Comment # 3 on bug 1048942 from Thomas Blume

I have another x86_64 machine that shows similar symptoms and ends in a kernel
oops:

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[   34.283266] qla2xxx [0000:02:03.1]-5046:7: Async-gpdb failed - hdl=cb2
portid=770403 status=30 mb0=4006 mb1=0 mb2=0 mb6=0 mb7=0.
[   34.283271] qla2xxx [0000:02:03.0]-5046:6: Async-gpdb failed - hdl=e4c
portid=760403 status=30 mb0=4006 mb1=0 mb2=0 mb6=0 mb7=0.
[   34.283279] qla2xxx [0000:02:03.0]-5046:6: Async-gpdb failed - hdl=e4d
portid=760505 status=30 mb0=4006 mb1=0 mb2=0 mb6=0 mb7=0.
[   34.283327] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
0000000000000008
[   34.283337] IP: [<ffffffff8109581e>] process_one_work+0x2e/0x410
[   34.283338] PGD 0
[   34.283341] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[   34.283371] Modules linked in: raid1 md_mod sd_mod sr_mod cdrom radeon
i2c_algo_bit ttm ohci_pci drm_kms_helper ata_generic ehci_pci ohci_hcd qla2xxx
drm tg3 pata_serverworks ehci_hcd syscopyarea sata_svw sysfillrect sysimgblt
mptsas usbcore ptp libata scsi_transport_sas pps_core mptscsih libphy
scsi_transport_fc i2c_piix4 mptbase fjes floppy fb_sys_fops usb_common
acpi_cpufreq button processor scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_alua scsi_mod
edd squashfs lz4_decompress loop
[   34.283372] Supported: Yes
[   34.283376] CPU: 3 PID: 69 Comm: kworker/3:1 Not tainted 4.4.73-5-default #1
[   34.283378] Hardware name: Advanced Micro Device Anaheim/Anaheim, BIOS
PAQFX0-2 01/23/2008
[   34.283385] task: ffff880078df87c0 ti: ffff880078f70000 task.ti:
ffff880078f70000
[   34.283390] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8109581e>]  [<ffffffff8109581e>]
process_one_work+0x2e/0x410
[   34.283392] RSP: 0018:ffff880078f73e38  EFLAGS: 00010046
[   34.283393] RAX: 00000000000000c0 RBX: ffff8800cb597078 RCX:
0000000000000000
[   34.283395] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8800cb597078 RDI:
ffff880078da6400
[   34.283396] RBP: ffff880078da6400 R08: ffff880078f70000 R09:
00000007fb71b18f
[   34.283398] R10: 00000007fb71b18f R11: 0000000000000000 R12:
ffff880079b95740
[   34.283399] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff880078df87c0 R15:
ffff880078da6400
[   34.283401] FS:  00007fedb06aa700(0000) GS:ffff880079b80000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
[   34.283403] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[   34.283404] CR2: 00000000000000b8 CR3: 0000000001e0b000 CR4:
00000000000006e0
[   34.283405] Stack:
[   34.283409]  0000000078df87c0 ffff880079b95740 ffff880079b95758
ffff880078da6430
[   34.283411]  ffff880078df87c0 ffff880078df87c0 ffff880078da6400
ffffffff81096196
[   34.283414]  ffff880078df87c0 ffff880078df87c0 ffff880078f74000
ffff880078da6400
[   34.283421] Call Trace:
[   34.283437]  [<ffffffff81096196>] worker_thread+0x116/0x490
[   34.283443]  [<ffffffff8109b667>] kthread+0xc7/0xe0
[   34.283451]  [<ffffffff816094bf>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
[   34.287629] DWARF2 unwinder stuck at ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
[   34.287629]
[   34.287630] Leftover inexact backtrace:
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This happened with the latest SLE12-SP3 installation medium from an pxe boot in
the suse net.
Attaching the full crash log.