Arch Linux

Description:
Since several kernel versions snd_hda_intel crashes when using skype and makes the computer nearly unsable afterwards.

This is the dmesg-log:
[ 1042.607735] Pid: 6807, comm: skype Tainted: P 3.0-ARCH #1 Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-870A-UD3/GA-870A-UD3
[ 1042.607748] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa039c0c3>] [<ffffffffa039c0c3>] setup_bdle.isra.28+0x73/0x100 [snd_hda_intel]
[ 1042.607763] RSP: 0018:ffff88021c45fb38 EFLAGS: 00010202
[ 1042.607769] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff880221eefa40 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 1042.607775] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff88021ff8de00
[ 1042.607781] RBP: ffff88021c45fb78 R08: 0000000000000080 R09: 0000000000000001
[ 1042.607787] R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 1042.607793] R13: ffff88021ff8de00 R14: 0000000000000080 R15: ffff8802222f9000
[ 1042.607801] FS: 00007ffbc1c43700(0000) GS:ffff88022fc80000(0063) knlGS:00000000f0ffdb70
[ 1042.607808] CS: 0010 DS: 002b ES: 002b CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 1042.607814] CR2: 0000000000000028 CR3: 00000001ea93c000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
[ 1042.607820] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 1042.607826] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 1042.607833] Process skype (pid: 6807, threadinfo ffff88021c45e000, task ffff88021c297300)
[ 1042.607839] Stack:
[ 1042.607842] ffff88021c45fbe0 00000001a040e75d 0000000000082802 ffff880221eefa00
[ 1042.607854] ffff88021ff8de00 ffff88021ff8de00 0000000000004b00 ffff88021c45fbe0
[ 1042.607864] ffff88021c45fc18 ffffffffa039c34e ffff88022121a680 0000000100000080
[ 1042.607874] Call Trace:
[ 1042.607888] [<ffffffffa039c34e>] azx_pcm_prepare+0x1fe/0x47c [snd_hda_intel]
[ 1042.607900] [<ffffffff81062226>] ? current_fs_time+0x16/0x60
[ 1042.607917] [<ffffffffa03c0c5b>] snd_pcm_do_prepare+0x1b/0x30 [snd_pcm]
[ 1042.607933] [<ffffffffa03c04b6>] snd_pcm_action_single+0x36/0x80 [snd_pcm]
[ 1042.607949] [<ffffffffa03c08ee>] snd_pcm_action_nonatomic+0x7e/0x90 [snd_pcm]
[ 1042.607963] [<ffffffffa03c1c5a>] snd_pcm_common_ioctl1+0x7da/0xcb0 [snd_pcm]
[ 1042.607977] [<ffffffffa03c23fc>] snd_pcm_playback_ioctl1+0x4c/0x240 [snd_pcm]
[ 1042.607988] [<ffffffff813f23bf>] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x23f/0x330
[ 1042.608002] [<ffffffffa03c2b08>] snd_pcm_ioctl_compat+0x2d8/0x730 [snd_pcm]
[ 1042.608019] [<ffffffffa03769f1>] ? snd_ctl_ioctl_compat+0x321/0x630 [snd]
[ 1042.608030] [<ffffffff811a0cb9>] compat_sys_ioctl+0xe9/0x13a0
[ 1042.608040] [<ffffffff810c4a85>] ? call_rcu+0x15/0x20
[ 1042.608050] [<ffffffff8105ef05>] ? release_task+0x2c5/0x460
[ 1042.608060] [<ffffffff8100a81e>] ? __switch_to+0x20e/0x2f0
[ 1042.608069] [<ffffffff81049cf9>] ? finish_task_switch+0x49/0xd0
[ 1042.608078] [<ffffffff813f5a40>] cstar_dispatch+0x7/0x2e
[ 1042.608083] Code: cc eb 11 0f 1f 44 00 00 81 fa ff 00 00 00 0f 87 94 00 00 00 49 8b 85 c0 00 00 00 44 89 e2 44 89 e6 4c 89 ef 48 8b 80 d8 02 00 00
[ 1042.608128] 8b 48 28 48 89 d0 81 e2 ff 0f 00 00 48 c1 e8 0c 48 c1 e0 04
[ 1042.608150] RIP [<ffffffffa039c0c3>] setup_bdle.isra.28+0x73/0x100 [snd_hda_intel]
[ 1042.608163] RSP <ffff88021c45fb38>
[ 1042.608167] CR2: 0000000000000028
[ 1042.608173] ---[ end trace 86e4a90eea36ab80 ]---


Additional info:

languitar@bird ~ $ uname -a
Linux bird 3.0-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 16 08:44:20 CEST 2011 x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 910e Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

skype-2.2.0.35-1

Steps to reproduce:

It is not exactly clear when or if this happens. For me it happens most of the time when I open the first skype chat window.