RE: [BISECTED][REGRESSION] Loading Hyper-V network drivers is racy in 3.14+ on Hyper-V 2012 R2

[Haiyang Zhang]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sitsofe Wheeler [mailto:sitsofe@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, July 6, 2014 4:18 PM
> To: Haiyang Zhang
> Cc: KY Srinivasan; David S. Miller; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [BISECTED][REGRESSION] Loading Hyper-V network drivers is racy in
> 3.14+ on Hyper-V 2012 R2
> 
> With the 3.14 kernel Hyper-V no longer reliably enables its networking devices
> in time on cloud images leading to network devices permanently remaining
> offline.
> 
> After a painful round of bisection I've narrowed this down to commit
> b679ef73edc251f6d200a7dd2396e9fef9e36fc3 :
> 
> # bad: [455c6fdbd219161bd09b1165f11699d6d73de11c] Linux 3.14 # good:
> [d8ec26d7f8287f5788a494f56e8814210f0e64be] Linux 3.13 git bisect start
> 'v3.14' 'v3.13'
> # good: [82c477669a4665eb4e52030792051e0559ee2a36] Merge branch 'perf-
> urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
> git bisect good 82c477669a4665eb4e52030792051e0559ee2a36
> # bad: [ca2a650f3dfdc30d71d21bcbb04d2d057779f3f9] Merge branch 'for-
> linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma
> git bisect bad ca2a650f3dfdc30d71d21bcbb04d2d057779f3f9
> # bad: [205e2210daa975d92ace485a65a31ccc4077fe1a] iwlwifi: disable TX
> AMPDU by default for iwldvm git bisect bad
> 205e2210daa975d92ace485a65a31ccc4077fe1a
> # bad: [09db30805300e9ed5ad43d4d339115cf1d9c84e1] dccp: re-enable debug
> macro git bisect bad 09db30805300e9ed5ad43d4d339115cf1d9c84e1
> # bad: [d9120198ddef2c0b61ca6659ace41b7c1e7c8f08] clk: shmobile: rcar-
> gen2: Use kick bit to allow Z clock frequency change git bisect bad
> d9120198ddef2c0b61ca6659ace41b7c1e7c8f08
> # bad: [1b07da516ee25250f458c76c012ebe4cd677a84f] hyperv: Move state
> setting for link query git bisect bad
> 1b07da516ee25250f458c76c012ebe4cd677a84f
> # bad: [53611c0ce9f6e2fa2e31f9ab4ad8c08c512085ba] Merge
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
> git bisect bad 53611c0ce9f6e2fa2e31f9ab4ad8c08c512085ba
> # bad: [a34fe10750ebe524a39f97bd78ab4d232a554edb] parisc: locks: remove
> redundant arch_*_relax operations git bisect bad
> a34fe10750ebe524a39f97bd78ab4d232a554edb
> # bad: [004e5cf743086990e5fc04a14437b3966d7fa9a2] Merge branch 'exynos-
> drm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daeinki/drm-exynos
> into drm-fixes git bisect bad 004e5cf743086990e5fc04a14437b3966d7fa9a2
> # bad: [a4ecdf82f8ea49f7d3a072121dcbd0bf3a7cb93a] Merge branch 'x86-
> urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
> git bisect bad a4ecdf82f8ea49f7d3a072121dcbd0bf3a7cb93a
> # bad: [c60f7d5a8e7c639de5d9dfe07e1e91d302d506e4] Merge branch 'drm-
> fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux
> git bisect bad c60f7d5a8e7c639de5d9dfe07e1e91d302d506e4
> # bad: [bf21d605bf7d18d2b3cdb1c19fc1b2a1549c1f11] Merge branch 'drm-
> fixes-3.14' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/linux into drm-fixes git bisect
> bad bf21d605bf7d18d2b3cdb1c19fc1b2a1549c1f11
> # bad: [07ae78c9798b79bad3d3adf983c94ba23fde54d4] drm/radeon/cik: stop
> the sdma engines in the enable() function git bisect bad
> 07ae78c9798b79bad3d3adf983c94ba23fde54d4
> # bad: [7848865914c6a63ead674f0f5604b77df7d3874f] drm/radeon: fix runpm
> disabling on non-PX harder git bisect bad
> 7848865914c6a63ead674f0f5604b77df7d3874f
> # bad: [e9e352e9100b98aed1a5fb9e33355c29fb07d5b1] Merge tag 'for-linus'
> of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/olof/chrome-platform
> git bisect bad e9e352e9100b98aed1a5fb9e33355c29fb07d5b1
> # good: [6e1f586d31ad49063da391db12632b31c7b00d76] qlcnic: Fix SR-IOV
> cleanup code path git bisect good
> 6e1f586d31ad49063da391db12632b31c7b00d76
