netdev - Re: atl1: WARNING at net/sched/sch

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Date:	Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:26:54 -0500
From:	Jay Cliburn <jacliburn@...lsouth.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	adobriyan@...il.com, csnook@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: atl1: WARNING at net/sched/sch_generic.c:221

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:08:57 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: adobriyan@...il.com
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:04:09 +0400
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 04:59:10AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > > From: adobriyan@...il.com
> > > Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:58:49 +0400
> > > 
> > > > This message happens more or less every reboot, sometimes cable
> > > > unplug/plug is needed to restore connectivity, otherwise card
> > > > is working fine.
> > > 
> > > What kernel version.... no, I can figure it out via osmosis never
> > > mind! :-)
> > 
> > WARN already prints kernel version. ;-)
> > 
> > [ 2086.052503] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted
> > 2.6.27-rc4-netns-nf #4 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 
> > And before you ask, "-netns-nf" part doesn't matter, it happens with
> > strictly mainline kernels too and started around multiqueue TX
> > changes, IIRC.
> 
> It's a simple transmit timeout error.
> 
> Perhaps atl1 doesn't call netif_carrier_off() in all the places that
> it should.

For reference, the original report from Alexey on this matter is here:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121931988219314&w=2

To which Dave responded above, "It's a simple transmit timeout error."

Should a netdev driver be coded such that a watchdog transmit timeout
never occurs?

[ 2086.049998] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (atl1): transmit timed out

Or is a watchdog timeout an expected occurrence if a cable is
unplugged/plugged?

Thanks,
Jay
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