testuser@huawei-1:~$ dpkg -l | grep vpp
ii libvppinfra 19.04-rc0~181-g381735028~b374 arm64 Vector Packet Processing--runtime libraries
ii vpp 19.04-rc0~181-g381735028~b374 arm64 Vector Packet Processing--executables
ii vpp-dbg 19.04-rc0~181-g381735028~b374 arm64 Vector Packet Processing--debug symbols
ii vpp-plugin-core 19.04-rc0~181-g381735028~b374 arm64 Vector Packet Processing--runtime core plugins
ii vpp-plugin-dpdk 19.04-rc0~181-g381735028~b374 arm64 Vector Packet Processing--runtime dpdk plugin

I had to remove the gid config from the default startup.conf to get a core (used config attached). This crash happens only with packages from packagecloud, which is why this is a regular (no-debug) build.

This crash is not reproducible when I disable plugins, suggesting dpdk is involved in some fashion.

vpp crashes right after starting:
testuser@huawei-1:~$ sudo /usr/bin/vpp -c /etc/vpp/startup_no_gid.conf
vlib_plugin_early_init:361: plugin path /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/vpp_plugins:/usr/lib/vpp_plugins
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: abf_plugin.so (ACL based Forwarding)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: acl_plugin.so (Access Control Lists)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: avf_plugin.so (Intel Adaptive Virtual Function (AVF) Device Plugin)
load_one_plugin:191: Loaded plugin: cdp_plugin.so
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: dpdk_plugin.so (Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK))
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: flowprobe_plugin.so (Flow per Packet)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: gbp_plugin.so (Group Based Policy)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: gtpu_plugin.so (GTPv1-U)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: igmp_plugin.so (IGMP messaging)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: ila_plugin.so (Identifier-locator addressing for IPv6)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: ioam_plugin.so (Inbound OAM)
load_one_plugin:117: Plugin disabled (default): ixge_plugin.so
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: l2e_plugin.so (L2 Emulation)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: lacp_plugin.so (Link Aggregation Control Protocol)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: lb_plugin.so (Load Balancer)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: mactime_plugin.so (Time-based MAC source-address filter)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: map_plugin.so (Mapping of address and port (MAP))
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: memif_plugin.so (Packet Memory Interface (experimental))
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: nat_plugin.so (Network Address Translation)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: nsh_plugin.so (Network Service Header)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: nsim_plugin.so (network delay simulator plugin)
load_one_plugin:117: Plugin disabled (default): perfmon_plugin.so
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: pppoe_plugin.so (PPPoE)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: srv6ad_plugin.so (Dynamic SRv6 proxy)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: srv6am_plugin.so (Masquerading SRv6 proxy)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: srv6as_plugin.so (Static SRv6 proxy)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: stn_plugin.so (VPP Steals the NIC for Container integration)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: svs_plugin.so (Source VRF Select)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: tlsmbedtls_plugin.so (mbedtls based TLS Engine)
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: tlsopenssl_plugin.so (openssl based TLS Engine)
load_one_plugin:117: Plugin disabled (default): unittest_plugin.so
load_one_plugin:189: Loaded plugin: vmxnet3_plugin.so (VMWare Vmxnet3 Device Plugin)
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: clib_elf_parse_file: open `linux-vdso.so.1': No such file or directory
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: avf_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: gtpu_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: nsh_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: acl_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: cdp_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: vmxnet3_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: ioam_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: nat_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: stn_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: lb_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: flowprobe_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: mactime_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: pppoe_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: lacp_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: nsim_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: load_one_vat_plugin:67: Loaded plugin: memif_test_plugin.so
/usr/bin/vpp[4218]: dpdk: EAL init args: -c 2 -n 4 --in-memory --file-prefix vpp --master-lcore 1
Aborted

