This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled net: mvneta: do not schedule in mvneta_tx_timeout to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: net-mvneta-do-not-schedule-in-mvneta_tx_timeout.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 290213667ab53a95456397763205e4b1e30f46b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: willy tarreau <w@xxxxxx> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:20:09 +0100 Subject: net: mvneta: do not schedule in mvneta_tx_timeout From: willy tarreau <w@xxxxxx> commit 290213667ab53a95456397763205e4b1e30f46b5 upstream. If a queue timeout is reported, we can oops because of some schedules while the caller is atomic, as shown below : mvneta d0070000.ethernet eth0: tx timeout BUG: scheduling while atomic: bash/1528/0x00000100 Modules linked in: slhttp_ethdiv(C) [last unloaded: slhttp_ethdiv] CPU: 2 PID: 1528 Comm: bash Tainted: G WC 3.13.0-rc4-mvebu-nf #180 [<c0011bd9>] (unwind_backtrace+0x1/0x98) from [<c000f1ab>] (show_stack+0xb/0xc) [<c000f1ab>] (show_stack+0xb/0xc) from [<c02ad323>] (dump_stack+0x4f/0x64) [<c02ad323>] (dump_stack+0x4f/0x64) from [<c02abe67>] (__schedule_bug+0x37/0x4c) [<c02abe67>] (__schedule_bug+0x37/0x4c) from [<c02ae261>] (__schedule+0x325/0x3ec) [<c02ae261>] (__schedule+0x325/0x3ec) from [<c02adb97>] (schedule_timeout+0xb7/0x118) [<c02adb97>] (schedule_timeout+0xb7/0x118) from [<c0020a67>] (msleep+0xf/0x14) [<c0020a67>] (msleep+0xf/0x14) from [<c01dcbe5>] (mvneta_stop_dev+0x21/0x194) [<c01dcbe5>] (mvneta_stop_dev+0x21/0x194) from [<c01dcfe9>] (mvneta_tx_timeout+0x19/0x24) [<c01dcfe9>] (mvneta_tx_timeout+0x19/0x24) from [<c024afc7>] (dev_watchdog+0x18b/0x1c4) [<c024afc7>] (dev_watchdog+0x18b/0x1c4) from [<c0020b53>] (call_timer_fn.isra.27+0x17/0x5c) [<c0020b53>] (call_timer_fn.isra.27+0x17/0x5c) from [<c0020cad>] (run_timer_softirq+0x115/0x170) [<c0020cad>] (run_timer_softirq+0x115/0x170) from [<c001ccb9>] (__do_softirq+0xbd/0x1a8) [<c001ccb9>] (__do_softirq+0xbd/0x1a8) from [<c001cfad>] (irq_exit+0x61/0x98) [<c001cfad>] (irq_exit+0x61/0x98) from [<c000d4bf>] (handle_IRQ+0x27/0x60) [<c000d4bf>] (handle_IRQ+0x27/0x60) from [<c000843b>] (armada_370_xp_handle_irq+0x33/0xc8) [<c000843b>] (armada_370_xp_handle_irq+0x33/0xc8) from [<c000fba9>] (__irq_usr+0x49/0x60) Ben Hutchings attempted to propose a better fix consisting in using a scheduled work for this, but while it fixed this panic, it caused other random freezes and panics proving that the reset sequence in the driver is unreliable and that additional fixes should be investigated. When sending multiple streams over a link limited to 100 Mbps, Tx timeouts happen from time to time, and the driver correctly recovers only when the function is disabled. Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Arnaud Ebalard <arno@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 11 ----------- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c @@ -2207,16 +2207,6 @@ static void mvneta_stop_dev(struct mvnet mvneta_rx_reset(pp); } -/* tx timeout callback - display a message and stop/start the network device */ -static void mvneta_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev) -{ - struct mvneta_port *pp = netdev_priv(dev); - - netdev_info(dev, "tx timeout\n"); - mvneta_stop_dev(pp); - mvneta_start_dev(pp); -} - /* Return positive if MTU is valid */ static int mvneta_check_mtu_valid(struct net_device *dev, int mtu) { @@ -2567,7 +2557,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops mvnet .ndo_set_rx_mode = mvneta_set_rx_mode, .ndo_set_mac_address = mvneta_set_mac_addr, .ndo_change_mtu = mvneta_change_mtu, - .ndo_tx_timeout = mvneta_tx_timeout, .ndo_get_stats64 = mvneta_get_stats64, }; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from w@xxxxxx are queue-3.10/net-mvneta-increase-the-64-bit-rx-tx-stats-out-of-the-hot-path.patch queue-3.10/net-mvneta-add-missing-bit-descriptions-for-interrupt-masks-and-causes.patch queue-3.10/net-mvneta-do-not-schedule-in-mvneta_tx_timeout.patch queue-3.10/net-mvneta-replace-tx-timer-with-a-real-interrupt.patch queue-3.10/net-mvneta-use-per_cpu-stats-to-fix-an-smp-lock-up.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html