Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:54:06 +0200 (CEST) | From | Julia Lawall <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] Regression in 2fdac010 drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c: update napi implementation |
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On Mon, 30 Sep 2013, Ruslan N. Marchenko wrote:
> Hi Julia et al., > > With this commit VIA NANO board get CPU lockup in random places on any network activity. > The error is random, most of the times dead locked CPU on boot. > > After loading via-velocity module it hangs for a while and then spits kernel mesages > about hanged tasks from varios places - like ata, rcu_preempt or network stack. > Also, if you boot the box with network disconnected - it works, until you plug the network cable. > > On some kernel builds (like ubuntu stock) behaviour varies, sometimes the box itself works, > but network stack dies after multiple ICMPv6 skb errors, so box ends up with network disconnected. > Reloading network susbsys helps to recover for some time (depending on how fast eth led is blinking). > > Reverting the patch allows me to boot without problems even from latest Linus trunk and send this mail.
You can find the discussion and improved patch in this thread:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg251287.html Bug - regression - Via velocity interface coming up freezes kernel From: Dirk Kraft <dirk.kraft@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:28:52 +0200
julia
> > Regards, > Ruslan >
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