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PANIC bora/vmkernel/main/dlmalloc.c:4924 - Usage error in dlmalloc on H410C

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Applies to

NetApp H410C

Issue

H410C compute node hits the VMware ESX Purple Diagnostic Screen (also referred to as the purple screen of death or PSOD) referencing PANIC bora/vmkernel/main/dlmalloc.c:4924 - Usage error in dlmalloc 

VMware ESX Purple Diagnostic Screen

VMware host logs show similar log entries in var/log/vmkernel.log

      @BlueScreen: PANIC bora/vmkernel/main/dlmalloc.c:4924-Usage error in    dlmalloc
      Code start: 0x41801c800000 VMK uptime: 0:07:59:23.725
      0x451a5131b570:[0x41801c908ca5]PanicvPanicInt@vmkernel#nover+0x439 stack: 0x707520676e69726f
0x451a5131b610:[0x41801c908ed8]Panic_NoSave@vmkernel#nover+0x4d stack: 0x451a5131b670
0x451a5131b670:[0x41801c9512c2]DLM_free@vmkernel#nover+0x657 stack: 0x431cc16f07e0
0x451a5131b690:[0x41801c94e4b0]Heap_Free@vmkernel#nover+0x115 stack: 0x451a5131b730
0x451a5131b6e0:[0x41801d96b6ca]CbtAsyncIODone@(hbr_filter)#<None>+0x2b stack: 0x459a809252c0
0x451a5131b710:[0x41801c8c89a2]AsyncPopCallbackFrameInt@vmkernel#nover+0x4b stack: 0x451a5131b770
0x451a5131b740:[0x41801d96d2a9]Lwd_IssuePendingIO@(hbr_filter)#<None>+0x9a stack: 0x431cc16c7660

 

 

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