rcu kernel stalls on Dell servers and possibly other platforms

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rcu kernel stalls on Dell servers and possibly other platforms

Closed this issue 5 years ago · 3 comments

Follow the full discussion in the forums: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/13742/rcu_sched-stall-or-kernel-panic-on-poweredge-r640

George suggested enabling CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE and CONFIG_MAXSMP (Enable Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes) in the kernel config (reference).

Answer 1 · 2019-10-01T13:48:39.000Z

Haven't had a chance yet to check this out.

Answer 2 · 2019-10-03T09:39:57.000Z

@Sebastian-Roth I compiled a kernel with the aditional arguments and haven't ran into any issues since deploying it.

Answer 3 · 2019-10-21T22:12:37.000Z

@Quazz Totally forgot I opened this issue as well. We'll see what the forum discussion ends up with and close this accordingly.