Hi all, I am consistently seeing this kernel panic on a 16 sockets machine running Spark PageRank workload using Docker. I am running RHEL 7.0 stock kernel which is 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64. I believe __skb_insert() might be dereferencing a null *prev. Attached is a complete dmesg and disassemble log. Stack Trace: [ 6169.148712] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) [ 6169.157531] IP: [] tcp_sendpage+0x44d/0x6d0 [ 6169.163995] PGD 49bcfb83067 PUD 49bcfb82067 PMD 0 [ 6169.169520] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP [ 6169.173230] Modules linked in: veth xt_addrtype ipt_MASQUERADE dm_thin_pool dm_persistent_data dm_bio_prison dm_bufio loop ext4 mbcache jbd2 ip6t_rpfilter ip6t_REJECT ipt_REJECT xt_conntrack ebtable_nat ebtable_broute bridge stp llc ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_nat nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat_ipv6 ip6table_mangle ip6table_security ip6table_raw ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack iptable_mangle iptable_security iptable_raw iptable_filter ip_tables sg iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support coretemp kvm_intel kvm crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd pcspkr ses enclosure ixgbe ptp hpilo hpwdt pps_core mdio sb_edac ioatdma lpc_ich edac_core mfd_core [ 6169.255799] dca shpchp ipmi_si ipmi_msghandler mperf vfat fat btrfs zlib_deflate raid6_pq xor xfs libcrc32c dm_service_time sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_common mgag200 syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt i2c_algo_bit qla2xxx drm_kms_helper ttm scsi_transport_fc drm scsi_tgt i2c_core dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_multipath dm_mod [ 6169.289059] CPU: 87 PID: 205310 Comm: java Not tainted 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 #1 [ 6169.297161] Hardware name: HP Superdome2 16s x86, BIOS Bundle: 005.073.000 SFW: 015.082.000 08/08/2014 [ 6169.307538] task: ffff8c9bccf38000 ti: ffff8c94c506c000 task.ti: ffff8c94c506c000 [ 6169.315890] RIP: 0010:[] [] tcp_sendpage+0x44d/0x6d0 [ 6169.325229] RSP: 0018:ffff8c94c506dbe0 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 6169.331182] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff918a6dfda800 RCX: ffff918a6dfda938 [ 6169.339149] RDX: 0000000000000110 RSI: ffff918a6dfda938 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 6169.347141] RBP: ffff8c94c506dc58 R08: 00000000000002c0 R09: 0000000000000500 [ 6169.355100] R10: ffff88bd7f406e80 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000020040 [ 6169.363074] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000219 R15: ffffea1253a1c800 [ 6169.371045] FS: 00007f648fefe700(0000) GS:ffff8c9cffb80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 6169.380075] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 6169.386507] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000049bd848c000 CR4: 00000000001407e0 [ 6169.394540] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 6169.402612] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 6169.410621] Stack: [ 6169.412984] 0000000100000000 ffff8ed00a267c00 ffffffff00000de7 0000000000000de7 [ 6169.422080] 0000000000000001 ffff918a6dfda938 00000de7000005a8 000010f853ab6ec0 [ 6169.431181] 0000000000000000 00000000a54958f0 ffff918a6dfda800 ffff8c9bd5e4fd00 [ 6169.440262] Call Trace: [ 6169.443190] [] ? splice_from_pipe_feed+0x120/0x120 [ 6169.450512] [] inet_sendpage+0x6e/0xe0 [ 6169.456766] [] kernel_sendpage+0x1b/0x30 [ 6169.463193] [] sock_sendpage+0x27/0x30 [ 6169.469387] [] pipe_to_sendpage+0x63/0xa0 [ 6169.475864] [] splice_from_pipe_feed+0x7e/0x120 [ 6169.482900] [] ? splice_from_pipe_feed+0x120/0x120 [ 6169.490215] [] __splice_from_pipe+0x6e/0x90 [ 6169.496881] [] ? splice_from_pipe_feed+0x120/0x120 [ 6169.504198] [] splice_from_pipe+0x5e/0x90 [ 6169.510659] [] ? splice_from_pipe+0x90/0x90 [ 6169.517342] [] generic_splice_sendpage+0x15/0x20 [ 6169.524464] [] do_splice_from+0x91/0x100 [ 6169.530900] [] direct_splice_actor+0x20/0x30 [ 6169.537686] [] splice_direct_to_actor+0xd4/0x200 [ 6169.544915] [] ? do_splice_from+0x100/0x100 [ 6169.551594] [] do_splice_direct+0x62/0x90 [ 6169.558070] [] do_sendfile+0x1c3/0x340 [ 6169.564248] [] SyS_sendfile64+0x5e/0xb0 [ 6169.570521] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 6169.577273] Code: 10 88 41 7c 8b 81 dc 00 00 00 48 03 81 e0 00 00 00 f0 81 40 24 00 00 01 00 48 8b 83 40 01 00 00 48 8b 75 b0 48 89 41 08 48 89 31 <48> 89 08 83 83 48 01 00 00 01 48 83 bb 68 02 00 00 00 48 89 8b [ 6169.606298] RIP [] tcp_sendpage+0x44d/0x6d0 [ 6169.612956] RSP [ 6169.616925] CR2: 0000000000000000 Partial disassemble up to the crash full one is attached: /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/net/ipv4/tcp.c: 879 0xffffffff8151823d : test %rax,%rax /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/net/ipv4/tcp.c: 878 0xffffffff81518240 : mov %rax,%rcx /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/net/ipv4/tcp.c: 879 0xffffffff81518243 : je 0xffffffff815181b0 /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/net/ipv4/tcp.c: 604 0xffffffff81518249 : movl $0x0,0x74(%rax) /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/net/ipv4/tcp.c: 605 0xffffffff81518250 : mov 0x650(%rbx),%eax /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/net/ipv4/tcp.c: 606 0xffffffff81518256 : movb $0x10,0x4c(%rcx) /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/net/ipv4/tcp.c: 607 0xffffffff8151825a : movb $0x0,0x4d(%rcx) /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/net/ipv4/tcp.c: 605 0xffffffff8151825e : mov %eax,0x44(%rcx) 0xffffffff81518261 : mov %eax,0x40(%rcx) /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/include/linux/skbuff.h: 963 0xffffffff81518264 : movzbl 0x7c(%rcx),%eax 0xffffffff81518268 : test $0x10,%al 0xffffffff8151826a : jne 0xffffffff815184da /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/include/linux/skbuff.h: 964 0xffffffff81518270 : or $0x10,%eax 0xffffffff81518273 : mov %al,0x7c(%rcx) /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/include/linux/skbuff.h: 792 0xffffffff81518276 : mov 0xdc(%rcx),%eax 0xffffffff8151827c : add 0xe0(%rcx),%rax /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h: 49 0xffffffff81518283 : lock addl $0x10000,0x24(%rax) /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/include/linux/skbuff.h: 1271 0xffffffff8151828b : mov 0x140(%rbx),%rax /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/include/linux/skbuff.h: 1163 0xffffffff81518292 : mov -0x50(%rbp),%rsi /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/include/linux/skbuff.h: 1164 0xffffffff81518296 : mov %rax,0x8(%rcx) /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/include/linux/skbuff.h: 1163 0xffffffff8151829a : mov %rsi,(%rcx) /usr/src/debug/kernel-3.10.0-123.el7/linux-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64/include/linux/skbuff.h: 1165 0xffffffff8151829d : mov %rcx,(%rax)