bnx2x crashes on bxn2x_tpa_start
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Andy Whitcroft | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Andy Whitcroft | ||
Utopic |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Andy Whitcroft |
Bug Description
[Impact]
Random crashes when using the bnx2x driver on power 8
[Test Case]
heavy use of the bnx2x driver on power 8
[Regression Potential]
introduces a simple memory barrier and is therefore very low risk, any such risk would normally affect performanc e not function.
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---Problem Description---
bnx2x may cause crashes or stop working because of a missing memory barrier.
Messages like the following appear on the log:
bnx2x: [bnx2x_
---uname output---
Linux ubuntu 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:50:31 UTC 2014 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
---Additional Hardware Info---
0001:00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM57800 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
0001:00:03.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM57800 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
0001:00:03.2 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM57800 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
0001:00:03.3 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM57800 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
Machine Type = model : IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu)
---Steps to Reproduce---
Send lots of traffic on a busy workload.
Fix for reported issue upstream commit 9aaae044abe95de
Fix for EEH related issue upstream commit 0c0e63410a393aa
We would like to get those applied to both Ubuntu 14.04 updates and Ubuntu 14.10, please.
Cascardo.
affects: | ubuntu → linux (Ubuntu) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
tags: | added: ppc64el |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
assignee: | nobody → Andy Whitcroft (apw) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
assignee: | nobody → Andy Whitcroft (apw) |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
tags: |
added: architecture-ppc64le removed: architecture-ppc64 |
tags: |
added: verification-done-trusty removed: verification-needed-trusty |
tags: |
added: targetmilestone-inin14041 removed: targetmilestone-inin1404 |
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