> # good: [562e74fefc36eb57286455c68a60f2776659a7e1] Merge tag 'cris-for-
> 3.14' of git://jni.nu/cris git bisect good
> 562e74fefc36eb57286455c68a60f2776659a7e1
> # good: [f1499382f114231cbd1e3dee7e656b50ce9d8236] Merge tag 'xfs-for-
> linus-v3.14-rc1-2' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs git bisect good
> f1499382f114231cbd1e3dee7e656b50ce9d8236
> # good: [0e47c969c65e213421450c31043353ebe3c67e0c] Merge tag 'for-linus-
> 20140127' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd git bisect good
> 0e47c969c65e213421450c31043353ebe3c67e0c
> # bad: [30c867eebfbd1c25310aec9f152578deaf793080] Merge tag 'blackfin-
> for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/realmz6/blackfin-
> linux
> git bisect bad 30c867eebfbd1c25310aec9f152578deaf793080
> # bad: [c044dc2132d19d8c643cdd340f21afcec177c046] qeth: fix build of s390
> allmodconfig git bisect bad c044dc2132d19d8c643cdd340f21afcec177c046
> # bad: [d922e1cb1ea17ac7f0a5c3c2be98d4bd80d055b8] net: Document
> promote_secondaries git bisect bad
> d922e1cb1ea17ac7f0a5c3c2be98d4bd80d055b8
> # good: [f2ebd477f141bc09b10fb8deb612a4d9b8999bba] bonding: restructure
> locking of bond_ab_arp_probe() git bisect good
> f2ebd477f141bc09b10fb8deb612a4d9b8999bba
> # bad: [b679ef73edc251f6d200a7dd2396e9fef9e36fc3] hyperv: Add support for
> physically discontinuous receive buffer git bisect bad
> b679ef73edc251f6d200a7dd2396e9fef9e36fc3
> # good: [a452ce345d63ddf92cd101e4196569f8718ad319] net: Fix memory leak
> if TPROXY used with TCP early demux git bisect good
> a452ce345d63ddf92cd101e4196569f8718ad319
> # good: [731073b9c99d46c6b6c01184f67ee6f75fd7a163] sky2: initialize napi
> before registering device git bisect good
> 731073b9c99d46c6b6c01184f67ee6f75fd7a163
> # first bad commit: [b679ef73edc251f6d200a7dd2396e9fef9e36fc3] hyperv:
> Add support for physically discontinuous receive buffer
> 
> commit b679ef73edc251f6d200a7dd2396e9fef9e36fc3
> Author: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Mon Jan 27 15:03:42 2014 -0800
> 
>     hyperv: Add support for physically discontinuous receive buffer
> 
>     This will allow us to use bigger receive buffer, and prevent allocation failure
>     due to fragmented memory.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The problem can be intermittent (sometimes it happens rarely, sometimes it
> happens seemingly every boot) so I used the following script to perform a
> check:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> ok=1
> pass=0
> bootcount=$(</root/bootcount)
> bootcount=$((bootcount + 1))
> while [[ $ok -ne 0 ]] && [[ $pass -lt 10 ]]; do
>         pass=$((pass + 1))
>         ping -qc 1 kernel.org
>         ok=$?
>         if [[ $ok -eq 0 ]]; then
>                 echo $bootcount > /root/bootcount
>                 sync
>                 reboot
>         fi
>         sleep 1
> done
> echo "No network"
> read
> 
> With kernels equal to or after b679ef73edc251f6d200a7dd2396e9fef9e36fc3
> the system will usually stop rebooting before 20 passes but the most extreme
> cases were always less than 100. With a pre
> b679ef73edc251f6d200a7dd2396e9fef9e36fc3 kernel it did over 390 passes
> before I manually stopped it.
> 
> Originally filed on https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1095387
> and then on https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78771 but without
> reply...
> 
> Might also be related to
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1711873/focus=1733398
> (Regression in hyperv network driver in 3.14).
> 
> --
> Sitsofe | http://sucs.org/~sits/

What's the memory size assigned to the Linux guest? And, have you seen any related 
messages in the dmesg log after this issue?

Thanks,
- Haiyang

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