synaptic fail - there is a Kernel timeout error in syslog with a Stack Trace

Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420086] dpkg D 0000000000000000 0 24196 24133 0x00000000
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420090] ffff880168c87db8 0000000000000082 0000000000015bc0 0000000000015bc0
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420094] ffff88021a7931a0 ffff880168c87fd8 0000000000015bc0 ffff88021a792de0
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420097] 0000000000015bc0 ffff880168c87fd8 0000000000015bc0 ffff88021a7931a0
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420100] Call Trace:
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420109] [<ffffffff81166d80>] ? bdi_sched_wait+0x0/0x20
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420112] [<ffffffff81166d8e>] bdi_sched_wait+0xe/0x20
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420117] [<ffffffff815591df>] __wait_on_bit+0x5f/0x90
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420119] [<ffffffff81166d80>] ? bdi_sched_wait+0x0/0x20
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420122] [<ffffffff81559288>] out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x78/0x90
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420126] [<ffffffff810850d0>] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x40
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420129] [<ffffffff81166d44>] ? bdi_queue_work+0xa4/0xe0
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420131] [<ffffffff811680ef>] bdi_sync_writeback+0x6f/0x80
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420134] [<ffffffff81168120>] sync_inodes_sb+0x20/0x30
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420137] [<ffffffff8116bc92>] __sync_filesystem+0x82/0x90
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420140] [<ffffffff8116bd79>] sync_filesystems+0xd9/0x130
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420142] [<ffffffff8116be31>] sys_sync+0x21/0x40
Aug 31 23:22:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2281.420146] [<ffffffff810131b2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422564] INFO: task dpkg:24196 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422568] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422570] dpkg D 0000000000000000 0 24196 24133 0x00000000
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422574] ffff880168c87db8 0000000000000082 0000000000015bc0 0000000000015bc0
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422578] ffff88021a7931a0 ffff880168c87fd8 0000000000015bc0 ffff88021a792de0
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422581] 0000000000015bc0 ffff880168c87fd8 0000000000015bc0 ffff88021a7931a0
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422584] Call Trace:
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422593] [<ffffffff81166d80>] ? bdi_sched_wait+0x0/0x20
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422596] [<ffffffff81166d8e>] bdi_sched_wait+0xe/0x20
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422601] [<ffffffff815591df>] __wait_on_bit+0x5f/0x90
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422603] [<ffffffff81166d80>] ? bdi_sched_wait+0x0/0x20
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422606] [<ffffffff81559288>] out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x78/0x90
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422610] [<ffffffff810850d0>] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x40
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422613] [<ffffffff81166d44>] ? bdi_queue_work+0xa4/0xe0
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422616] [<ffffffff811680ef>] bdi_sync_writeback+0x6f/0x80
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422618] [<ffffffff81168120>] sync_inodes_sb+0x20/0x30
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422621] [<ffffffff8116bc92>] __sync_filesystem+0x82/0x90
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422624] [<ffffffff8116bd79>] sync_filesystems+0xd9/0x130
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422626] [<ffffffff8116be31>] sys_sync+0x21/0x40
Aug 31 23:24:45 itvss1 kernel: [ 2401.422631] [<ffffffff810131b2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

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nutznboltz (nutznboltz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

"bdi_sync_writeback()" is the key.

Search for "writeback" in
https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-25.43

Also look for "writeback" in

Bug #543617
Bug #585092
Bug #601361
Bug #620242
Bug #628047

Try the proposed kernel version 2.6.32-25.43, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed

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kylea (kylea) wrote :

Thanks nutznboltz - i have created a new server instance as I could not get past the download step.

I will have a fiddle with this and see if I can get the alternative kernel installed. The repositories are in a confused state trying to fix a failed update - there is a partial update hanging around that i cannot clean up for the 2.6.32-24 kernel.

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Steve Conklin (sconklin) wrote :

Please test this on the proposed kernel and report on whether it is resolved.

We need to confirm the fixes in this proposed kernel before we can release it.

Thanks!

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Ray Speth (speth) wrote :

I was experiencing the same problem as the OP with kernel 2.6.32-24. I installed the updated kernel out of lucid-proposed (Linux 2.6.32-25-server #44-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux), and I still see the same symptom, but the call trace is now different:

Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.442565] INFO: task dpkg:17615 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.442862] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443177] dpkg D 0000000000000000 0 17615 16766 0x00000000
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443182] ffff880425eb3d38 0000000000000086 0000000000015bc0 0000000000015bc0
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443186] ffff88042a641ab0 ffff880425eb3fd8 0000000000015bc0 ffff88042a6416f0
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443190] 0000000000015bc0 ffff880425eb3fd8 0000000000015bc0 ffff88042a641ab0
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443193] Call Trace:
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443204] [<ffffffff815583ad>] schedule_timeout+0x22d/0x300
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443209] [<ffffffff8105df52>] ? enqueue_entity+0x122/0x1a0
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443212] [<ffffffff8105e015>] ? enqueue_task_fair+0x45/0x90
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443215] [<ffffffff81557656>] wait_for_common+0xd6/0x180
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443219] [<ffffffff8105a254>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x284/0x380
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443222] [<ffffffff8105a350>] ? default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443225] [<ffffffff815577bd>] wait_for_completion+0x1d/0x20
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443229] [<ffffffff811666d7>] sync_inodes_sb+0x87/0xb0
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443233] [<ffffffff8116afb2>] __sync_filesystem+0x82/0x90
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443236] [<ffffffff8116b099>] sync_filesystems+0xd9/0x130
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443238] [<ffffffff8116b151>] sys_sync+0x21/0x40
Sep 24 20:32:03 pharos kernel: [ 4201.443243] [<ffffffff810121b2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

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