I am using Virtaulbox-Bin app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-5.1.6.110634. Everytime I try to suspend the machine while Virtualbox is running, I get a kernel panic (my kernel versions is 3.18.25-gentoo. I have spend a few hours trying to find a work around. For example: $ cat /etc/pm/config.d/gentoo HOOK_BLACKLIST="01grub 90clock" SUSPEND_MODULES="vboxdrv vboxnetflt vboxnetadp vboxpci" Which does not work. Or trying to shutdown all the machines before remove the kernel module (removing the kernel modules while a machines is running, causes a kernel panic): $ cat /etc/pm/sleep.d/03stop_running_vms #!/bin/bash # # 90virtualbox: scan for active virtual machines and pause them on host suspend case $1 in hibernate|suspend) LOG=/var/log/suspend.log ;; *) LOG=/var/log/resume.log ;; esac exec > $LOG exec 2>&1 date; echo $1 PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin VBOXMANAGE=`which VBoxManage` SUSPEND_MODULES="vboxpci vboxnetflt vboxnetadp vboxdrv" function stop_machines(){ for user in `users`; do su $user $VBOXMANAGE list runningvms | while read line; do su $user $VBOXMANAGE controlvm "$(expr match "$line" '"\(.*\)"')" pause; done done } case $1 in hibernate) stop_machines sleep 5 pkill VBox sleep 5 ;; suspend) stop_machines sleep 5 pkill VBox sleep 5 ;; thaw) ;; resume) ;; *) echo "Somebody is calling me totally wrong." ;; esac When running the above script per hand, and then suspending the machine, I don't get a kernel panic. I can't find a reasonable work around, so I suspect this a re-incarnation of https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9305. I would appreciate it if someone would help fix this issue.
Just to be sure, could you run modinfo on all the virtualbox module and confirm their version is the same as that of the userspace part?
Just to add some more info, I have another gentoo installation with VirtualBox (kernel version 4.4.6-gentoo) which shares the same binary packages. The only thing that differs between the machines is the kernel versions and the and the Wireless Chip (the one with 4.4.6 kernel has an Intel Chip Wireless 3160, the other one has Intel N1000), so maybe it's something related to that?
I was wrong about the Intel Chip. One the machine where I experience Kernel Panics, I have the following Wireless Chip: *-network description: Wireless interface product: Wireless 7260 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: wlp2s0 version: 73 serial: fc:f8:ae:61:19:53 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=3.18.25-gentoo-r1-09-07-2016 firmware=23.15.10.0 ip=192.168.2.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn resources: irq:46 memory:b2400000-b2401fff
(In reply to Marek Szuba from comment #1) > Just to be sure, could you run modinfo on all the virtualbox module and > confirm their version is the same as that of the userspace part? $ for mod in `lsmod |grep vbox| cut -d " " -f 1` ; do > sudo modinfo $mod > done filename: /lib/modules/3.18.25-gentoo-r1-09-07-2016/misc/vboxpci.ko version: 5.1.6 r110634 license: GPL description: Oracle VM VirtualBox PCI access Driver author: Oracle Corporation srcversion: 180E04A13887316064A89E0 depends: vboxdrv vermagic: 3.18.25-gentoo-r1-09-07-2016 SMP mod_unload modversions filename: /lib/modules/3.18.25-gentoo-r1-09-07-2016/misc/vboxnetflt.ko version: 5.1.6 r110634 ((0xA2CDe001U)) license: GPL description: Oracle VM VirtualBox Network Filter Driver author: Oracle Corporation srcversion: D686CF2E1879C70DBB1488B depends: vboxdrv vermagic: 3.18.25-gentoo-r1-09-07-2016 SMP mod_unload modversions filename: /lib/modules/3.18.25-gentoo-r1-09-07-2016/misc/vboxnetadp.ko version: 5.1.6 r110634 ((0xA2CDe001U)) license: GPL description: Oracle VM VirtualBox Network Adapter Driver author: Oracle Corporation srcversion: 29B5552C5D92B8323EE00BD depends: vboxdrv vermagic: 3.18.25-gentoo-r1-09-07-2016 SMP mod_unload modversions filename: /lib/modules/3.18.25-gentoo-r1-09-07-2016/misc/vboxdrv.ko version: 5.1.6 r110634 (0x00260000) license: GPL description: Oracle VM VirtualBox Support Driver author: Oracle Corporation srcversion: 5CBEE2EE66F9E1A181A04B6 depends: vermagic: 3.18.25-gentoo-r1-09-07-2016 SMP mod_unload modversions parm: force_async_tsc:force the asynchronous TSC mode (int) [31] oznt@yeni2:~/Software/oz123.github.com/media/uploads [master] $ equery u virtualbox [ Legend : U - final flag setting for installation] [ : I - package is installed with flag ] [ Colors : set, unset ] * Found these USE flags for app-emulation/virtualbox-5.1.6: U I + + alsa : Add support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) - - debug : Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces - - doc : Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally - - headless : Build without any graphic frontend - - java : Add support for Java - - libressl : Use dev-libs/libressl as SSL provider (might need ssl USE flag), packages should not depend on this USE flag - - lvm : Build VBoxVolInfo that needs devicemapper from sys-fs/lvm2. + + opengl : Add support for OpenGL (3D graphics) + + pam : Add support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip + + pulseaudio : Add support for PulseAudio sound server - - python : Add optional support/bindings for the Python language + + python_targets_python2_7 : Build with Python 2.7 + + qt5 : Add support for the Qt 5 application and UI framework + + sdk : Enable building of SDK + + udev : Controls installation of special USB udev rules. - - vboxwebsrv : Build and install the VirtualBox webservice - - vnc : Enable VNC (remote desktop viewer) support
So, I finally got to upgrade the kernel on the machine where I experienced the kernel panics: I am now using kernel version 4.4.6-gentoo with VirtualBox 5.1.6.110634, and I do not experience any kernel panic when suspending the computer. I guess the bug can be closed, maybe the developers of VirualBox did not mean it to be used on such old kernel (3.18.25-gentoo)?
was looking at upstream documentation, check 2.3.2 https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html#install-linux-host and quoting: "and making sure that all system updates are installed and that the system is running the most up-to-date kernel included in the distribution. The version numbers of the header file packages must be the same as that of the kernel you are using." yes, my advice would be update HOST kernel also, your $ equery u virtualbox it's unrelated, since you are... "using Virtaulbox-Bin app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-5.1.6.110634." for me can be closed
so, not a bug. closing now