Re: [Xen-devel] Broadcom BCM5709 (bnx2) on Dell PowerEdge R610, Issues

[Joshua West <jwest@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Guru,

Awesome, thanks for the tip.

I'll test out disabling cstates in the BIOS as I don't believe Xen 3.4.x 
lets you set max_cstate as an argument to xen.gz in grub.conf.
The patch in the changeset you mention applies to Xen 3.4.3 code.  Do 
you have an experience with that patch functioning/helping/working with 
Xen 3.4.x?  And if so, do you think it will end up as part of Xen 3.4.4 
(if that ever gets tagged/released)?  Assuming disabling cstates in the 
BIOS alleviates my problem, I'll probably give that patch a whirl with 
cstates enabled and see if the issue comes back.  Just wondering if 
anybody else has used that patch with Xen 3.4.3 and found success.
Thanks.

On 03/18/11 11:53, Guru Anbalagane wrote:
> This is likely related xen losing interrupts while certain cpus goes 
> to c6 state.
> The below patch addresses an issue around this.
> http://xenbits.xen.org/hg/xen-unstable.hg/rev/1087f9a03ab6
> Easy workaround would be to turn off cstates in BIOS or limit cstate 
> in xen.
> Hope this helps.
> Thanks
> Guru
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:39:07 -0400
> > From: Joshua West<jwest@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [Xen-devel] Broadcom BCM5709 (bnx2) on Dell PowerEdge R610
> >     Issues
> > To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Message-ID:<4D837C9B.6030107@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > Unfortunately, ever since we went live with Xen on Dell PowerEdge
> > R610's, we've been having some odd and aggravating issues.  The NIC's
> > tend to drop out when under heavy traffic after 1-7 days of uptime
> > (random, difficult to reproduce).  But before I get into the issue's
> > specifics, here's some information about our setup:
> >
> >     * Dell PowerEdge R610's w/ 4 Onboard Broadcom BCM5709 1-GbE NIC's.
> >     * RHEL 5.6.
> >     * Xen 3.4.3 (from xen.org; our own compile)
> >     * Kernel 2.6.18.18 
> > (http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg)
> > checkout 1073.
> >     * bnx2 driver 2.0.18c from Broadcom's netxtreme2-6.0.53 package.
> >       * bnx2 that ships with 2.6.18.8 doesn't support BCM5709's.
> >       * Had to use driver package from broadcom.com in order to get
> > networking.
> >     * NIC bonding in pairs (eth0 + eth1, etc), with options "mode=4
> > lacp_rate=fast miimon=100 use_carrier=1".
> >
> > What occurs is suddenly one of the NIC's in the bond stops responding.
> > Gets stuck on transmitting from what I understand.  Kernel logs show the
> > following, which includes extra debug information as the developers from
> > Broadcom (Michael Chan and Benjamin Li) were assisting in
> > troubleshooting and gave me a version of bnx2 2.0.18c to run, that
> > prints out extra debug information upon NIC crash:
> >
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit
> > timed out
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2:<--- start FTQ dump on eth0 
> > --->
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_RV2P_PFTQ_CTL 10000
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_RV2P_TFTQ_CTL 20000
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_RV2P_MFTQ_CTL 4000
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_TBDR_FTQ_CTL 4002
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_TDMA_FTQ_CTL 10002
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_TXP_FTQ_CTL 10002
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_TPAT_FTQ_CTL 10000
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_RXP_CFTQ_CTL 8000
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_RXP_FTQ_CTL 100000
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_COM_COMXQ_FTQ_CTL
> > 10000
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_COM_COMTQ_FTQ_CTL
> > 20000
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_COM_COMQ_FTQ_CTL 
> > 10000
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: BNX2_CP_CPQ_FTQ_CTL 4000
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: TXP mode b84c state
> > 80001000 evt_mask 500 pc 8001284 pc 8001284 instr 1440fffc
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: TPAT mode b84c state
> > 80001000 evt_mask 500 pc 8000a50 pc 8000a4c instr 38420001
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: RXP mode b84c state
> > 80001000 evt_mask 500 pc 8004ad0 pc 8004adc instr 14e0005d
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: COM mode b8cc state
> > 80008000 evt_mask 500 pc 8000a98 pc 8000a8c instr 8821
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0: CP mode b8cc state
> > 80000000 evt_mask 500 pc 8000c7c pc 8000928 instr 8ce800e8
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2:<--- end FTQ dump on eth0 --->
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0 DEBUG: intr_sem[0]
