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

From: Willy Tarreau
Date: Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:38:19 EST


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.

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.

Thanks,
Willy

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