netdev - Re: WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:219 dev_watchdog+0xfe/0x17e() with tg3 network

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20081120212637.GB23844@1wt.eu>
Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:26:37 +0100
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
Cc:	Roger Heflin <rogerheflin@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:219 dev_watchdog+0xfe/0x17e() with tg3 network

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:43:10AM -0800, Matt Carlson wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 09:37:47PM -0800, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > Hello Matt,
> > 
> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 07:11:01PM -0800, Matt Carlson wrote:
> > > > My tg3 is just PCI-based, no PCIe in this beast. I can send more
> > > > info when I turn it on. I don't think that the tg3 driver changes
> > > > often, so most likely digging through the changes between 2.6.25
> > > > and 2.6.27 should not take much time. I just don't know if I can
> > > > reliably reproduce the issue right now.
> > > 
> > > Willy, this problem description sounds a little different than the
> > > original report.  There was a bug where the driver would wait 2.5
> > > seconds for a firmware event that would never get serviced.  That
> > > fix has already landed in the 2.6.27 tree though.
> > > 
> > > I glanced over the changes between 2.6.25 and 2.6.27.6.  There are quite
> > > a few changes related to phylib support for an upcoming device, but not
> > > so many changes that affect older devices.  What device are you using?
> > 
> > I think it's a 5704, but I will check this this morning when I'm at
> > work. I also want to try to reliably reproduce the problem. After
> > that, I see only 29 patches which differ from the two kernels, it
> > should be pretty easy to spot the culprit.
> 
> O.K.  Let me know how it goes.

Today, with the notebook connected to a gig switch, I could not reproduce
the problem, even after one hour of approximately the same workload. I'll
retry with the original 100 Mbps switch on monday.

> Could we clarify something though?  In your previous email, you said you
> didn't have any problems on pre-2.6.25 kernels.  I'm wondering if the
> problem goes back further than 2.6.25.  From 2.6.24 to 2.6.25, there was a
> significant set of flow control changes that took place.  I suspect that
> might have something to do with Roger's problem, and it may have
> something to do with your problem too.  So, is it true that 2.6.25 works
> for you?  If not, can you try disabling flow control and see if that
> helps?

It works fine till 2.6.25.18 included. I have not tried any 2.6.26 on this
machine. Just 2.6.27.7-rc1 (with a few patches, none of which affect tg3).
My goal is 1) to reproduce with the exact same kernel on the original switch,
2) confirm that 2.6.25.18 does not exhibit the problem on the same switch,
3) to switch to plain 2.6.27.x to ease troubleshooting, and 4) to find which
of the 29 tg3 patches between 2.6.25.18 and 2.6.27.x brings the issue.

> > If you think it's a different bug than original report (though I
> > really thought it was the same), I'll post my findings in a separate
> > thread not to mix investigations.
> 
> Right now, I think it is premature to say, so let's continue as if they
> were the same problem.  We can always break it out into a separate
> discussion later.

OK that's fine for me.

Thanks Matt!
Willy

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html