CentOS 6.8 With Current Kernel Fails With Pm-hibernate (cifsd Refuses To Freeze)

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Now, this is not apparently very common to CentOS or EL server, but I
need to hibernate one of myservers after a batch job daily. Current kernel appears to fail with pm-hibernate now.

$ cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 6.8 (Final)

$ uname -a Linux xxxx 2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 12 18:30:56 UTC 2016
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

pm-hibernate tries but apparently fails.

cpuinfo:
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15
model : 4
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz stepping : 3
microcode : 5
cpu MHz : 2999.964
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5
wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr bogomips : 5999.92
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 128
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management:

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15
model : 4
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz stepping : 3
microcode : 5
cpu MHz : 2999.964
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5
wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr bogomips : 5999.92
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 128
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management:

Track dump here: https://static.bitwell.biz/trace.txt

OK. Last line says the process causing this is cifsd.

Anything to fix this?

3 thoughts on - CentOS 6.8 With Current Kernel Fails With Pm-hibernate (cifsd Refuses To Freeze)

  • OK. I fixed this case just by dismounting the share before hibernate, but I’ll leave this here anyway. Just a historic note or something ;)

  • Hello Jari,

    I think this is a very common issue: cifs vs hibernation, it’s not only this kernel, nor CentOS6. I tried hard when facing this issue, and automount could provide good results in auto-unmounting, but it’s far from a 100% success. Manually unmounting before hibernating is for now the only solution I’ve found.

    Regards,