Bug 561417

Summary: Kernel panic when using GRO through ixgbe driver and xen bridge [rhel-5.4.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: kernelAssignee: Jiri Pirko <jpirko>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity: urgent Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 5.4CC: aaron.knister, agospoda, andriusb, clalance, dhoward, dwa, herbert.xu, imusayev, jpirko, jtluka, mwagner, pm-eus, rkhan, scofeldm, tao, xen-maint
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.18-164.13.1.el5 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Bug Depends On: 537876    
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Description RHEL Program Management 2010-02-03 16:12:18 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #537876 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.4 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 3 Jiri Pirko 2010-02-10 07:40:37 UTC 
in 2.6.18-164.13.1.el5
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2010-03-17 00:19:26 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html
Comment 9 ilya m. 2011-10-26 17:14:53 UTC 
There is an issue with GRO and netxen drivers in stock RHEL5.4


Has this issue been addressed for netxen module or just ixgbe?
Comment 10 Andy Gospodarek 2011-10-26 17:26:55 UTC 
The fix described in this bug was generic and not driver specific.
Comment 11 ilya m. 2011-10-26 17:51:21 UTC 
Andy

Thanks for lightning fast response, very much appreciated. 

-ilya