Bug 682378

Summary:	makes assumptions about network device names
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Component:	powertop	Assignee:	Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Jeff Bastian <jbastian>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.1	CC:	ddumas, emcnabb, jbastian, jskarvad, metherid, ovasik, rvokal
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	powertop-2.3-1.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: The 'eth0' was hardcoded in the the powertop code. Consequence: The WOL status on interfaces named other than 'eth0' wasn't checked and for such interfaces the powertop doesn't show the suggestion about turning the WOL off to save the power. Fix: The powertop-2.X handles the network interfaces different way. It gets the available interfaces from the sysfs. The problem was resolved by rebase to powertop-2.X Result: The new code handles the interfaces with arbitrary names correctly.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	682377	Environment:
Last Closed:	2013-11-21 07:52:14 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	829800, 996975
Bug Blocks:	682269, 947784

Description Bill Nottingham 2011-03-05 01:46:58 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #682377 +++

Description of problem:

Network devices can have arbitrary names, and due to
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConsistentNetworkDeviceNaming, will have
different names in Fedora 15.

powertop-1.13/ethernet.c:

The wake-on-lan tests and the wake-on-lan disable both hardcode 'eth0'.

powertop-1.13/powertop.c:static void do_proc_irq(void)
...
                /* deal with multi-queue NICs */
                if (strncmp(name, "eth",3) == 0 && strchr(name,' ') == NULL) {
                        c = strchr(name, '-');
                        if (c)
                                *c = 0;
                }
...

This implies this will mishandle any devices *not* named ethX, if they have multiple queues.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

powertop-1.13

How reproducible:

By visual inspection.

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2011-07-06 01:36:56 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 07:52:14 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1575.html