linux-kernel - Re: Hang: 2.6.32.4 sky2/DMAR (was [PATCH] sky2: Fix WARNING: at lib/dma-debug.c:902 check

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:25:12 -0500
From:	Michael Breuer <mbreuer@...jas.com>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, flyboy@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>,
	Don Fry <pcnet32@...izon.net>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: Hang: 2.6.32.4 sky2/DMAR (was [PATCH] sky2: Fix WARNING: at
 lib/dma-debug.c:902 check_sync)

On 1/22/2010 6:06 PM, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 05:14:58PM -0500, Michael Breuer wrote:
>    
>> On 1/22/2010 4:53 PM, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
>>      
>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 01:01:15PM -0500, Michael Breuer wrote:
>>>        
>>>> Kernel 2.6.32.4 (git) with the following patches applied:
>>>>
>>>> af_packet.c (tpacket_snd version 3)
>>>> sky2.c pskb_may_pull
>>>> sky2 fix WARNING at lib/dma-debug.c check_sync
>>>>          
>>> I guess, you meant the "sky2.c receive_copy" patch which you tested
>>> earlier, or at least you managed to crash DMAR with that patch
>>> before crashing it with Stephen's "lib/dma-debug.c check_sync" patch,
>>> right?
>>>
>>>        
>> Yes - sorry, correct - all three patches were in the last run.
>> Previously, I've encountered the crash without these patches.
>>      
> OK, thanks for testing - it's really very helpful, and supports
> David's opinion that dmar is a different problem.
> ...
>    
>> Not sure I can do that. Note that based on the log messages, there
>> were no errors/dropped packets involving dhcp. Moving the dhcp
>> server off of the affected machine is not trivial. The dhcp
>> correlation is based on logged messages preceding each crash. I
>> cannot confirm that they're related, however it's really suspicious.
>> If it helps, HP replaced my unmanaged switch with a managed one so I
>> can see whether there were any switch events logged the next time I
>> have a crash.
>>
>> At this point, it seems the following is required to trigger the crash:
>> 1) Uptime of 24-36 hours
>> 2) High RX load on server (cifs traffic is what I've triggered it with).
>> 3) Normal DHCP traffic.
>>      
> Do you mean you got these crashes with the new switch too, and this
> switch doesn't drop DHCP at all? (Otherwise, let's try this switch
> first.)
>
> Jarek P.
>    
Nope - just got the new switch. Crash was old switch. That said, I don't 
think (based on the log messages) that the dhcpoffer packet drop was 
happening prior to the crash. I also can't fathom why a DHCPOFFER packet 
dropped after leaving the server would have any bearing on the issue.
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