CoreRCUDeferredWorld@com.vmware.nsx.core PSOD on NSX-prepared ESXi host
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[email protected] PSOD on NSX-prepared ESXi host

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Article ID: 380508

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Products

VMware NSX VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

  • ESXi host is prepared with NSX.
  • ESXi host crashed with PSOD.
  • The PSOD trace is similar to the following (note the [email protected] entry):

    cpu73:2099291)@BlueScreen: PANIC bora/vmkernel/main/dlmalloc.c:4944 - Usage error in dlmalloc
    cpu73:2099291)Code start: 0x42001b600000 VMK uptime: 155:##:##:##.###
    cpu73:2099291)0x45##########:[0x42##########]PanicvPanicInt@vmkernel#nover+0x327 stack: 0x45##########
    cpu73:2099291)0x45##########:[0x42##########]Panic_NoSave@vmkernel#nover+0x4d stack: 0x45##########
    cpu73:2099291)0x45##########:[0x42##########]DLM_free@vmkernel#nover+0x242 stack: 0x43##########
    cpu73:2099291)0x45##########:[0x42##########]Heap_Free@vmkernel#nover+0xba stack: 0x41##########
    cpu73:2099291)0x45##########:[0x42##########][email protected]#1.0.7.0.22######+0x94 stack: 0x42##########
    cpu73:2099291)0x45##########:[0x42##########]vmkWorldFunc@vmkernel#nover+0x49 stack: 0x42##########
    cpu73:2099291)0x45##########:[0x42##########]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0x86 stack: 0x0
    cpu73:2099291)0x45##########:[0x42##########]Debug_IsInitialized@vmkernel#nover+0xc stack: 0x0
  • MAC learning is enabled on the DVS.

Environment

VMware NSX
VMware vSphere ESXi

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 4.2.1, available at Broadcom downloads.

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