Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:15:16 +0100 | From | Veit Guna <> | Subject | yet another NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out |
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Hi.
I've setup a Ubuntu-Box with a plain vanilla 2.6.28.7 kernel. NIC is a:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
onboard on a Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H mainboard with latest bios.
When I transmit large files (>4GB) over my gigabit network it often happens that the following message occurs in the logs:
Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000035] ------------[ cut here ]------------ Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000044] WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:226 dev_watchdog+0x255/0x270() Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000049] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000053] Modules linked in: powernow_k8 cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_conservative freq_table video output container rfkill input_polldev sbs sbshc pci_slot battery ipv6 iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables xfs ac sbp2 parport_pc lp parport loop r8168 i2c_piix4 snd_hda_intel serio_raw wmi button pcspkr evdev k8temp shpchp pci_hotplug i2c_core snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc ext3 jbd mbcache pata_acpi ata_generic sd_mod crc_t10dif sg ohci1394 ieee1394 pata_atiixp ehci_hcd ohci_hcd usbcore ahci r8169 mii libata scsi_mod thermal processor fan fuse Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000143] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.28.7 #3 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000147] Call Trace: Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000159] [<c01343e0>] warn_slowpath+0x60/0x80 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000167] [<c012753c>] ? enqueue_entity+0x13c/0x360 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000176] [<c0150a33>] ? getnstimeofday+0x53/0x110 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000185] [<c025074d>] ? strlcpy+0x1d/0x60 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000193] [<c02ec4e2>] ? netdev_drivername+0x32/0x40 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000199] [<c0300dc5>] dev_watchdog+0x255/0x270 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000206] [<c0154fb3>] ? tick_dev_program_event+0x33/0xc0 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000213] [<c013dfad>] ? cascade+0x5d/0x80 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000220] [<c013e1c0>] run_timer_softirq+0x130/0x200 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000225] [<c0300b70>] ? dev_watchdog+0x0/0x270 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000231] [<c0300b70>] ? dev_watchdog+0x0/0x270 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000236] [<c0139987>] __do_softirq+0x97/0x170 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000244] [<c011a3e1>] ? hpet_interrupt_handler+0x11/0x30 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000250] [<c0139abd>] do_softirq+0x5d/0x60 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000255] [<c0139c35>] irq_exit+0x55/0x90 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000262] [<c0106703>] do_IRQ+0x83/0xa0 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000268] [<c0105173>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000276] [<c011d0b5>] ? native_safe_halt+0x5/0x10 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000282] [<c010ac0d>] default_idle+0x5d/0x60 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000288] [<c010ad06>] c1e_idle+0x46/0x120 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000294] [<c010285d>] cpu_idle+0x6d/0xd0 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000299] [<c0368d5e>] rest_init+0x4e/0x60 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000304] ---[ end trace d63b027b80ab4519 ]--- Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.016766] r8169: eth0: link up
The connection gets lost for about a minute or two until it gets up again.
Looking at the mailing list, there're some people having similar problems. But didn't find a solution to this - so I post myself.
If someone is interested in my dmesg, please give me a short note.
Regards, Veit
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