RE: 2.6.5 Does Not Handle Jumbo Frames w/Intel GigE NIC - Page Allocation Failures

From: Venkatesan, Ganesh
Date: Wed Jun 30 2004 - 12:32:18 EST


Justin:

Could you also send me your kernel configuration
(/usr/src/linux-2.6.7/.config) file?

Thanks,
ganesh

-------------------------------------------------
Ganesh Venkatesan
Network/Storage Division, Hillsboro, OR

-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 1:57 AM
To: Venkatesan, Ganesh
Cc: Piszcz, Justin Michael; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: 2.6.5 Does Not Handle Jumbo Frames w/Intel GigE NIC - Page
Allocation Failures

Also under 2.6.7 on the other box now (did not do it w/2.4)

When I try to copy a file, I get page allocation failures all over the
place:

printk: 11 messages suppressed.
bzip2: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
[<c0137a8b>] __alloc_pages+0x2eb/0x300
[<c0137ab8>] __get_free_pages+0x18/0x40
[<c013b27f>] kmem_getpages+0x1f/0xc0
[<c013be7a>] cache_grow+0xba/0x250
[<c013c1db>] cache_alloc_refill+0x1cb/0x210
[<c037f140>] ip_rcv_finish+0x0/0x260
[<c013c741>] __kmalloc+0x71/0x80
[<c0366633>] alloc_skb+0x53/0x100
[<c02fc495>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x65/0x100
[<c02fc157>] e1000_clean_rx_irq+0x197/0x470
[<c037f02e>] ip_rcv+0x37e/0x490
[<c02fbd3d>] e1000_clean+0x4d/0xf0
[<c036b9da>] net_rx_action+0x6a/0xf0
[<c011dbb1>] __do_softirq+0x41/0x90
[<c011dc27>] do_softirq+0x27/0x30
[<c01084dd>] do_IRQ+0x10d/0x130
[<c0106658>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20

printk: 1542 messages suppressed.
bzip2: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
[<c0137a8b>] __alloc_pages+0x2eb/0x300
[<c0137ab8>] __get_free_pages+0x18/0x40
[<c013b27f>] kmem_getpages+0x1f/0xc0
[<c013be7a>] cache_grow+0xba/0x250
[<c013c1db>] cache_alloc_refill+0x1cb/0x210
[<c0106658>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
[<c013c741>] __kmalloc+0x71/0x80
[<c0366633>] alloc_skb+0x53/0x100
[<c02fc495>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x65/0x100
[<c02fc157>] e1000_clean_rx_irq+0x197/0x470
[<c02fbd3d>] e1000_clean+0x4d/0xf0
[<c036b9da>] net_rx_action+0x6a/0xf0
[<c011dbb1>] __do_softirq+0x41/0x90
[<c011dc27>] do_softirq+0x27/0x30
[<c01084dd>] do_IRQ+0x10d/0x130
[<c0106658>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20

printk: 757 messages suppressed.
bzip2: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
[<c0137a8b>] __alloc_pages+0x2eb/0x300
[<c0137ab8>] __get_free_pages+0x18/0x40
[<c013b27f>] kmem_getpages+0x1f/0xc0
[<c013be7a>] cache_grow+0xba/0x250
[<c013c1db>] cache_alloc_refill+0x1cb/0x210
[<c037f140>] ip_rcv_finish+0x0/0x260
[<c013c741>] __kmalloc+0x71/0x80
[<c0366633>] alloc_skb+0x53/0x100
[<c02fc495>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x65/0x100
[<c02fc157>] e1000_clean_rx_irq+0x197/0x470
[<c037f02e>] ip_rcv+0x37e/0x490
[<c02fbd3d>] e1000_clean+0x4d/0xf0
[<c036b9da>] net_rx_action+0x6a/0xf0
[<c011dbb1>] __do_softirq+0x41/0x90
[<c011dc27>] do_softirq+0x27/0x30
[<c01084dd>] do_IRQ+0x10d/0x130
[<c0106658>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20

