Im having the same issues described here but running in Linux.
Here is the output:
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: kernel BUG at fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c:925!
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: Modules linked in: vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock vmnet(O) vmw_vmci vmmon(O) xfs jfs btrfs zstd_compress libcrc32c zstd_decompress xxhash xor raid6_pq sr_mod>
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: fat ttm dcdbas dell_smm_hwmon fuse rtsx_usb_ms ecdh_generic memstick snd_compress ac97_bus aesni_intel r8169 aes_x86_64 crypto_simd cryptd i2c_algo_bit glue>
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ahci libahci xhci_pci libata xhci_hcd crc32c_intel scsi_mod usbcore usb_common i8042 serio
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: CPU: 3 PID: 5301 Comm: kworker/u8:0 Tainted: G O 4.17.6-1-ARCH #1
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: Hardware name: Dell Inc. Inspiron 5759/05NVNV, BIOS 1.4.1 12/08/2017
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-8:0)
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: RIP: 0010:xfs_do_writepage+0x625/0x6b0 [xfs]
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffa81587e13980 EFLAGS: 00010246
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: RAX: 02ffff0000000029 RBX: 00000000fa000000 RCX: 000000000000000c
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: RDX: 00000000000fa000 RSI: ffffa81587e13c90 RDI: fffffbb3c94faf00
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: RBP: ffffa81587e13c90 R08: 0000000000028000 R09: 0000000000000002
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: R10: ffffa04382ffa000 R11: 00000000000020ef R12: ffffa03f362edb78
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: R13: ffffa03f362edcf0 R14: fffffbb3c94faf00 R15: ffffa81587e13b38
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa04382d80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: CR2: 00007fef81e15000 CR3: 000000002500a004 CR4: 00000000003606e0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: Call Trace:
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? clear_page_dirty_for_io+0x26d/0x320
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: write_cache_pages+0x1e6/0x450
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? xfs_aops_discard_page+0x130/0x130 [xfs]
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: xfs_vm_writepages+0x62/0xa0 [xfs]
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: do_writepages+0x41/0xd0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? blk_start_plug+0x40/0x40
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? merge+0x59/0xb0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? blk_start_plug+0x40/0x40
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? preempt_count_add+0x68/0xa0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: __writeback_single_inode+0x3d/0x3d0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? _raw_spin_lock+0x13/0x40
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: writeback_sb_inodes+0x1ec/0x460
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: __writeback_inodes_wb+0x5d/0xb0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: wb_writeback+0x28f/0x340
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? get_nr_inodes+0x35/0x50
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? cpumask_next+0x16/0x20
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: wb_workfn+0x172/0x430
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: process_one_work+0x1d1/0x3b0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: worker_thread+0x2b/0x3d0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? process_one_work+0x3b0/0x3b0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: kthread+0x112/0x130
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: Code: c2 04 75 48 85 d2 0f 84 b6 fd ff ff c6 00 00 f6 c2 02 0f 84 aa fd ff ff 31 c9 66 89 4c 10 fe e9 9e fd ff ff 0f 0b e9 57 fe ff ff <0f> 0b f0 80 4b 78 01>
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: RIP: xfs_do_writepage+0x625/0x6b0 [xfs] RSP: ffffa81587e13980
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ---[ end trace 2196908f7c54a864 ]---
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 5301 at kernel/exit.c:771 do_exit+0x4f/0xac0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: Modules linked in: vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock vmnet(O) vmw_vmci vmmon(O) xfs jfs btrfs zstd_compress libcrc32c zstd_decompress xxhash xor raid6_pq sr_mod>
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: fat ttm dcdbas dell_smm_hwmon fuse rtsx_usb_ms ecdh_generic memstick snd_compress ac97_bus aesni_intel r8169 aes_x86_64 crypto_simd cryptd i2c_algo_bit glue>
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ahci libahci xhci_pci libata xhci_hcd crc32c_intel scsi_mod usbcore usb_common i8042 serio
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: CPU: 3 PID: 5301 Comm: kworker/u8:0 Tainted: G D O 4.17.6-1-ARCH #1
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: Hardware name: Dell Inc. Inspiron 5759/05NVNV, BIOS 1.4.1 12/08/2017
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-8:0)
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: RIP: 0010:do_exit+0x4f/0xac0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffa81587e13ee8 EFLAGS: 00010206
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: RAX: ffffa81587e13d90 RBX: ffffa04370309e80 RCX: 0000000000000000
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: RDX: ffffa03f76897040 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff95058c20
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: RBP: 000000000000000b R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000444
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff955eeeed R12: ffffa81587e138d8
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000004 R15: ffffa81587e138d8
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa04382d80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: CR2: 00007fef81e15000 CR3: 000000002500a004 CR4: 00000000003606e0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: Call Trace:
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? process_one_work+0x3b0/0x3b0
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ? kthread+0x112/0x130
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: rewind_stack_do_exit+0x17/0x20
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: Code: 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 30 31 c0 e8 a9 6f 07 00 48 8b 83 e0 07 00 00 48 85 c0 74 0e 48 8b 10 48 39 d0 0f 84 49 04 00 00 <0f> 0b 65 44 8b 2d d7>
Jul 20 14:12:58 oldMan kernel: ---[ end trace 2196908f7c54a865 ]---
This happens all the time and its upsetting after about 15 minutes, vmware "locks" up tight.
Any logs or anything I can submit from a linux machine to try and help resolve this?
I have tried running these vm's on EXT4 ans XFS file systems and both produce this issue.