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0 DEBUG: intr_sem[0]
> > PCI_CMD[00100406]
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0 DEBUG: PCI_PM[19002008]
> > PCI_MISC_CFG[92000088]
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0 DEBUG:
> > EMAC_TX_STATUS[00000008] EMAC_RX_STATUS[00000000]
> > Mar 18 01:40:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0 
> > RPM_MGMT_PKT_CTRL[40000088]
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0 DEBUG:
> > MCP_STATE_P0[0003610e] MCP_STATE_P1[0003610e]
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0 DEBUG:
> > HC_STATS_INTERRUPT_STATUS[01fe0001]
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: Ring state for ring 0 napi state 12
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: netdev state 7
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: hw status idx 3267 last status idx
> > 307c irq jiffies 100759890
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: hw tx cons a669 hw rx cons 103c
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: sw tx cons a57c a57c prod a669
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: sw rx cons f3c prod 103c
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: Current jiffies 1008f4741 HZ fa tx
> > 1008f41e2 poll 100759890
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: tx stop jiffies 1008f41e2 tx start
> > jiffies 0
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: irq_event c68c36 napi_event c68c37
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: Ring state for ring 0 napi state 12
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: netdev state 77
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: hw status idx 3267 last status idx
> > 307c irq jiffies 100759890
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: hw tx cons a669 hw rx cons 103c
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: sw tx cons a57c a57c prod a669
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: sw rx cons f3c prod 103c
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: Current jiffies 1008f4741 HZ fa tx
> > 1008f41e2 poll 100759890
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: tx stop jiffies 1008f41e2 tx start
> > jiffies 0
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: irq_event c68c36 napi_event c68c37
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth0 NIC Copper Link is Down
> > Mar 18 01:40:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bonding: bond0: link status
> > definitely down for interface eth0, disabling it
> >
> > This was then followed rather quickly by a failure with the second NIC
> > (eth1) in the bond:
> >
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit
> > timed out
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2:<--- start FTQ dump on eth1 
> > --->
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_RV2P_PFTQ_CTL 10000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_RV2P_TFTQ_CTL 20000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_RV2P_MFTQ_CTL 4000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_TBDR_FTQ_CTL 4002
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_TDMA_FTQ_CTL 10000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_TXP_FTQ_CTL 10002
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_TPAT_FTQ_CTL 10000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_RXP_CFTQ_CTL 8000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_RXP_FTQ_CTL 100000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_COM_COMXQ_FTQ_CTL
> > 10000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_COM_COMTQ_FTQ_CTL
> > 20000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_COM_COMQ_FTQ_CTL 
> > 10000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: BNX2_CP_CPQ_FTQ_CTL 4000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: TXP mode b84c state
> > 80005000 evt_mask 500 pc 8001294 pc 8001284 instr 38640001
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: TPAT mode b84c state
> > 80001000 evt_mask 500 pc 8000a58 pc 8000a5c instr 8f820014
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: RXP mode b84c state
> > 80001000 evt_mask 500 pc 8004ad0 pc 8004adc instr 14e0005d
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: COM mode b8cc state
> > 80000000 evt_mask 500 pc 8000a9c pc 8000a94 instr 3c028000
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1: CP mode b8cc state
> > 80008000 evt_mask 500 pc 8000c58 pc 8000c6c instr 27bdffe8
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2:<--- end FTQ dump on eth1 --->
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1 DEBUG: intr_sem[0]
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1 DEBUG: intr_sem[0]
> > PCI_CMD[00100406]
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1 DEBUG: PCI_PM[19002008]
> > PCI_MISC_CFG[92000088]
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1 DEBUG:
> > EMAC_TX_STATUS[00000008] EMAC_RX_STATUS[00000000]
> > Mar 18 01:42:26 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1 
> > RPM_MGMT_PKT_CTRL[40000088]
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1 DEBUG:
> > MCP_STATE_P0[0003610e] MCP_STATE_P1[0003610e]
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1 DEBUG:
> > HC_STATS_INTERRUPT_STATUS[01fe0001]
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: Ring state for ring 0 napi state 12
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: netdev state 7
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: hw status idx 2bb0 last status idx
> > 29c4 irq jiffies 100759898
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: hw tx cons e421 hw rx cons a8ce
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: sw tx cons e334 e334 prod e421
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: sw rx cons a7ce prod a8ce
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: Current jiffies 1008fbc71 HZ fa tx
> > 1008fb744 poll 100759898
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: tx stop jiffies 1008fb744 tx start
> > jiffies 100239dfd
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: irq_event ab2e13 napi_event ab2e14
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: Ring state for ring 0 napi state 12
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: netdev state 77
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: hw status idx 2bb0 last status idx
> > 29c4 irq jiffies 100759898
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: hw tx cons e421 hw rx cons a8ce
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: sw tx cons e334 e334 prod e421
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: sw rx cons a7ce prod a8ce
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: Current jiffies 1008fbc72 HZ fa tx
> > 1008fb744 poll 100759898
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: tx stop jiffies 1008fb744 tx start
> > jiffies 100239dfd
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: irq_event ab2e13 napi_event ab2e14
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Down
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bonding: bond0: link status
> > definitely down for interface eth1, disabling it
> > Mar 18 01:42:27 xen-san-gb1 kernel: bonding: bond0: Warning: No 802.3ad
> > response from the link partner for any adapters in the bond
> >
> > Onto more technical details...
> >
> > The kernel we were running (2.6.18.8 from xenbits) was compiled without
> > support for MSI/MSI-X originally.  So, we were experiencing these
> > problems with plain standard IRQ's.  Michael Chan @ Broadcom, the author
> > of bnx2 if you modinfo, has told me via email:
> >
> >     * "The logs show that we haven't had an interrupt for a very long
> > time. It's not clear how that interrupt was lost."
> >     * "So far the logs don't show any inconsistent state in the hardware
> > or software. It is possible that the Xen kernel is missing an interrupt
> > and not delivering to the driver. Normally, in INTA mode, the IRQ is
> > level triggered and should remain asserted until it is seen by the
> > driver and de-asserted by the driver."
> >
> > But, just in case, I compiled 2.6.18.8 with support for MSI/MSI-X and
> > was able to confirm (via dmesg and lspci -vv) that the NIC's began to
> > use MSI for interrupts.  Unfortunately, the NIC crash happened anyways
> > (the above kernel logs is actually from when running with MSI).
> >
> > Here's whats really bugging me.  We have a Dell PowerEdge R610, running
> > Xen along with the bnx2 drivers from Broadcom, thats been online for
> > ~220 days.  Without a failure.  The only difference is the system is not
> > making use of bonding.  It has just one NIC connected to the network
> > with no VLAN's trunked down etc.
> >
> > It looks like I'm not alone out there, as there's a Red Hat bugzilla
> > report for this issue:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520888
> >
> > ^^ The above has an indication of *Status
> > <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/page.cgi?id=fields.html#status>*: CLOSED
> > DUPLICATE of bug 511368
> > <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511368>  , but looks like I
> > don't have access to view 511368. Grrr.
> >
> > Anyways...
> >
> > 1) Has anybody else experienced this issue?
> > 2) Any developers care to comment on possible causes of this problem?
> > 3) Anybody know of a solution?
> > 4) What can I do to troubleshoot further, and get developers necessary
> > information?
> >
> > Lastly...
> >
> > 5) Is anybody running Intel NIC's within Dell PowerEdge R610's, using
> > bonding + Xen 3.4.3 + 2.6.18.8, and can safely report success?  I may
> > switch to Intel...
> >
> > Thanks!
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Joshua West
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