Bug 47271 - Kernel 3.5.3-1 makes 8139cp useless
Summary: Kernel 3.5.3-1 makes 8139cp useless
Status: RESOLVED CODE_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Network (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 high
Assignee: Francois Romieu
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2012-09-09 10:24 UTC by scar
Modified: 2012-12-29 23:52 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

See Also:
Kernel Version: 3.5.3
Subsystem:
Regression: No
Bisected commit-id:

Attachments
8139cp patches from b189e810619a676e6b931a942a3e8387f3d39c21 to v3.5.1 (2.99 KB, application/gzip)
2012-09-15 13:04 UTC, Francois Romieu 		Details
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Description scar 2012-09-09 10:24:00 UTC 
Hello there. Since the latest kernel upgrade my arch box with three identical realtek 8139 NICs is useless.
Driver in use is 8139cp.
No TCP, UDP, ICMP traffic works on any of the interfaces to any hosts other than the box itself.
There are no errors in the logs.

The kernel in question is from the linux-3.5.3-1 package.
Manually downgrading to the previous (linux-3.4.8-1) package solves the problem.

Steps to reproduce:

Installing the package linux-3.5.3-1
Generating any type of traffic on the realtek 8139 card.

I know, this should be maybe upstream, but the bugzilla at kernel.org is officially supported only for kernel 2.6...
Comment 1 Alan 2012-09-09 18:27:15 UTC 
This is the right place to report it I suspect.

Can you attach a dmesg and lspci -vvxxx (as root) for both cases (working, 3.4  and after failing 3.5)
Comment 2 scar 2012-09-10 18:13:36 UTC 
Not really.. Sorry, but this is a production router, so I cannot reproduce it as I want. Here is the current (3.4) lspci -vvxxx:

00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: I/O ports at f600 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at fdfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Kernel driver in use: 8139cp
00: ec 10 39 81 17 00 90 02 20 00 00 02 10 20 00 00
10: 01 f6 00 00 00 f0 ff fd 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 10 39 81
30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 20 40
40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 01 00 c2 f7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
        Region 0: I/O ports at f400 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at fdffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Kernel driver in use: 8139cp
00: ec 10 39 81 17 00 90 02 20 00 00 02 10 20 00 00
10: 01 f4 00 00 00 e0 ff fd 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 10 39 81
30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 20 40
40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 01 00 c2 f7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
        Region 0: I/O ports at f800 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at fdffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Kernel driver in use: 8139cp
00: ec 10 39 81 17 00 90 02 20 00 00 02 10 20 00 00
10: 01 f8 00 00 00 d0 ff fd 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 10 39 81
30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 20 40
40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 01 00 c2 f7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

and
Comment 3 Francois Romieu 2012-09-15 13:04:04 UTC 
Created attachment 80221 [details]
8139cp patches from b189e810619a676e6b931a942a3e8387f3d39c21 to v3.5.1
Comment 4 Francois Romieu 2012-09-15 13:19:24 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Not really.. Sorry, but this is a production router, so I cannot reproduce it
> as I want. Here is the current (3.4) lspci -vvxxx:

You will share a common 8139cp base with a working 3.4 if you revert #4, #3
and #1 from https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=80221
in your 3.5 tree.

It will help a lot if you can plan a test for it.

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Ueimor
Comment 5 scar 2012-11-16 17:20:53 UTC 
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31467?project=1&opened=10127

See this, please. I still cannot reproduce it.
Comment 6 scar 2012-11-17 10:54:59 UTC 
OK, stopped the damn thing... here is what I get with kernels above 3.4:

lspci -vvxxx:

00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 20)
	Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	Region 0: I/O ports at f600 [size=256]
	Region 1: Memory at fdfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
	Kernel driver in use: 8139cp
00: ec 10 39 81 17 00 90 02 20 00 00 02 10 20 00 00
10: 01 f6 00 00 00 f0 ff fd 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 10 39 81
30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 20 40
40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 01 00 c2 f7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 20)
	Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
	Region 0: I/O ports at f400 [size=256]
	Region 1: Memory at fdffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
	Kernel driver in use: 8139cp
00: ec 10 39 81 17 00 90 02 20 00 00 02 10 20 00 00
10: 01 f4 00 00 00 e0 ff fd 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 10 39 81
30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 20 40
40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 01 00 c2 f7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 20)
	Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
	Region 0: I/O ports at f800 [size=256]
	Region 1: Memory at fdffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
	Kernel driver in use: 8139cp
00: ec 10 39 81 17 00 90 02 20 00 00 02 10 20 00 00
10: 01 f8 00 00 00 d0 ff fd 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 10 39 81
30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 20 40
40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 01 00 c2 f7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Comment 7 scar 2012-11-24 09:50:05 UTC 
please, do something...

here is the bug by others too:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851278
Comment 8 Francois Romieu 2012-11-24 19:50:41 UTC 
(In reply to comment #7)
> please, do something...

It's fixed in Linus's tree as of commit b26623dab7eeb1e9f5898c7a49458789dd492f20

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Ueimor
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