Re: [Xenomai] Sporadic freeze using RTnet

[Kai Bollue <mlist1@bollue.de>]

On 23.04.2013 19:18, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>
> Yeah, its hairy:
>
> [   94.352526]  |  #*func    	        0 ipipe_trace_panic_freeze+0x9 (ipipe_root_only+0x62)
> [   94.360774]  |  #*func    	        0 ipipe_prepare_panic+0x7 (ipipe_root_only+0x5d)
> [   94.368618]  |  #*func    	        0 ipipe_root_only+0x9 (add_preempt_count+0x15)
> [   94.376263]  |  #*func    	        0 add_preempt_count+0x9 (_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x56)
> [   94.384515]  |  # func    	        0 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x7 (swiotlb_tbl_map_single+0x96)
> [   94.392925]  |  # func    	       -1 __phys_addr+0x4 ( |  # func    	       -1 __phys_addr+0x4 (pci_map_single+0x53 [rt_eepro100])
> [   94.392945]  |  # func    	       -1 ___xnpod_lock_sched+0x4 (__xnpod_lock_sched+0x21 [rt_eepro100])
> [   94.392954]  |  + begin   0x80000000     -2 speedo_start_xmit+0x3a [rt_eepro100] (rtdev_locked_xmit+0x33 [rtnet])
> [   94.392964]     + func    	       -2 speedo_start_xmit+0x11 [rt_eepro100] (rtdev_locked_xmit+0x33 [rtnet])
>
> Now the swiotlb is active, a software IOMMU that helps on systems >4G
> RAM with devices that can only DMA to 32-bit addresses (it provides
> bounce buffers). You can work around that issue by limiting the memory
> used by your system (mem=) or by using an RTnet NIC that does not have
> this limitation (rt_e1000e and rt_igb compatible ones).

Yep, that's it, thank you very much.

Does the rt_8139too driver support pre-mapping? Last year, we built a 
system with two RTL 8139 and 8 GB of RAM - and did not experience any 
such problems since...

>   Or add pre-mapping support to the rt_e100pro. Check e.g. the conversion of the
> e1000e for the pattern. Patches welcome.

I will see what I can do. For now, the system runs on an e1000e.


Regards,
Kai