From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011019 Netscape6/6.2 Description of problem: Using SkipJack kernel and applications, with a DFE 570TX 4-port NIC in an FV24 (SpaceWalker) x86 platform (PIII 1Ghz). I am running heavy network traffic (~24Mbps bi-directional) I see this oops and others like it. Apr 2 15:26:18 demo2 ntpd[854]: kernel time discipline status change 41 Apr 2 15:27:43 demo2 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 8786858c Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: printing eip: Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: c01d26c6 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: Oops: 0000 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: CPU: 0 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: EIP: 0010:[rtnetlink_fill_ifinfo+758/1056] Not tainted Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c01d26c6>] Not tainted Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010282 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: EIP is at rtnetlink_put_metrics_Raea2f6a7 [] 0x406 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 8786858c ecx: ffffffff edx: 00000000 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: esi: 00000da4 edi: 8786858c ebp: 00000000 esp: ca779c98 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: Process ip (pid: 1862, stackpage=ca779000) Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: Stack: cf708ed4 cc495170 cc495170 000005dc cd552000 00000002 cac4bd1c ca941414 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: c01d2835 ca941414 cd552000 00000010 00000746 3caa1444 00000000 00000000 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: ca941414 ca8f1904 cac4bd1c cae1f0e0 c01d98d5 ca941414 cac4bd1c cac4bd5b Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: Call Trace: [rtnetlink_dump_ifinfo+69/96] rtnetlink_dump_ifinfo_R41074f66 [] 0x45 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: Call Trace: [<c01d2835>] rtnetlink_dump_ifinfo_R41074f66 [] 0x45 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [netlink_dump+101/400] netlink_kernel_create_R1c6e148c [] 0x105 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01d98d5>] netlink_kernel_create_R1c6e148c [] 0x105 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [netlink_dump_start+217/240] netlink_dump_start_Rbe82e2fd [] 0xd9 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01d9ad9>] netlink_dump_start_Rbe82e2fd [] 0xd9 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [__alloc_pages+117/768] __alloc_pages_R1c3fd81e [] 0x75 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c0131615>] __alloc_pages_R1c3fd81e [] 0x75 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [rtnetlink_rcv+469/1072] rtnetlink_dump_ifinfo_R41074f66 [] 0x375 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01d2b65>] rtnetlink_dump_ifinfo_R41074f66 [] 0x375 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [rtnetlink_dump_ifinfo+0/96] rtnetlink_dump_ifinfo_R41074f66 [] 0x0 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01d27f0>] rtnetlink_dump_ifinfo_R41074f66 [] 0x0 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [rtnetlink_done+0/16] rtnetlink_dump_ifinfo_R41074f66 [] 0x190 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01d2980>] rtnetlink_dump_ifinfo_R41074f66 [] 0x190 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [handle_mm_fault+202/336] vmtruncate_R9c202b8b [] 0x80a Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c012596a>] vmtruncate_R9c202b8b [] 0x80a Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [netlink_data_ready+26/112] netlink_set_err_Rd01a585a [] 0x3da Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01d977a>] netlink_set_err_Rd01a585a [] 0x3da Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [netlink_unicast+624/704] netlink_unicast_R45ffd7af [] 0x270 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01d9180>] netlink_unicast_R45ffd7af [] 0x270 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [netlink_sendmsg+506/528] netlink_set_err_Rd01a585a [] 0x26a Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01d960a>] netlink_set_err_Rd01a585a [] 0x26a Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [filemap_nopage+188/608] filemap_nopage_Rdd6c2f52 [] 0xbc Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01293fc>] filemap_nopage_Rdd6c2f52 [] 0xbc Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [sock_sendmsg+108/144] sock_sendmsg_R95dd64b9 [] 0x6c Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01c64ac>] sock_sendmsg_R95dd64b9 [] 0x6c Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [move_addr_to_kernel+50/80] move_addr_to_kernel_R5dfa4696 [] 0x32 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01c5fd2>] move_addr_to_kernel_R5dfa4696 [] 0x32 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [sys_sendto+208/240] sys_sendto_R599b4265 [] 0xd0 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01c7270>] sys_sendto_R599b4265 [] 0xd0 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [sock_def_readable+41/96] sock_no_sendpage_R46005802 [] 0x1b9 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01c91d9>] sock_no_sendpage_R46005802 [] 0x1b9 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [tulip:tulip_refill_rx+83/1328] tulip_refill_rx [tulip] 0x53 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<d009b813>] tulip_refill_rx [tulip] 0x53 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [packet_rcv+550/640] ip_rt_ioctl_R94208e84 [] 0x9d96 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c020c086>] ip_rt_ioctl_R94208e84 [] 0x9d96 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [tulip:tulip_interrupt+2372/2480] tulip_interrupt [tulip] 0x944 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<d009c634>] tulip_interrupt [tulip] 0x944 Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [tulip:tulip_media_cap+12749/14752] tulip_media_cap [tulip] 0x31cd Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<d00a646d>] tulip_media_cap [tulip] 0x31cd Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [net_rx_action+426/640] net_call_rx_atomic_Rf23efb98 [] 0x1da Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01cdaea>] net_call_rx_atomic_Rf23efb98 [] 0x1da Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [sys_socketcall+315/512] sys_socketcall_R3de7ffe4 [] 0x13b Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c01c7a6b>] sys_socketcall_R3de7ffe4 [] 0x13b Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [system_call+51/56] sys_sigaltstack_Rab65536b [] 0xdbb Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: [<c010897b>] sys_sigaltstack_Rab65536b [] 0xdbb Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: Apr 2 15:27:47 demo2 kernel: Code: f2 ae f7 d1 49 83 c1 08 83 e1 fc 39 ce 0f 8c cb 00 00 00 53 Apr 2 15:27:51 demo2 kernel: <6>NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out Apr 2 15:27:59 demo2 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out Apr 2 15:28:23 demo2 last message repeated 3 times Apr 2 15:28:25 demo2 login(pam_unix)[1221]: session opened for user root by LOGIN(uid=0) Apr 2 15:28:25 demo2 -- root[1221]: ROOT LOGIN ON tty2 Apr 2 15:28:31 demo2 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out Apr 2 15:29:03 demo2 last message repeated 4 times Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. I'm using my LANforge product (www.candelatech.com). Free licenses to help with your testing if you wish. Generally, I'm passing lots of traffic (TCP, UDP, and raw Ethernet), using source-based routing, and polling the netlink routes about once every 10 seconds. 2. 3. Additional info:
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