Bug 1954246 - cannot make ethernet to stay at 1Gbps
Summary: cannot make ethernet to stay at 1Gbps
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 34
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-04-27 19:07 UTC by Dalibor Pospíšil
Modified: 2022-06-07 22:32 UTC (History)
19 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2022-06-07 22:32:23 UTC
Type: Bug
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Red Hat Bugzilla 1627816 1 unspecified CLOSED 1Gb/s ethernet port is configured as 10Mb/s port on many different laptops, network-scripts work well 2023-09-07 19:22:51 UTC

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Description Dalibor Pospíšil 2021-04-27 19:07:39 UTC
1. Please describe the problem:
The ethernet speed drops to 100Mbps if there's low traffic. It jumps up to 1Gbps if I utilize the interface more and jumps back after some time of 'idle' load.

This jumping would not be normally an issue if the data flow was not affected during the switch (both directions). I see some drop-offs during e.g. video call which is not really nice.

I have Lenovo t480s. It happens on internal and the TB3 dock port as well.

2. What is the Version-Release number of the kernel:
# uname -a
Linux sopos.local 5.12.10-300.fc34.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jun 10 14:21:36 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# rpm -q NetworkManager
NetworkManager-1.30.4-1.fc34.x86_64

3. Did it work previously in Fedora? If so, what kernel version did the issue
Not sure, I suspect it was always weird.

4. Can you reproduce this issue? If so, please provide the steps to reproduce
   the issue below:

a. make sure the IF is at 100Mbps (e.g. ethtool ens1u1)
b. copy some larger file (1GB) over the network from e.g. samba
c. the data transfer starts at 100Mbps, at some point the speed jumps to 1Gbps
d. wait approximattely 1 minute
e. check the speed is back at 100Mbps


5. Does this problem occur with the latest Rawhide kernel? To install the
   Rawhide kernel, run ``sudo dnf install fedora-repos-rawhide`` followed by
   ``sudo dnf update --enablerepo=rawhide kernel``:
haven't try yet

6. Are you running any modules that not shipped with directly Fedora's kernel?:
no

7. Please attach the kernel logs. You can get the complete kernel log
   for a boot with ``journalctl --no-hostname -k > dmesg.txt``. If the
   issue occurred on a previous boot, use the journalctl ``-b`` flag.

dub 27 19:13:04 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier off
dub 27 19:13:07 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier on
dub 27 19:58:05 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier off
dub 27 19:58:08 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier on
dub 27 20:39:56 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier off
dub 27 20:39:58 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier on
dub 27 20:41:06 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier off
dub 27 20:41:09 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier on
dub 27 20:45:02 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier off
dub 27 20:45:12 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Half Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
dub 27 20:45:12 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
dub 27 20:45:12 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: NIC Link is Down
dub 27 20:45:15 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
dub 27 20:45:15 kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enp0s31f6: link becomes ready
dub 27 20:45:18 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
dub 27 20:48:59 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
dub 27 20:49:59 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
dub 27 20:49:59 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
dub 27 20:50:29 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
dub 27 20:51:40 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
dub 27 20:51:40 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO

$ journalctl --no-hostname -k | tail
čen 18 04:20:56 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier off
čen 18 04:20:59 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier on
čen 18 06:13:08 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier off
čen 18 06:13:11 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier on
čen 18 06:15:29 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier off
čen 18 06:15:32 kernel: r8152 6-1:1.0 ens1u1: carrier on



What I tried:
1. ethtool -s ens1u1 autoneg off speed 1000
2. echo on > /sys/class/net/ens1u1/power/control
3. setting the autoneg to manual and speed to 1Gb/s in NM
4. sysctl vm.laptop_mode=0

None of those variants work long term - it reverts back to a "power safe" schema after a while.

I was trying based on what I googled:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1226192/how-can-i-disable-the-ethernet-card-power-saving
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Power_management/Ethernet

Comment 1 Dalibor Pospíšil 2021-05-26 08:46:05 UTC
Looks like the issue is gone. Can somebody confirm there's a intentional fix?

# uname -a
Linux sopos.local 5.12.6-200.fc33.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat May 22 20:43:23 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# rpm -q NetworkManager
NetworkManager-1.26.8-1.fc33.x86_64

Comment 2 Dalibor Pospíšil 2021-06-07 18:22:18 UTC
it's back

# uname -a
Linux sopos.local 5.12.8-200.fc33.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat May 29 18:09:27 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# rpm -q NetworkManager
NetworkManager-1.26.8-1.fc33.x86_64

Comment 3 Dalibor Pospíšil 2021-06-07 19:13:00 UTC
so currently it is jumping back and forth even on 5.12.6-200.fc33.x86_64 so I'm not sure what makes the differentce

Comment 4 Dalibor Pospíšil 2021-06-18 08:12:25 UTC
same on F34

# uname -a
Linux sopos.local 5.12.10-300.fc34.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jun 10 14:21:36 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# rpm -q NetworkManager
NetworkManager-1.30.4-1.fc34.x86_64

Comment 5 Ben Cotton 2022-05-12 15:41:52 UTC
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Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 34 on 2022-06-07.
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Comment 6 Ben Cotton 2022-06-07 22:32:23 UTC
Fedora Linux 34 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2022-06-07.

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