Re: kernel 4.18.5 Realtek 8111G network adapter stops responding under high system load

[David Arendt]

Hi,

Today I had the network adapter problems again.  So the patch doesn't seem to change anything regarding this problem. This week my time is unfortunately very limited, but I will try to find some time next weekend to look a bit more into the issue.

Thanks in advance,
David Arendt


Maciej S. Szmigiero â Sun, 16. September 2018 2:12
> [ I've added Realtek Linux NIC and netdev mailing lists to CC ]
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> On 15.09.2018 23:23, David Arendt wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > just a follow up:
> > 
> > In kernel 4.18.8 the behaviour is different.
> > 
> > The network is not reachable a number of times, but restarting to be
> > reachable by itself before it finally is no longer reachable at all.
> > 
> > Here the logging output:
> > 
> > Sep 15 17:44:43 server kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: enp3s0 (r8169): transmit
> > queue 0 timed out
> > Sep 15 17:44:43 server kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: link up
> > Sep 15 18:10:26 server kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: link up
> > Sep 15 18:12:24 server kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: link up
> > Sep 15 18:13:19 server kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: link up
> > Sep 15 18:14:48 server kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: link up
> > Sep 15 18:20:24 server kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: link up
> > Sep 15 18:34:19 server kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: link up
> > Sep 15 18:43:43 server kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: link up
> > Sep 15 18:46:26 server kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: link up
> > Sep 15 19:00:24 server kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: link up
> > 
> > From 17:44 ro 18:46 the network is recovering automatically. After the
> > up from 19:00, the network is no longer reachable without any additional
> > message.
> > 
> > If looking at ifconfig, the counter for TX packets is incrementing, the
> > counter for RX packets not.
> > 
> > Here again the driver from 4.17.14 is working flawlessly.
> 
> Could you please try this patch on top of 4.18.8:
> git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/
> 
> In my case the problem fixed by the above commit was only limited to
> bad TX performance but my r8169 NIC models were different from what
> you have.
> 
> If this does not help then try bisecting the issue
> (maybe limited to drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c to save time).
> If the NIC dies after a heavy load it might be possible to generate
> such load quickly by in-kernel pktgen.
> 
> If that's not possible then at please least compare NIC register
> values displayed by "ethtool -d enp3s0" between working and
> non-working kernels.
> 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > David Arendt
> 
> Maciej
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On 9/4/18 8:19 AM, David Arendt wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> When using kernel 4.18.5 the Realtek 8111G network adapter stops
> >> responding under high system load.
> >>
> >> Dmesg is showing no errors.
> >>
> >> Sometimes an ifconfig enp3s0 down followed by an ifconfig enp3s0 up is
> >> enough for the network adapter to restart responding. Sometimes a reboot
> >> is necessary.
> >>
> >> When copying r8169.c from 4.17.14 to the 4.18.5 kernel, networking works
> >> perfectly stable on 4.18.5 so the problem seems r8169.c related.
> >>
> >> Here the output from lshw:
> >>
> >> *-pci:2
> >> description: PCI bridge
> >> product: 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express
> >> Root Port #3
> >> vendor: Intel Corporation
> >> physical id: 1c.2
> >> bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
> >> version: d5
> >> width: 32 bits
> >> clock: 33MHz
> >> capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode
> >> bus_master cap_list
> >> configuration: driver=pcieport
> >> resources: irq:18 ioport:d000(size=4096)
> >> memory:f7300000-f73fffff ioport:f2100000(size=1048576)
> >> *-network
> >> description: Ethernet interface
> >> product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
> >> Controller
> >> vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> >> physical id: 0
> >> bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
> >> logical name: enp3s0
> >> version: 0c
> >> serial: <hidden>
> >> size: 1Gbit/s
> >> capacity: 1Gbit/s
> >> width: 64 bits
> >> clock: 33MHz
> >> capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master
> >> cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt
> >> 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
> >> configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes
> >> driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full
> >> firmware=rtl8168g-2_0.0.1 02/06/13 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes
> >> port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
> >> resources: irq:18 ioport:d000(size=256)
> >> memory:f7300000-f7300fff memory:f2100000-f2103fff
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for looking into this,
> >>
> >> David Arendt
> >>
> >>
> >