PSOD on ESXi while vMotion: PF Exception 14 in world xxxxxxx :vmotionRecvH
Article ID: 317564
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Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
- The ESXi host fail with a purple diagnostic screen.
- The purple diagnostic screen contains entries similar to:
cpu14:2999181)0x4392dc69bd30:[0x41800a865fb1]MCSLockWithFlagsWork@vmkernel#nover+0x1 stack: 0x4304c17b24d0, 0x0,cpu14:2999181)0x4392dc69bd60:[0x41800b4924c0][email protected]#v2_3_0_0+0x78 stack: 0xbcpu14:2999181)0x4392dc69bdc0:[0x41800bc73a8a]VMotionRecv_GetDVFilterState@esx#nover+0x26 stack: 0x4306172d24c0, 0cpu14:2999181)0x4392dc69be00:[0x41800bc75933]VMotionRecv_ExecHandler@esx#nover+0x12b stack: 0x14d, 0x4392d8ca7000cpu14:2999181)0x4392dc69be60:[0x41800bc76fac]VMotionRecv_Helper@esx#nover+0x170 stack: 0x0, 0x77dc, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0cpu14:2999181)0x4392dc69bfd0:[0x41800aa14a3e]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0xa2 stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0
cpu32:5249234)0x4391c691bd40:[0x41801eb0a09b][email protected]#v2_3_0_0+0x57 stack: 0x4cpu32:5249234)0x4391c691bd60:[0x41801eb0a3b8][email protected]#v2_3_0_0+0x28 stack: 0x4
cpu32:5249234)0x4391c691bdc0:[0x41801f3c4a8a]VMotionRecv_GetDVFilterState@esx#nover+0x26 stack: 0x4391c6927100, 0cpu32:5249234)0x4391c691be00:[0x41801f3c6933]VMotionRecv_ExecHandler@esx#nover+0x12b stack: 0x14d, 0x439173b27000cpu32:5249234)0x4391c691be60:[0x41801f3c7fac]VMotionRecv_Helper@esx#nover+0x170 stack: 0x0, 0xdcf0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0cpu32:5249234)0x4391c691bfd0:[0x41801e214a3e]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0xa2 stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0
Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.
Cause
This issue occurs due to race condition during DVFilterCheckpointGet and DVFilterDestroyFilter functions causing the host to fail with a PSOD.
Resolution
This issue is resolved in:
- VMware ESXi 5.5 Patch 10, available at VMware Downloads.
- VMware ESXi 6.0 Patch 5, available at VMware Downloads.
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