 

testuser@huawei-1:~$ sudo gdb /usr/bin/vpp core
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Reading symbols from /usr/bin/vpp...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/c8/805f122c864ca91f6d96a8fd88b4139f429038.debug...done.
done.
[New LWP 4218]
[New LWP 4219]
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
Core was generated by `/usr/bin/vpp -c /etc/vpp/startup_no_gid.conf'.
Program terminated with signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
#0 __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:51
51 ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or directory.
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xffff97a15010 (LWP 4218))]
(gdb) bt
#0 __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:51
#1 0x0000ffff9715a8b4 in __GI_abort () at abort.c:79
#2 0x0000aaaad3eb946c in os_exit (code=code@entry=1) at /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/vpp/vnet/main.c:359
#3 0x0000ffff973648b4 in unix_signal_handler (signum=<optimized out>, si=<optimized out>, uc=<optimized out>) at /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/vlib/unix/main.c:156
#4 <signal handler called>
#5 dpdk_buffer_pool_init (vm=vm@entry=0xffff97382300 <vlib_global_main>, bp=bp@entry=0xffff57313b00) at /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/plugins/dpdk/buffer.c:70
#6 0x0000ffff56590154 in dpdk_buffer_pools_create (vm=vm@entry=0xffff97382300 <vlib_global_main>) at /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/plugins/dpdk/buffer.c:392
#7 0x0000ffff565a0794 in dpdk_config (vm=<optimized out>, input=<optimized out>) at /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/plugins/dpdk/device/init.c:1384
#8 0x0000ffff9733c624 in vlib_call_all_config_functions (vm=0xffff97382300 <vlib_global_main>, input=input@entry=0xffff577fffc8, is_early=65535, is_early@entry=0) at /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/vlib/init.c:146
#9 0x0000ffff973481d4 in vlib_main (vm=<optimized out>, vm@entry=0xffff97382300 <vlib_global_main>, input=input@entry=0xffff577fffc8) at /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/vlib/main.c:2073
#10 0x0000ffff97363964 in thread0 (arg=281473218781952) at /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/vlib/unix/main.c:606
#11 0x0000ffff972a5164 in clib_calljmp () from /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libvppinfra.so.19.04
Backtrace stopped: not enough registers or memory available to unwind further
(gdb) frame 5
#5 dpdk_buffer_pool_init (vm=vm@entry=0xffff97382300 <vlib_global_main>, bp=bp@entry=0xffff57313b00) at /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/plugins/dpdk/buffer.c:70
70 /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/plugins/dpdk/buffer.c: No such file or directory.
(gdb) p *bp
$1 = {cacheline0 = 0xffff57313b00 "", start = 281455030697984, size = 46137344, log2_page_size = 0, index = 2 '\002', numa_node = 2, physmem_map_index = 2, data_size = 2048, n_buffers = 17160, buffers = 0xffff570d1f80, name = 0xffff5730f0ac "default-numa-2",
lock = 0xffff56ecc280, threads = 0xffff572adc00, buffer_template = {{cacheline0 = 0xffff57313b80 "", current_data = 0, current_length = 0, flags = 0, flow_id = 0, ref_count = 1 '\001', buffer_pool_index = 2 '\002', error = 0, next_buffer = 0,
current_config_index = 0, opaque = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, template_end = 0xffff57313bc0 "", cacheline1 = 0xffff57313c00 "", trace_index = 0, total_length_not_including_first_buffer = 0, opaque2 = {0 <repeats 14 times>}, cacheline2 = 0xffff57313c80 "",
pre_data = '\000' <repeats 127 times>, data = 0xffff57313d00 ""}, as_u8x16 = {

{0 <repeats 12 times>, 1, 2, 0, 0}

, {0 <repeats 16 times>}, {0 <repeats 16 times>}, {0 <repeats 16 times>}}}}
(gdb) p *vm
$2 = {cacheline0 = 0xffff97382300 <vlib_global_main> "\177\023V\005", clib_time =

{total_cpu_time = 89527167, last_cpu_time = 101065847232, clocks_per_second = 50000000, seconds_per_clock = 2e-08, round_to_units = 100000, init_cpu_time = 100976320065, last_verify_cpu_time = 101065847232, last_verify_reference_time = 1550137076.6638808, log2_clocks_per_second = 25, log2_clocks_per_frequency_verify = 26}

