Message-ID: <4B27EE90.5090609@goop.org>
Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:16:16 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.31.6 (e1000e): Intel 82574L devices spontaneously dropping
 off PCIe?

On 12/13/2009 12:37 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> I have a Supermicro X8SIL-F system, which has a couple of on-board 
> 82574L gigabit interfaces.  I'm running the stock F12 kernel on it 
> (2.6.31.6-166.fc12.x86_64).   This is a new machine, so I'm trying to 
> work out if this is a hardware problem I should RMA the board for, if 
> this is some kind of driver bug.

I tried the e1000e v1.1.2 driver from the Intel website.  It initially 
appeared to work better but it ultimately failed the same way.

Thanks,
     J

>
> The interfaces come up and apparently work fine - for a while.  But 
> after a bit of load (say, a ~9GB of incoming TCP traffic from another 
> machine on the same switch) the hardware appears to disappear from 
> PCIe.  ifconfig starts showing junk:
>
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:48:DD:EB:67
>           inet6 addr: fe80::230:48ff:fedd:eb67/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:7910754 errors:532687613729670 
> dropped:88781268954945 overruns:0 frame:355125075819780
>           TX packets:4104172 errors:177562537909890 dropped:0 
> overruns:0 carrier:177562537909890
>           collisions:88781268954945 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:9589212936 (8.9 GiB)  TX bytes:271851778 (259.2 MiB)
>           Memory:fafe0000-fb000000
>
>
> and lspci shows that the config space is all 0xff:
>
> [root@...ith ~]# lspci -s 04:00.0 -x
> 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network 
> Connection (rev ff)
> 00: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> 10: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> 20: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
>
> [root@...ith ~]# lspci -s 05:00.0 -x
> 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network 
> Connection (rev ff)
> 00: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> 10: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> 20: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
>
>
> This seems to happen quietly without the kernel noticing; the only 
> side-effect is the dev watchdog triggering:
>
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:246 dev_watchdog+0xf3/0x164() (Not 
> tainted)
> Hardware name: X8SIL
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1 (e1000e): transmit queue 0 timed out
> Modules linked in: ip6table_filter ip6_tables bridge stp llc sunrpc 
> xt_physdev ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 ipv6 cpufreq_ondemand 
> acpi_cpufreq freq_table dm_multipath kvm_intel kvm uinput 
> snd_emu10k1_synth snd_emux_synth snd_seq_virmidi snd_seq_midi_event 
> snd_seq_midi_emul snd_emu10k1 snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus 
> snd_seq snd_pcm snd_seq_device snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_util_mem 
> snd_hwdep snd e1000e i2c_i801 soundcore emu10k1_gp gameport i2c_core 
> joydev cryptd aes_x86_64 aes_generic xts gf128mul dm_crypt raid10 
> [last unloaded: ip6_tables]
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.31.6-166.fc12.x86_64 #1
> Call Trace:
> <IRQ>   [<ffffffff810516f4>] warn_slowpath_common+0x84/0x9c
>  [<ffffffff81051763>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x43
>  [<ffffffff8138e831>] ? netif_tx_lock+0x44/0x6d
>  [<ffffffff8138e99b>] dev_watchdog+0xf3/0x164
>  [<ffffffff8105bc52>] ? internal_add_timer+0xcf/0xd1
>  [<ffffffff8105bd0b>] ? cascade+0x6a/0x84
>  [<ffffffff8105bec4>] run_timer_softirq+0x19f/0x21c
>  [<ffffffff8106ae47>] ? hrtimer_interrupt+0x13c/0x153
>  [<ffffffff81057614>] __do_softirq+0xdd/0x1ad
>  [<ffffffff81026936>] ? apic_write+0x16/0x18
>  [<ffffffff81012eac>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
>  [<ffffffff810143fb>] do_softirq+0x47/0x8d
>  [<ffffffff81057326>] irq_exit+0x44/0x86
>  [<ffffffff8141ecf5>] do_IRQ+0xa5/0xbc
>  [<ffffffff810126d3>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0x11
> <EOI>   [<ffffffff812679dd>] ? acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x281/0x2b5
>  [<ffffffff812679d6>] ? acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x27a/0x2b5
>  [<ffffffff81353b7f>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0x99/0xce
>  [<ffffffff81010c60>] ? cpu_idle+0xa6/0xe9
>  [<ffffffff81405db7>] ? rest_init+0x6b/0x6d
>  [<ffffffff81714dc9>] ? start_kernel+0x3ef/0x3fa
>  [<ffffffff817142a1>] ? x86_64_start_reservations+0xac/0xb0
>  [<ffffffff8171439d>] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xf8/0x107
> ---[ end trace f271bce88fe9d682 ]---
> 0000:05:00.0: eth1: Error reading PHY register
> e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
>
>
> A reboot seems to recover the devices:
>
> [root@...ith ~]# lspci -s 04:00.0 -x
> 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network 
> Connection
> 00: 86 80 d3 10 07 04 10 00 00 00 00 02 10 00 00 00
> 10: 00 00 ee fa 00 00 00 00 01 cc 00 00 00 c0 ed fa
> 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d9 15 05 06
> 30: 00 00 00 00 c8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 00 00
>
> [root@...ith ~]# lspci -s 05:00.0 -x
> 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network 
> Connection
> 00: 86 80 d3 10 07 04 10 00 00 00 00 02 10 00 00 00
> 10: 00 00 fe fa 00 00 00 00 01 dc 00 00 00 c0 fd fa
> 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d9 15 05 06
> 30: 00 00 00 00 c8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 00 00
>
>
>
>
> Any clues?
>
> Thanks,
>     J
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