From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 5 19:56:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AADF91065670 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:56:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C3AB8FC0A for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:56:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.3.31] (jn@stealth.jnielsen.net [74.218.226.254]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id nB5JPGps083196; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:25:16 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from john@jnielsen.net) References: <2a41acea0912021249w1aed8e83kf89ceb1e6041edaf@mail.gmail.com> <2a41acea0912021514r2d44dd33n4c364518d7fe1703@mail.gmail.com> <20091203.182931.129751456.hrs@allbsd.org> <20091205.184017.30030575.hrs@allbsd.org> Message-Id: <1E3C66EA-A6D3-44D7-B28E-BF068FFF16A6@jnielsen.net> From: John Nielsen To: Hiroki Sato In-Reply-To: <20091205.184017.30030575.hrs@allbsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (7A400) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 7A400) Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:25:13 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: "stable@freebsd.org" , "jfvogel@gmail.com" Subject: Re: em interface slow down on 8.0R X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:56:53 -0000 On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:40 AM, Hiroki Sato wrote: > Hiroki Sato wrote > in <20091203.182931.129751456.hrs@allbsd.org>: > > hr> And another thing, I noticed a box with 82573E and 82573L > sometimes > hr> got stuck after upgrading to 8.0-STABLE. It has moderate network > hr> load (average 5-10Mbps) on both NICs. It worked for a day or > two and > hr> then got stuck suddenly. Rebooting the box solved the > situation, but > hr> it got stuck again after a day or so. After it happens, the > hr> interface does not respond. The other functionalities of FreeBSD > hr> seemed working. Doing an up/down cycle for the NICs seemed to > send > hr> some packets, but it did not recover completely; rebooting was > needed > hr> for recovery. This box does not have the RTT problem. I am > still > hr> not sure what is the trigger, there seems something wrong. > > Things turned out for this symptom so far are: > > - This occurs around once per 1-2 days. > > - Once it occurs, all of communications including ARP and IPv4 stop. > > - "ifconfig em0 down/up" can recover the interface. However, on doing > "up" after "down" the following message was displayed: > > # ifconfig em0 up > em0: Could not setup receive structures > > After trying it several times it worked. > > Then, the interface seemed back to normal for a couple of minutes, > but it stopped again. > > I guess there is a kind of deadlock somewhere but not sure it is > really related to the em(4) driver. I will continue to investigate > anyway. I'm curious, what speed/duplex is your interface using and is it statically set or using autoselect? JN