, cpu_time_last_node_dispatch = 0, cpu_time_main_loop_start = 0, main_loop_count = 0,
main_loop_vectors_processed = 0, main_loop_nodes_processed = 0, vector_counts_per_main_loop = {0, 0}, node_counts_per_main_loop = {0, 0}, vlib_node_runtime_perf_counter_cb = 0x0, main_loop_exit_set = 1, main_loop_exit_now = 0, main_loop_exit = {regs = {
281472149749704, 281472158292044, 8, 281473218781952, 16, 281473218202352, 281473225676568, 1073741824, 0, 0, 281472149749344, 281473218543912, 281472149749344, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}}, main_loop_error = 0x0, name = 0xaaaaebcc08c0 "/usr/bin/vpp",
heap_base = 0xffff56e0c010, heap_aligned_base = 0xffff56e0c000, heap_size = 0, buffer_main = 0xffff57458524, physmem_main = {flags = 1, maps = 0xffff5731753c, pmalloc_main = 0xffff57311f80}, node_main =

{nodes = 0xffff57570a4c, node_by_name = 0xffff57367954, flags = 1, nodes_by_type =

{0xffff57536580, 0xffff5711e200, 0xffff5736d600, 0x0}

, pending_interrupt_node_runtime_indices = 0x0, pending_interrupt_lock = 0x0, polling_threshold_vector_length = 0, interrupt_threshold_vector_length = 0, next_frames = 0xffff57ddf94c,
pending_frames = 0x0, timing_wheel = 0xffff58022780, signal_timed_event_data_pool = 0x0, data_from_advancing_timing_wheel = 0xffff5802580c, time_next_process_ready = 0, processes = 0xffff570f566c, current_process_index = 0, suspended_process_frames = 0x0,
recycled_event_data_vectors = 0x0, input_node_counts_by_state = {0, 11, 12}, frame_size_hash = 0xffff5736d75c, frame_sizes = 0x0, time_last_runtime_stats_clear = 0, node_registrations = 0xffff55c244b8 <vmxnet3_input_node>}, cli_main =

{commands = 0xffff57fcd63c, command_index_by_path = 0xffff57fe8354, parse_rules = 0x0, parse_rule_index_by_name = 0x0, parse_rule_data = 0x0, cli_command_registrations = 0xffff55c24438 <show_vmxnet3_command>}

, trace_main =

{trace_buffer_pool = 0x0, last_main_loop_count = 0, filter_node_index = 0, filter_flag = 0, filter_count = 0, trace_enable = 0, nodes = 0x0, verbose = 0}

, dispatch_pcap_main =

{lock = 0x0, file_name = 0x0, n_packets_to_capture = 0, packet_type = PCAP_PACKET_TYPE_null, n_packets_captured = 0, flags = 0, file_descriptor = 0, n_pcap_data_written = 0, pcap_data = 0x0, packets_read = 0x0, timestamps = 0x0, min_packet_bytes = 0, max_packet_bytes = 0}

, dispatch_pcap_enable = 0, pcap_buffer = 0x0, error_main =

{counters = 0xfffb53a37ccc, counters_last_clear = 0x0, error_strings_heap = 0xffff5757e180}

, os_punt_frame = 0x0, mc_stream_index = 0, procs_waiting_for_mc_stream_join = 0x0, elog_main = {n_total_events = 0, n_total_events_disable_limit = 4294967295, dummy_event = {{time_cycles = 0, time = 0}, type = 0, track = 0,
data = '\000' <repeats 19 times>}, event_ring_size = 131072, event_ring = 0xffff57800080, event_types = 0x0, event_type_by_format = 0x0, string_table = 0xffff57362bdc "null-node", tracks = 0xffff5706040c, default_track =

{name = 0xffff972da920 "default", track_index_plus_one = 1}

, cpu_timer =

{total_cpu_time = 0, last_cpu_time = 100976395167, clocks_per_second = 50000000, seconds_per_clock = 2e-08, round_to_units = 0, init_cpu_time = 100976395167, last_verify_cpu_time = 100976395167, last_verify_reference_time = 1550137074.8748384, log2_clocks_per_second = 25, log2_clocks_per_frequency_verify = 25}

