Debian Wheezy ISCSI Oops

I upgraded a Debian Squeeze server to Wheezy recently which was running iSCSI with a Windows 7 initiator. When I started writing to the iSCSI device it would drop out and the server would show an oops message on screen like this:

iscsi_trgt: BUG at /var/lib/dkms/iscsitarget/1.4.20.2/build/kernel/iscsi.c:392 assert(req->tio)

In /var/log/messages the following was also logged:

Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894697] Pid: 6955, comm: istiod2 Tainted: G           O 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 Debian 3.2.51-1
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894699] Call Trace:
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894709]  [] ? send_data_rsp+0x45/0x1f4 [iscsi_trgt]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894720]  [] ? ua_pending+0x19/0xa5 [iscsi_trgt]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894723]  [] ? disk_execute_cmnd+0x1cf/0x22d [iscsi_trgt]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894727]  [] ? worker_thread+0xfd/0x255 [iscsi_trgt]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894731]  [] ? try_to_wake_up+0x197/0x197
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894734]  [] ? nthread_stop+0x35/0x35 [iscsi_trgt]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894738]  [] ? kthread+0x76/0x7e
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894742]  [] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894744]  [] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x139/0x139
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.894747]  [] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.895041] CPU 2
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.895080] Modules linked in: iscsi_trgt(O) crc32c tun act_police sch_ingress cls_u32 sch_sfq sch_cbq xt_mark ipt_MASQUERADE xt_state xt_TCPMSS xt_tcpmss xt_tcpudp iptable_mangle iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables fuse nfsd nfs nfs_acl auth_rpcgss fscache lockd sunrpc 8021q garp stp xfs loop processor iTCO_wdt radeon ttm i5100_edac drm_kms_helper drm power_supply i2c_algo_bit i2c_core edac_core iTCO_vendor_support thermal_sys joydev snd_pcm dcdbas button coretemp snd_page_alloc snd_timer snd soundcore psmouse pcspkr serio_raw evdev ext3 mbcache jbd dm_mod sr_mod sg cdrom sd_mod ses usbhid hid crc_t10dif enclosure ata_generic uhci_hcd ata_piix megaraid_sas mptsas ehci_hcd scsi_transport_sas mptscsih mptbase libata usbcore scsi_mod usb_common tg3 libphy [last unloaded: crc32c]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.897661]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.897698] Pid: 6955, comm: istiod2 Tainted: G           O 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 Debian 3.2.51-1 Dell Inc. PowerEdge R300/AAAAA
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.897900] RIP: 0010:[]  [] send_data_rsp+0x45/0x1f4 [iscsi_trgt]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.898055] RSP: 0018:ffff880203917e10  EFLAGS: 00010286
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.898138] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff880224f85198 RCX: 0000000000003bbc
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.898241] RDX: 0000000000003bbc RSI: ffff880203917f58 RDI: ffff880203917f58
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.898343] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 00000000fffffffe
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.898446] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: ffff8802252e6240
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.898549] R13: ffff880224e34000 R14: ffff8802038c38d8 R15: ffff8802038c38e8
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.898652] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88022fd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.898774] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.898857] CR2: 00007f1616d101a8 CR3: 0000000225bf9000 CR4: 00000000000406e0
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.898960] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.899063] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.899166] Process istiod2 (pid: 6955, threadinfo ffff880203916000, task ffff8802252e6240)
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.899335]  ffff880200000000 ffff880226d39610 0000000000013780 ffffffffa058b0df
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.899495]  ffff880203917fd8 ffff880224f85198 ffff8802252e6240 ffff8802252e6240
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.899657]  ffff880224e34000 ffff8802038c38d8 ffff8802038c38e8 ffffffffa0589db4
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.899861]  [] ? ua_pending+0x19/0xa5 [iscsi_trgt]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.899955]  [] ? disk_execute_cmnd+0x1cf/0x22d [iscsi_trgt]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.900077]  [] ? worker_thread+0xfd/0x255 [iscsi_trgt]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.900192]  [] ? try_to_wake_up+0x197/0x197
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.900280]  [] ? nthread_stop+0x35/0x35 [iscsi_trgt]
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.900380]  [] ? kthread+0x76/0x7e
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.900454]  [] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.900555]  [] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x139/0x139
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.900651]  [] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.901832]  RSP 
Oct 30 22:17:36 server kernel: [  916.901895] ---[ end trace cf3c9d794721a277 ]---
Oct 30 22:17:45 server kernel: [  926.209749] iscsi_trgt: Logical Unit Reset (05) issued on tid:2 lun:1 by sid:562950876233792 (Function Complete)
Oct 30 22:18:48 server kernel: [  988.537909] PGD 225408067 PUD 223a53067 PMD 0

It appears to have been fixed in the latest iSCSI version but that has not made it to Debian packages yet (unless you run experimental). To upgrade do the following:

Check out the latest iSCSI code: svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/iscsitarget/code/

Make and install the code: cd code/trunk; make; make install

Restart iscsitarget on the server and the problem should then be fixed.

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