Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:01:31 +0100 From: Markus Gebert <markus.gebert@hostpoint.ch> To: Christopher Forgeron <csforgeron@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 9.2 ixgbe tx queue hang Message-ID: <D5D34624-EE94-417C-84DD-93207CDEF8DC@hostpoint.ch> In-Reply-To: <CAB2_NwDMbJP7ph786s=aJoo8Pfy7pz5mivt7HYzA12KZSZLZUg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAB2_NwDG=gB1WCJ7JKTHpkJCrvPuAhipkn%2BvPyT%2BxXzOBrTGkg@mail.gmail.com> <FA262955-B3A9-48EC-828B-FF0D4D5D0498@hostpoint.ch> <CAB2_NwDMbJP7ph786s=aJoo8Pfy7pz5mivt7HYzA12KZSZLZUg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 20.03.2014, at 16:50, Christopher Forgeron <csforgeron@gmail.com> =
wrote:
> Markus,
>=20
> I just wanted to clarify what dtrace will output in a 'no-error'
> situation. I'm seeing the following during a normal ping (no errors) =
on
> ix0, or even on a non-problematic bge NIC:
>=20
>=20
This is expected. This dtrace probe will fire if any kernel function =
that is run in the context of a process named =93ping=94 returns 27, =
which is what EFBIG stands for. Kernel functions can return 27 for many =
reasons, not just an error, or they can return void (not sure how dtrace =
handles this case). Anyway, this dtrace one-liner is only meant to be =
used in the error case. Otherwise it=92s probably useless. And even when =
the problem occurs, you need to pick the right stack trace, and dig =
around kernel sources to verify that the functions indeed return EFBIG =
and not any integer that happens to be 27 by accident.
Markus
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Markus Gebert
> <markus.gebert@hostpoint.ch>wrote:
>=20
>> Also, if you have dtrace available:
>>=20
>> kldload dtraceall
>> dtrace -n 'fbt:::return / arg1 =3D=3D EFBIG && execname =3D=3D "ping" =
/ { stack();
>> }'
>>=20
>> while you run pings over the interface affected. This will give you =
hints
>> about where the EFBIG error comes from.
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
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>=20
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