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PSOD on ESXi version 7.0 Update 2 with a race condition by “portset lock acquire request”

Written by Ashish Singh

Please check “vmkernel.log” for following entries to confirm if you are affected by the the race condition bug

2022-01-14T06:36:08.444Z cpu2:2097594)KCPProcessL2AddrEvent:1966:[nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="kcp" errorCode="ESX3"]Failed to acquire portset lock for port 100663316 : Not found
2022-01-14T06:36:08.444Z cpu2:2097594)KCPProcessL2AddrEvent:1966:[nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="kcp" errorCode="ESX3"]Failed to acquire portset lock for port 100663316 : Not found
2022-01-14T06:36:08.444Z cpu2:2097594)KCPProcessL2AddrEvent:1966:[nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="kcp" errorCode="ESX3"]Failed to acquire portset lock for port 100663316 : Not found
2022-01-14T06:36:08.444Z cpu64:2102683 opID=73e5ac38)Tcpip_Vmk: 1178: TcpipFreePort: current vnet 0x4319f3647da0 for nd 0x4319f3043340 portID: 0x0
2022-01-14T06:36:08.776Z cpu27:2102680 opID=115eaa9c)Tcpip_Vmk: 1523: TcpipDisablePort: current vnet 0x4319f2c77550 for nd 0x4319f2ef0800 portID: 0x6000012
2022-01-14T06:36:08.776Z cpu27:2102680 opID=115eaa9c)Tcpip_Vmk: 1337: vmknic Rx dispatch stats: portID: 0x6000012, RxQ: 0, rxPkt: 11, dispPkt: 11
2022-01-14T06:36:08.776Z cpu27:2102680 opID=115eaa9c)Tcpip_Vmk: 1337: vmknic Rx dispatch stats: portID: 0x6000012, RxQ: 1, rxPkt: 0, dispPkt:
2022-01-14T06:36:08.776Z cpu27:2102680 opID=115eaa9c)Tcpip_Vmk: 1337: vmknic Rx dispatch stats: portID: 0x6000012, RxQ: 2, rxPkt: 0, dispPkt:
2022-01-14T06:36:08.776Z cpu27:2102680 opID=115eaa9c)Tcpip_Vmk: 1337: vmknic Rx dispatch stats: portID: 0x6000012, RxQ: 3, rxPkt: 0, dispPkt:
2022-01-14T06:36:08.776Z cpu27:2102680 opID=115eaa9c)Tcpip_Vmk: 124: rn_delete: return NULL after checking rn_dupedkey
2022-01-14T06:36:08.776Z cpu27:2102680 opID=115eaa9c)Tcpip_Vmk: 124: dad_stop dp not found
2022-01-14T06:36:08.777Z cpu23:2097594)KCPProcessL2AddrEvent:1966:[nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="kcp" errorCode="ESX3"]Failed to acquire portset lock for port 100663314 : Not found
2022-01-14T06:36:08.777Z cpu27:2102680 opID=115eaa9c)Tcpip_Vmk: 1178: TcpipFreePort: current vnet 0x4319f2c77550 for nd 0x4319f2ef0800 portID: 0x0
2022-01-14T06:36:08.777Z cpu23:2097594)KCPProcessL2AddrEvent:1966:[nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="kcp" errorCode="ESX3"]Failed to acquire portset lock for port 100663314 : Not found
2022-01-14T06:36:08.777Z cpu23:2097594)KCPProcessL2AddrEvent:1966:[nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="kcp" errorCode="ESX3"]Failed to acquire portset lock for port 100663314 : Not found
2022-01-14T06:36:08.877Z cpu12:2098370)vdl2: VDL2_SetOpaqueDVSStatusCB:1318: [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="vdl2-17883598"]Set opaque DVS status com.vmware.common.opaqueDvs.status.component.vdl2 to down for portset DvsPortset-1
2022-01-14T06:36:08.937Z cpu50:2102678 opID=ff879c3a)netschedHClk: NetSchedHClkPortQuiesce:7154: vmnic2: received a force quiesce for port 0x8600000c
2022-01-14T06:36:08.937Z cpu50:2102678 opID=ff879c3a)NetPort: 1783: disabled port 0x8600000c

The PSOD issue has been resolved by VMware in their future release of ESXi host versions above 7.0 Update 3*.

*Please Note:
Check KB 86398 for more details
Q. What are the tentative timelines for the next vSphere 7.x major release?
A. VMware does not currently have a date confirmed for the next vSphere 7.x release. We are working on this as a priority and will update once it becomes available.

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