linux-kernel - NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, handler #08!!! on Dell XPS 13 9360

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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 09:28:55 +0200
From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
To: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
 Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, handler #08!!!
 on Dell XPS 13 9360

Dear Linux folks,


On Dell XPS 13 9360/0596KF, BIOS 2.21.0 06/02/2022, with Linux 6.9-rc2+ 
built from commit b1e6ec0a0fd0 (Merge tag 'docs-6.9-fixes' of 
git://git.lwn.net/linux) the external USB-C adapter Dell DA300 stopped 
working (only the Ethernet port was used). Linux logged:

     [    0.000000] DMI: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9360/0596KF, BIOS 2.21.0 
06/02/2022
     […]
     [36790.763879] r8152 4-1.2:1.0 enx18dbf22dccf3: carrier on
     [37100.727070] NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, 
handler #08!!!
     [37115.053932] NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, 
handler #08!!!
     [37595.306954] NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, 
handler #08!!!
     [37635.242523] NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, 
handler #08!!!
     [38056.236277] xhci_hcd 0000:39:00.0: WARN: xHC restore state timeout
     [38056.236298] xhci_hcd 0000:39:00.0: PCI post-resume error -110!
     [38056.236302] xhci_hcd 0000:39:00.0: HC died; cleaning up
     [38056.236327] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
     [38056.236331] usb 3-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 3
     [38056.236464] usb 4-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
     [38056.236467] r8152-cfgselector 4-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 3
     [38183.298119] INFO: task kworker/1:2:36399 blocked for more than 
120 seconds.
     [38183.298148]       Not tainted 6.9.0-rc2+ #88
     [38183.298159] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" 
disables this message.
     [38183.298166] task:kworker/1:2     state:D stack:0     pid:36399 
tgid:36399 ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
     [38183.298191] Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event [usbcore]
     [38183.298332] Call Trace:
     [38183.298339]  <TASK>
     [38183.298353]  __schedule+0x3eb/0xb40
     [38183.298386]  schedule+0x27/0xf0
     [38183.298402]  schedule_preempt_disabled+0x15/0x30
     [38183.298419]  __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x339/0x630
     [38183.298451]  usb_unlocked_enable_lpm+0x23/0x40 [usbcore]
     [38183.298561]  usb_unbind_interface+0x1c3/0x280 [usbcore]
     [38183.298696]  device_release_driver_internal+0x19f/0x200
     [38183.298723]  bus_remove_device+0xc6/0x130
     [38183.298742]  device_del+0x163/0x3f0
     [38183.298760]  ? kobject_put+0xa0/0x1d0
     [38183.298782]  usb_disable_device+0xcd/0x1e0 [usbcore]
     [38183.298914]  usb_disconnect+0xe6/0x2e0 [usbcore]
     [38183.299027]  usb_disconnect+0xca/0x2e0 [usbcore]
     [38183.299139]  hub_quiesce+0x5e/0xc0 [usbcore]
     [38183.299248]  hub_event+0x5bc/0x1bf0 [usbcore]
     [38183.299365]  ? psi_task_switch+0xd6/0x230
     [38183.299378]  ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x97/0x2c0
     [38183.299399]  ? __schedule+0x3f3/0xb40
     [38183.299416]  process_one_work+0x189/0x3b0
     [38183.299441]  worker_thread+0x277/0x390
     [38183.299462]  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
     [38183.299479]  kthread+0xcf/0x100
     [38183.299496]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
     [38183.299512]  ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
     [38183.299527]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
     [38183.299540]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
     [38183.299566]  </TASK>
     [38183.299574] INFO: task kworker/1:1:36539 blocked for more than 
120 seconds.
     [38183.299586]       Not tainted 6.9.0-rc2+ #88
     [38183.299594] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" 
disables this message.
     [38183.299601] task:kworker/1:1     state:D stack:0     pid:36539 
tgid:36539 ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
     [38183.299620] Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event [usbcore]
     […]


Re-plugging the adapter, it worked again.


Kind regards,

Paul
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