Re: Regression in e1000e since Kernel 4.14.3

[Gabriel C]

On 05.12.2017 09:53, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 09:20:33AM +0100, Gabriel C wrote:
> > On 05.12.2017 07:19, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 07:18:34AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 12:47:10AM +0100, Gabriel C wrote:
> > > > > On 04.12.2017 23:10, rwarsow@xxxxxx wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hallo
> > > > > >
> > > > > > someone and I got an regression with e1000e since kernel 4.14.3 and it seems there is 4.14.4 on the way without a fix.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > bug report is here:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198047
> > > > >
> > > > > ( added stable and netdev to CC )
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes I have a box with e1000e and it seems something at least breaks NM after 4.14.3.
> > > >
> > > > Again, can people try 4.14.5-rc1?  It should be resolved there.
> > >
> > > Oops, that would be 4.14.4-rc1.  Any why do you say above that is on the
> > > way without a fix, did you test it?
> >
> > I didn't tested 4.14.4-rc1 but somone from the bug report tested it and told is not resolved.
> >
> > I'll fire up an build in a bit and let you know.
>
> Great, and maybe cc: the developers and mailing list for this driver at
> the same time?  :)

Greg,

last time I reported something about e100* someone told me to just CC netdev =)

However the issue still remains with 4.14.4-rc1 and NM , and is still fine with connman.

I don't even think is something about the driver itself because I've quick compiled the out-of-tree-e1000e
and breaks with NM in the same way. ( which should not be possible ? )

Even when 4.14.3 was biggiSH :) after a quick scan and assuming the e1000e patches are fine , remaining candidates
should be the IRQ* and x86/* ones ?


NM seems to go in a loop setup link , kill link , setup link etc like this :

Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.5925] policy: auto-activating connection 'enp6s0_1'
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.5940] device (enp6s0): Activation: starting connection 'enp6s0_1' (8a825b19-b086-3413-901c-508ee26b4138)
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.5943] device (enp6s0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.5945] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.5950] device (enp6s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.5958] device (enp6s0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.5962] dhcp4 (enp6s0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.5980] dhcp4 (enp6s0): dhclient started with pid 1180
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg dhclient[1180]: DHCPREQUEST on enp6s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg dhclient[1180]: DHCPACK from 192.168.178.1
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.6268] dhcp4 (enp6s0):   address 192.168.178.21
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.6268] dhcp4 (enp6s0):   plen 24 (255.255.255.0)
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.6269] dhcp4 (enp6s0):   gateway 192.168.178.1
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.6269] dhcp4 (enp6s0):   lease time 864000
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.6269] dhcp4 (enp6s0):   nameserver '192.168.178.1'
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.6270] dhcp4 (enp6s0):   domain name 'fritz.box'
Dez 05 09:51:45 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463905.6270] dhcp4 (enp6s0): state changed unknown -> bound

and then :

Dez 05 09:52:17 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463937.5788] device (enp6s0): state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 05 09:52:17 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463937.5792] manager: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
Dez 05 09:52:17 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463937.5794] policy: disabling autoconnect for connection 'enp6s0_1'.
Dez 05 09:52:17 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <warn>  [1512463937.5798] device (enp6s0): Activation: failed for connection 'enp6s0_1'
Dez 05 09:52:17 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463937.5807] device (enp6s0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 05 09:52:17 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463937.5899] dhcp4 (enp6s0): canceled DHCP transaction, DHCP client pid 1180
Dez 05 09:52:17 zwerg NetworkManager[807]: <info>  [1512463937.5899] dhcp4 (enp6s0): state changed bound -> done

...

With connman all is fine and the connection is stable so the driver itself seems fine..