From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755882AbZC1JPq (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:15:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754283AbZC1JP0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:15:26 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:55295 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753340AbZC1JPW (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:15:22 -0400 X-Authenticated: #5610759 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX194nVBl8rN4IRhVOPLMqW4ZenKR0U4DxcKIadfsV9 7gf/aPNbgKd8hD Message-ID: <49CDEAA4.9070001@gmx.de> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:15:16 +0100 From: Veit Guna User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org CC: Veit Guna Subject: yet another NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi. I've setup a Ubuntu-Box with a plain vanilla 2.6.28.7 kernel. NIC is a: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) onboard on a Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H mainboard with latest bios. When I transmit large files (>4GB) over my gigabit network it often happens that the following message occurs in the logs: Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000035] ------------[ cut here ]------------ Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000044] WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:226 dev_watchdog+0x255/0x270() Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000049] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000053] Modules linked in: powernow_k8 cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_conservative freq_table video output container rfkill input_polldev sbs sbshc pci_slot battery ipv6 iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables xfs ac sbp2 parport_pc lp parport loop r8168 i2c_piix4 snd_hda_intel serio_raw wmi button pcspkr evdev k8temp shpchp pci_hotplug i2c_core snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc ext3 jbd mbcache pata_acpi ata_generic sd_mod crc_t10dif sg ohci1394 ieee1394 pata_atiixp ehci_hcd ohci_hcd usbcore ahci r8169 mii libata scsi_mod thermal processor fan fuse Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000143] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.28.7 #3 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000147] Call Trace: Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000159] [] warn_slowpath+0x60/0x80 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000167] [] ? enqueue_entity+0x13c/0x360 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000176] [] ? getnstimeofday+0x53/0x110 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000185] [] ? strlcpy+0x1d/0x60 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000193] [] ? netdev_drivername+0x32/0x40 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000199] [] dev_watchdog+0x255/0x270 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000206] [] ? tick_dev_program_event+0x33/0xc0 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000213] [] ? cascade+0x5d/0x80 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000220] [] run_timer_softirq+0x130/0x200 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000225] [] ? dev_watchdog+0x0/0x270 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000231] [] ? dev_watchdog+0x0/0x270 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000236] [] __do_softirq+0x97/0x170 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000244] [] ? hpet_interrupt_handler+0x11/0x30 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000250] [] do_softirq+0x5d/0x60 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000255] [] irq_exit+0x55/0x90 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000262] [] do_IRQ+0x83/0xa0 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000268] [] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000276] [] ? native_safe_halt+0x5/0x10 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000282] [] default_idle+0x5d/0x60 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000288] [] c1e_idle+0x46/0x120 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000294] [] cpu_idle+0x6d/0xd0 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000299] [] rest_init+0x4e/0x60 Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.000304] ---[ end trace d63b027b80ab4519 ]--- Mar 28 09:26:38 nas kernel: [89600.016766] r8169: eth0: link up The connection gets lost for about a minute or two until it gets up again. Looking at the mailing list, there're some people having similar problems. But didn't find a solution to this - so I post myself. If someone is interested in my dmesg, please give me a short note. Regards, Veit