printk: 584 messages suppressed.
lftp: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
[<c0137a8b>] __alloc_pages+0x2eb/0x300
[<c0137ab8>] __get_free_pages+0x18/0x40
[<c013b27f>] kmem_getpages+0x1f/0xc0
[<c013be7a>] cache_grow+0xba/0x250
[<c013c1db>] cache_alloc_refill+0x1cb/0x210
[<c037f140>] ip_rcv_finish+0x0/0x260
[<c013c741>] __kmalloc+0x71/0x80
[<c0366633>] alloc_skb+0x53/0x100
[<c02fc495>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x65/0x100
[<c02fc157>] e1000_clean_rx_irq+0x197/0x470
[<c0116a20>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
[<c02fbd3d>] e1000_clean+0x4d/0xf0
[<c036b9da>] net_rx_action+0x6a/0xf0
[<c011dbb1>] __do_softirq+0x41/0x90
[<c011dc27>] do_softirq+0x27/0x30
[<c01084dd>] do_IRQ+0x10d/0x130
[<c0106658>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20




On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Venkatesan, Ganesh wrote:

> Could you send me details on your machine (processor, motherboard,
> memory size, etc.)?
>
> Thanks,
> ganesh
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Ganesh Venkatesan
> Network/Storage Division, Hillsboro, OR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Piszcz,
Justin
> Michael
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 5:03 AM
> To: Justin Piszcz; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: 2.6.5 Does Not Handle Jumbo Frames w/Intel GigE NIC -
Page
> Allocation Failures
>
> Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Justin Piszcz
> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 4:44 AM
> To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: 2.6.5 Does Not Handle Jumbo Frames w/Intel GigE NIC - Page
> Allocation Failures
>
> When I run: ifconfig eth0 mtu 9000
>
> Also, I tried to copy a file from 2.6.5 -> 2.4.26 (over NFS) and it
did
> not copy, although I saw my hard disk reading @ 35-40MB/s until it was
> "ready to copy?" but it never sent any packets over the network.
>
> On kernel: 2.4.26 I get no errors.
> On kernel: 2.6.5 I get a lot of errors, they are:
>
> Kernel 2.4.26 Intel Card:
>
> 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82541GI/PI Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller
> Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1113
> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop-
> ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
> Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>> TAbort-
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> Latency: 64 (63750ns min), cache line size 08
> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
> Region 0: Memory at ff040000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> [size=128K]
> Region 1: Memory at ff020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> [size=128K]
> Region 2: I/O ports at cc80 [size=64]
> Expansion ROM at f9000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
> PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
> Capabilities: [e4] PCI-X non-bridge device.
> Command: DPERE- ERO+ RBC=0 OST=0
> Status: Bus=0 Dev=0 Func=0 64bit- 133MHz- SCD- USC-,
> DC=simple, DMMRBC=0, DMOST=0, DMCRS=0, RSCEM- Capabilities: [f0]
> Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
> Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
>
> Kernel 2.6.5 Intel Card:
>
> 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82547EI Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (LOM)
> Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
> ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>> TAbort-
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> Latency: 0 (63750ns min), cache line size 08
> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
> Region 0: Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> [size=128K]
> Region 2: I/O ports at a000 [size=32]
> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
> PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
>
> $ dmesg
> ages+0x1b/0x31
> [<c01429b3>] cache_alloc_refill+0x308/0x62d
> [<c014265b>] __kmalloc+0x6a/0x6c
> [<c0303291>] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
> [<c027825d>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x55/0xf0
> [<c0279f1d>] e1000_clean+0x38a/0x7c0
> [<c011a906>] recalc_task_prio+0xdf/0x1c9
> [<c030843e>] net_rx_action+0x77/0xf9
> [<c0125536>] do_softirq+0x6e/0xcd
> [<c0108da1>] do_IRQ+0x19a/0x206
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c0104581>] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
> [<c01045aa>] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
