[bug?] r8169: hangs under heavy load

[Jonathan Nieder]

Hi,

Gerd writes[1]:

> Today I installed the 3.1 kernel and did some testing by copying files
> with samba.
[...]
> Now the CPU hangs during the interrupts:
[...]
> r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link up
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: at [...]/net/core/dev.c:3827 net_rx_action+0xda/0x17e()
>
> Hardware name: CM-iAM/SBC-FITPC2i
> Modules linked in: cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_stats nfsd lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc speedstep_lib cpufreq_powersave fuse ext2 coretemp acpi_cpufreq mperf loop arc4 snd_hda_codec_realtek rt2800usb rt2800lib crc_ccitt rt2x00usb rt2x00lib mac80211 psb_gfx(C) snd_hda_intel cfg80211 snd_hda_codec drm_kms_helper i2c_isch drm snd_hwdep rfkill tpm_tis tpm tpm_bios lpc_sch mfd_core evdev snd_pcm snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device battery processor button psmouse snd pcspkr serio_raw ac i2c_algo_bit power_supply i2c_core soundcore snd_page_alloc video usbhid ext4 hid mbcache jbd2 crc16 sd_mod crc_t10dif ata_generic uhci_hcd pata_sch libata ehci_hcd scsi_mod usbcore sdhci_pci sdhci r8169 mii thermal thermal_sys mmc_core [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G         C  3.1.0-1-686-pae #1
> Call Trace:
>  [<c1037698>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x68/0x79
>  [<c120d061>] ? net_rx_action+0xda/0x17e
>  [<c10376b6>] ? warn_slowpath_null+0xd/0x10
>  [<c120d061>] ? net_rx_action+0xda/0x17e
>  [<c103c05d>] ? local_bh_enable+0x2/0x2
>  [<c103c0f1>] ? __do_softirq+0x94/0x12f
>  [<c103c05d>] ? local_bh_enable+0x2/0x2
>  <IRQ>  [<c103c2e2>] ? irq_exit+0x32/0x80
>  [<c100ca6e>] ? do_IRQ+0x65/0x76
>  [<c12b2a30>] ? common_interrupt+0x30/0x38
>  [<c103007b>] ? sched_debug_show+0x165/0xb17
>  [<c118519b>] ? intel_idle+0xb9/0xde
>  [<c11f54d2>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0xcd/0x140
>  [<c100aef1>] ? cpu_idle+0x86/0xaa
>  [<c143e708>] ? start_kernel+0x32a/0x32f
>  ---[ end trace 6d03368d0e01d4ae ]---
>  r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link up
>  r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link up
>  r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link up
>  r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link up
[...]
> If you need any more information or log files please send me a mail.

This is

			work = n->poll(n, weight);
[...]
		WARN_ON_ONCE(work > weight);

>From the same log:

> [    1.478652] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
> [    1.478722] r8169 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
> [    1.478779] r8169 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [    1.478850] r8169 0000:02:00.0: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
[...]
> [    1.509507] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RTL8168c/8111c at 0xf82c2000, 00:01:c0:08:aa:31, XID 1c4000c0 IRQ 40
> [    1.509569] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
> [    1.509633] r8169 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> [    1.509691] r8169 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [    1.509765] r8169 0000:03:00.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
> [    1.511188] r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth1: RTL8168c/8111c at 0xf82d0000, 00:01:c0:08:aa:32, XID 1c4000c0 IRQ 41

>From another log, using a kernel without pae support:

> [  844.056012] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [smbd:2770]
[...]
> [  872.056011] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [smbd:2770]
[...]
> [  900.056011] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [smbd:2770]

Gerd previously was getting transmit queue timeouts with a v2.6.32-based
kernel; with Debian's 3.1.1-1 kernel, the system hangs instead.  See [1]
for the details, including full logs.

Thanks for keeping the r8169 driver well maintained.  Any ideas for
tracking this down?

Looking forward to your thoughts,
Jonathan

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/642911
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=34;filename=dmesg_20111125_kernel_3.1-pae.txt;att=2;bug=642911
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