Symptoms
PSOD Backtrace:@BlueScreen: PCPU 2: no heartbeat (3/3 IPIs received)Code start: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx VMK uptime: 56:23:59:56.912Saved backtrace from: pcpu 2 Heartbeat NMIxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]MemDistributeNUMAPolicy@vmkernel#nover+0x333 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]MemDistribute_Alloc@vmkernel#nover+0x299 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]PagePool_AllocCustom@vmkernel#nover+0x2f0 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]vmk_MemPoolAlloc@vmkernel#nover+0x37c stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]mfiIoctl_SendFWCmd@<None>#<None>+0x1f2 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]mfiIoctl_FWCmd@<None>#<None>+0x115 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]VmkMgmtDispatchCallback@com.vmware.vmkapi#v2_3_0_0+0x1d1 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]VmkMgmtCharIoctl@com.vmware.vmkapi#v2_3_0_0+0x5ea stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]VMKAPICharDevDevfsWrapIoctl@vmkernel#nover+0x80 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]DevFSIoctl@vmkernel#nover+0x684 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]FSSObjectIoctlCommon@vmkernel#nover+0x9c stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]FSS_IoctlByFH@vmkernel#nover+0xb8 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]UserFile_PassthroughIoctl@<None>#<None>+0x3f stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]UserVmfs_Ioctl@<None>#<None>+0x24 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]LinuxFileDesc_Ioctl@<None>#<None>+0x5c stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]User_LinuxSyscallHandler@<None>#<None>+0xd7 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]User_LinuxSyscallHandler@vmkernel#nover+0x1d stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]gate_entry_@vmkernel#nover+0x0 stack: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Note: The backtace is only an example.
Cause
The PSOD is caused by a memory allocation problem.
Resolution
This issue is fixed in VMware ESXi 6.0 P04.
