vboxdrv unable to handle kernel paging request when AMD Cool N Quiet disabled

[John]

I cannot attach a VBox.log because this is happening via the vboxdrv kernel module.

If I have AMD Cool N Quiet enabled in the bios, vboxdrv is able to load and I can run VMs. The second I disable it, I get the following:

[  406.309786] vboxdrv: Found 8 processor cores.
[  406.309956] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffa02702d0
[  406.309960] IP: [<ffffffff81080968>] raw_notifier_chain_register+0x18/0x40
[  406.309965] PGD 1a05067 PUD 1a09063 PMD 22e7d6067 PTE 0
[  406.309969] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP 
[  406.309971] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/virtual/misc/vboxdrv/uevent
[  406.309974] CPU 4 
[  406.309974] Modules linked in: vboxdrv(+) snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq edd fuse md5 nls_utf8 cifs af_packet uinput mperf it87 hwmon_vid dm_crypt loop nvidia(P) hdj_mod uvcvideo videodev v4l1_compat v4l2_compat_ioctl32 snd_usb_audio snd_usbmidi_lib snd_rawmidi joydev snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_seq_device snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_timer sr_mod cdrom snd firewire_ohci firewire_core soundcore r8169 crc_itu_t sg xhci_hcd snd_page_alloc pcspkr i2c_piix4 shpchp pci_hotplug eeepc_wmi serio_raw sparse_keymap wmi button ext4 jbd2 crc16 dm_snapshot dm_mod fan processor thermal thermal_sys ata_generic pata_atiixp [last unloaded: preloadtrace]
[  406.310018] 
[  406.310021] Pid: 11487, comm: modprobe Tainted: P            2.6.37.6-0.9-desktop #1 To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M./M5A99X EVO
[  406.310029] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81080968>]  [<ffffffff81080968>] raw_notifier_chain_register+0x18/0x40
[  406.310037] RSP: 0018:ffff880229931ed0  EFLAGS: 00010286
[  406.310040] RAX: ffffffffa02702c0 RBX: ffffffffa0583e60 RCX: ffff8801e258fc10
[  406.310044] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffa0583e60 RDI: ffffffffa0029198
[  406.310048] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
[  406.310051] R10: 0000000000012640 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffffa059e000
[  406.310055] R13: 0000000000612d70 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000406750
[  406.310059] FS:  00007fe860272700(0000) GS:ffff8800bcf00000(0000) knlGS:00000000f679c760
[  406.310063] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[  406.310066] CR2: ffffffffa02702d0 CR3: 00000001d9341000 CR4: 00000000000406e0
[  406.310070] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[  406.310074] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[  406.310078] Process modprobe (pid: 11487, threadinfo ffff880229930000, task ffff88022d280400)
[  406.310081] Stack:
[  406.310084]  ffffffff8150f9f8 0000000000000000 ffffffffa03e01ac 0000000000000000
[  406.310090]  ffffffffa03dda98 0000000000000000 ffffffffa03dc3e7 0000000000000008
[  406.310094]  ffffffffa0584540 0000000000000000 ffffffffa059e044 ffffffffa0584540
[  406.310098] Call Trace:
[  406.310107]  [<ffffffff8150f9f8>] register_cpu_notifier+0x18/0x30
[  406.310121]  [<ffffffffa03e01ac>] rtR0MpNotificationNativeInit+0x3c/0x60 [vboxdrv]
[  406.310148]  [<ffffffffa03dda98>] rtR0MpNotificationInit+0x18/0x40 [vboxdrv]
[  406.310167]  [<ffffffffa03dc3e7>] VBoxHost_RTR0Init+0x37/0x80 [vboxdrv]
[  406.310185]  [<ffffffffa059e044>] VBoxDrvLinuxInit+0x44/0x110 [vboxdrv]
[  406.310191]  [<ffffffff810002da>] do_one_initcall+0x3a/0x170
[  406.310197]  [<ffffffff810976ca>] sys_init_module+0xba/0x210
[  406.310204]  [<ffffffff81002f8b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[  406.310210]  [<00007fe85fbd7d1a>] 0x7fe85fbd7d1a
[  406.310212] Code: 00 48 8b 74 24 08 89 c5 eb d1 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 48 8b 07 48 85 c0 74 22 8b 56 10 3b 50 10 7e 0d eb 18 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 <39> 50 10 7c 0d 48 8d 78 08 48 8b 40 08 48 85 c0 75 ee 48 89 46 
[  406.310231] RIP  [<ffffffff81080968>] raw_notifier_chain_register+0x18/0x40
[  406.310235]  RSP <ffff880229931ed0>
[  406.310236] CR2: ffffffffa02702d0
[  406.310239] ---[ end trace e8a8ff27b7232109 ]---

To make a long story short, I've tried both the version that ships with OpenSuSE, 4.0.14, the latest from Oracle, 4.1.6, and both plain OSE and PUEL. I've also tried using the prepackaged kernel modules for 4.0.14, and building my own with 4.1.6. No matter what I do, I cannot get vboxdrv to load without enabling the cool n quiet feature. I always get a general protection fault of type preempt smp from vboxdrv.

I've scoured the internet and these forums for the past few days and it looks like I am doing everything correctly to build the modules. I did come across this however: ​https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=45948&p=207341#p207341 So it seems that I am not the only one with this issue. I can literally leave everything in the bios the same and just change the cool n quiet option, and that makes the difference between vboxdrv giving me a gpf and running fine.

