Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 8724] New: Unaligned acess in udp_recvmsg() on EV56

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Sun,  8 Jul 2007 14:30:17 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8724
> 
>            Summary: Unaligned acess in udp_recvmsg() on EV56
>            Product: Platform Specific/Hardware
>            Version: 2.5
>      KernelVersion: 2.6.22-rc7-git7
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Alpha
>         AssignedTo: rth@twiddle.net
>         ReportedBy: jailbird@alcatraz.fdf.net
> 
> 
> Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: Occurs in all 2.6.2[12] at
> least
> Distribution: Debian testing/lenny
> Hardware Environment: Digital PWS 433au (EV56)
> Software Environment:
> Linux utopia 2.6.22-rc7-git7 #1 Thu Jul 8 10:34:17 CDT 2027 alpha GNU/Linux
> 
> Gnu C                  4.2.1
> Gnu make               3.81
> binutils               (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.17.50.20070426
> util-linux             2.12r
> mount                  2.12r
> module-init-tools      3.3-pre11
> e2fsprogs              1.40-WIP
> xfsprogs               2.8.18
> Linux C Library        > libc.2.5
> Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.5
> Procps                 3.2.7
> Net-tools              1.60
> Kbd                    85:
> Sh-utils               5.97
> udev                   105
> Modules Loaded         ipt_TOS xt_multiport xt_tcpudp xt_state ip6table_mangle
> ip6table_filter ip6_tables ipv6 iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4
> nf_conntrack iptable_mangle iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables dm_mod serio_raw
> mxser_new ide_generic via_rhine mii generic ide_core tulip bitrev crc32 sg
> sr_mod cdrom raid1 md_mod loop
> 
> Problem Description:
> kernel unaligned acc    : 2248 (pc=fffffc0000583de4,va=fffffc00071c382a)
> 
> fffffc0000583bc0 T udp_recvmsg
> fffffc0000583ed0 T udp_destroy_sock
> 
> kernel unaligned acc    : 1231 (pc=fffffc0000585190,va=fffffc000795e02e)
> 
> fffffc0000585120 T __udp4_lib_rcv
> fffffc0000585bf0 T udp_rcv
> 
> This problem does NOT seem to affect my Tsunami/Shark (EV68AL) box running the
> same kernel version on the same LAN.  Not sure if it's CPU generation related
> (EV5 vs EV6), or if it's the NIC (via_rhine on the EV5 vs e100 on the EV6).
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> According to tshark, the only UDP packets are DHCP packets:
> 
> 1815064200.131003   10.5.128.1 -> 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Offer    -
> Transaction ID 0x27c6
> 
> 

That output isn't terribly illuminating.  We'd need to work out
which code corresponds with pc=fffffc0000583de4 and
pc=fffffc0000585190.

I don't think there's necessarily a bug here: that's just the kernel
telling us that there are unaligned accesses which got successfully
fixed up, so we're being perhaps a bit inefficient.  Yes?