, init_time = {cpu = 100976395558, os_nsec = 59251966874846384}, serialize_time = {cpu = 0, os_nsec = 0}, lock = 0x0, nsec_per_cpu_clock = 0,
events = 0x0}, elog_trace_api_messages = 0, elog_trace_cli_commands = 0, elog_trace_graph_dispatch = 0, elog_trace_graph_circuit = 0, elog_trace_graph_circuit_node_index = 0, node_call_elog_event_types = 0xffff575f5ebc,
node_return_elog_event_types = 0xffff57c000bc, error_elog_event_types = 0xffff57c0968c, random_seed = 100981582619, random_buffer = {ctx = {{memory =

{2620497467346831672, 3244870759197145983, 16844733809704711351, 15162463060836654054, 5540841756506599954, 9919435146587345174, 3030489230478709167, 1438290055871884815, 643337747533210493, 105795752944511344, 13771037136446541908, 16386983901594699599, 8499979750853252571, 15039116162850586550, 3403607821893519355, 15502314087502703790}

, a = 0, b = 0, c = 0}, {
memory =

{13950185659467432195, 4935278134164438092, 1829907392312249798, 14931966196221913508, 9235915728095897059, 2387164126153048165, 8582152180194635212, 13557094843362847433, 15386456528893374202, 14395740752707628947, 6645327715385977895, 14901116945941576631, 11516234572391798138, 16433667478103746546, 3715748946614034106, 11736420597923239612}

, a = 0, b = 0, c = 0}}, buffer = 0x0, n_cached_bytes = 0, {cached_bytes = "\000\000\000\000\000\000\000", cached_word = 0}},
init_functions_called = 0xffff57ee40b4, thread_index = 0, cpu_id = 0, numa_node = 0, init_function_registrations = 0xffff55c246c0 <_vlib_init_function.35314>, worker_init_function_registrations = 0xffff97991950 <_vlib_init_function.38576>,
main_loop_enter_function_registrations = 0xffff979913d8 <_vlib_init_function.38053>, main_loop_exit_function_registrations = 0xaaaad3f6a758 <_vlib_init_function.33510>, api_init_function_registrations = 0xffff55dff640 <_vlib_init_function.40989>,
config_function_registrations = 0xffff55ef7db8 <_vlib_config_function_snat_config>, queue_signal_pending = 0, api_queue_nonempty = 0, queue_signal_callback = 0xffff979b8530 <memclnt_queue_callback>, argv = 0xaaaaebcc08e0, worker_thread_main_loop_callback = 0x0,
parked_at_barrier = 0, elog_post_mortem_dump = 0, need_vlib_worker_thread_node_runtime_update = 1, barrier_epoch = 0, barrier_no_close_before = 0, pending_rpc_requests = 0xffff5800b70c, processing_rpc_requests = 0xffff5802584c, pending_rpc_lock = 0x0}
(gdb) down
#4 <signal handler called>
(gdb) down
#3 0x0000ffff973648b4 in unix_signal_handler (signum=<optimized out>, si=<optimized out>, uc=<optimized out>) at /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/vlib/unix/main.c:156
156 /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/vlib/unix/main.c: No such file or directory.
(gdb) up
#4 <signal handler called>
(gdb)
#5 dpdk_buffer_pool_init (vm=vm@entry=0xffff97382300 <vlib_global_main>, bp=bp@entry=0xffff57313b00) at /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/plugins/dpdk/buffer.c:70
70 /w/workspace/vpp-arm-merge-master-ubuntu1804/src/plugins/dpdk/buffer.c: No such file or directory.
(gdb) info locals
buffer_mem_start = 281454938423296
mp = 0x0
nmp = 0x0
priv = {mbuf_data_room_size = 2176, mbuf_priv_size = 256}
iova_mode = <optimized out>
bi = <optimized out>
name = <optimized out>
elt_size = <optimized out>
(gdb) q