Please let me know if you need more information. I will be happy to provide it.

[John]

Sorry, Chrome is being a pain right now. That link was supposed to be this: ​http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/446838-virtualbox-vboxdrv-doesnt-load-opensuse11-3-raw_notifier_chain_register.html

[Frank Mehnert]

Could you reproduce this oops once again, post the relevant part of the kernel.log again and attach the vboxdrv.ko module which you are used to reproduce this problem?

[John]

[ 47.409654] vboxdrv: Found 8 processor cores. [ 47.409769] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffa021b2d0 [ 47.409773] IP: [<ffffffff81080968>] raw_notifier_chain_register+0x18/0x40 [ 47.409779] PGD 1a05067 PUD 1a09063 PMD 2351a2067 PTE 0 [ 47.409783] Oops: 0000 #1 PREEMPT SMP [ 47.409785] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/virtual/misc/vboxdrv/uevent [ 47.409788] CPU 4 [ 47.409789] Modules linked in: vboxdrv(+) md5 nls_utf8 cifs af_packet uinput mperf it87 hwmon_vid dm_crypt loop nvidia(P) uvcvideo hdj_mod snd_usb_audio snd_usbmidi_lib videodev v4l1_compat snd_rawmidi snd_hda_codec_realtek v4l2_compat_ioctl32 snd_seq_device joydev snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm sr_mod cdrom snd_timer xhci_hcd firewire_ohci r8169 sg snd i2c_piix4 firewire_core soundcore shpchp pci_hotplug eeepc_wmi serio_raw sparse_keymap snd_page_alloc crc_itu_t pcspkr wmi button preloadtrace ext4 jbd2 crc16 dm_snapshot dm_mod fan processor thermal thermal_sys ata_generic pata_atiixp [ 47.409820] [ 47.409822] Pid: 6243, comm: modprobe Tainted: P 2.6.37.6-0.9-desktop #1 To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M./M5A99X EVO [ 47.409827] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81080968>] [<ffffffff81080968>] raw_notifier_chain_register+0x18/0x40 [ 47.409832] RSP: 0018:ffff88022f38fed0 EFLAGS: 00010286 [ 47.409834] RAX: ffffffffa021b2c0 RBX: ffffffffa1108e60 RCX: ffff8801eec14f10 [ 47.409836] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffa1108e60 RDI: ffffffffa0029198 [ 47.409838] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001 [ 47.409841] R10: 0000000000012640 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffffa02fb000 [ 47.409844] R13: 0000000000612ca0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000406750 [ 47.409847] FS: 00007f1ebcd16700(0000) GS:ffff8800bcf00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 47.409851] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b [ 47.409853] CR2: ffffffffa021b2d0 CR3: 00000001f1a49000 CR4: 00000000000406e0 [ 47.409856] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 47.409859] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 47.409862] Process modprobe (pid: 6243, threadinfo ffff88022f38e000, task ffff88022f38c380) [ 47.409865] Stack: [ 47.409867] ffffffff8150f9f8 0000000000000000 ffffffffa0f651ac 0000000000000000 [ 47.409871] ffffffffa0f62a98 0000000000000000 ffffffffa0f613e7 0000000000000008 [ 47.409875] ffffffffa1109540 0000000000000000 ffffffffa02fb044 ffffffffa1109540 [ 47.409879] Call Trace: [ 47.409887] [<ffffffff8150f9f8>] register_cpu_notifier+0x18/0x30 [ 47.409900] [<ffffffffa0f651ac>] rtR0MpNotificationNativeInit+0x3c/0x60 [vboxdrv] [ 47.409926] [<ffffffffa0f62a98>] rtR0MpNotificationInit+0x18/0x40 [vboxdrv] [ 47.409944] [<ffffffffa0f613e7>] VBoxHost_RTR0Init+0x37/0x80 [vboxdrv] [ 47.409960] [<ffffffffa02fb044>] VBoxDrvLinuxInit+0x44/0x110 [vboxdrv] [ 47.409966] [<ffffffff810002da>] do_one_initcall+0x3a/0x170 [ 47.409971] [<ffffffff810976ca>] sys_init_module+0xba/0x210 [ 47.409976] [<ffffffff81002f8b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 47.409981] [<00007f1ebc67bd1a>] 0x7f1ebc67bd1a [ 47.409984] Code: 00 48 8b 74 24 08 89 c5 eb d1 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 48 8b 07 48 85 c0 74 22 8b 56 10 3b 50 10 7e 0d eb 18 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 <39> 50 10 7c 0d 48 8d 78 08 48 8b 40 08 48 85 c0 75 ee 48 89 46 [ 47.410008] RIP [<ffffffff81080968>] raw_notifier_chain_register+0x18/0x40 [ 47.410014] RSP <ffff88022f38fed0> [ 47.410017] CR2: ffffffffa021b2d0 [ 47.410020] ---[ end trace 40bdb062ac38a163 ]---

Hmmm, how can I attach the file? I just tried and got: 500 Internal Server Error (Maximum attachment size: 400000 bytes)

ls -l /lib/modules/uname -r/misc total 8688 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 7600033 Nov 11 17:46 vboxdrv.ko -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 332213 Nov 11 17:46 vboxnetadp.ko -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 544767 Nov 11 17:46 vboxnetflt.ko -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 413603 Nov 11 17:46 vboxpci.ko

[John]

This bug may be invalid. I had a faulty processor. I have (reluctantly) switched to Intel, and all is working. I still have the module if someone would like to take a look at it.