> [<c010460e>] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
> [<c04726c9>] start_kernel+0x371/0x3fb
> [<c04721a3>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x18e
>
> printk: 53 messages suppressed.
> swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
> Call Trace:
> [<c01401b5>] __alloc_pages+0x30d/0x311
> [<c01401d4>] __get_free_pages+0x1b/0x31
> [<c01429b3>] cache_alloc_refill+0x308/0x62d
> [<c014265b>] __kmalloc+0x6a/0x6c
> [<c0303291>] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
> [<c027825d>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x55/0xf0
> [<c0279f1d>] e1000_clean+0x38a/0x7c0
> [<c030843e>] net_rx_action+0x77/0xf9
> [<c0125536>] do_softirq+0x6e/0xcd
> [<c0108da1>] do_IRQ+0x19a/0x206
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c0104581>] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
> [<c01045aa>] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
> [<c010460e>] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
> [<c04726c9>] start_kernel+0x371/0x3fb
> [<c04721a3>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x18e
>
> printk: 165 messages suppressed.
> swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
> Call Trace:
> [<c01401b5>] __alloc_pages+0x30d/0x311
> [<c01401d4>] __get_free_pages+0x1b/0x31
> [<c01429b3>] cache_alloc_refill+0x308/0x62d
> [<c014265b>] __kmalloc+0x6a/0x6c
> [<c0303291>] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
> [<c027825d>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x55/0xf0
> [<c0279f1d>] e1000_clean+0x38a/0x7c0
> [<c011a906>] recalc_task_prio+0xdf/0x1c9
> [<c030843e>] net_rx_action+0x77/0xf9
> [<c0125536>] do_softirq+0x6e/0xcd
> [<c0108da1>] do_IRQ+0x19a/0x206
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c0104581>] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
> [<c01045aa>] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
> [<c010460e>] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
> [<c04726c9>] start_kernel+0x371/0x3fb
> [<c04721a3>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x18e
>
> printk: 94 messages suppressed.
> swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
> Call Trace:
> [<c01401b5>] __alloc_pages+0x30d/0x311
> [<c01401d4>] __get_free_pages+0x1b/0x31
> [<c011c8c6>] __wake_up_common+0x38/0x57
> [<c01429b3>] cache_alloc_refill+0x308/0x62d
> [<c014265b>] __kmalloc+0x6a/0x6c
> [<c0303291>] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
> [<c027825d>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x55/0xf0
> [<c0279f1d>] e1000_clean+0x38a/0x7c0
> [<c02d5ed9>] atkbd_interrupt+0x365/0x569
> [<c030843e>] net_rx_action+0x77/0xf9
> [<c0125536>] do_softirq+0x6e/0xcd
> [<c0108da1>] do_IRQ+0x19a/0x206
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c0104581>] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
> [<c01045aa>] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
> [<c010460e>] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
> [<c04726c9>] start_kernel+0x371/0x3fb
> [<c04721a3>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x18e
>
> printk: 95 messages suppressed.
> swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
> Call Trace:
> [<c01401b5>] __alloc_pages+0x30d/0x311
> [<c01401d4>] __get_free_pages+0x1b/0x31
> [<c01429b3>] cache_alloc_refill+0x308/0x62d
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c014265b>] __kmalloc+0x6a/0x6c
> [<c0303291>] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
> [<c027825d>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x55/0xf0
> [<c0279f1d>] e1000_clean+0x38a/0x7c0
> [<f8e34b00>] nv_unlock_rm+0x45/0x46 [nvidia]
> [<c030843e>] net_rx_action+0x77/0xf9
> [<c0125536>] do_softirq+0x6e/0xcd
> [<c0108da1>] do_IRQ+0x19a/0x206
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c0104581>] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
> [<c01045aa>] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
> [<c010460e>] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
> [<c04726c9>] start_kernel+0x371/0x3fb
> [<c04721a3>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x18e
>
> printk: 68 messages suppressed.
> swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
> Call Trace:
> [<c01401b5>] __alloc_pages+0x30d/0x311
> [<c01401d4>] __get_free_pages+0x1b/0x31
> [<c01429b3>] cache_alloc_refill+0x308/0x62d
> [<c014265b>] __kmalloc+0x6a/0x6c
> [<c0303291>] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
> [<c027825d>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x55/0xf0
> [<c0279f1d>] e1000_clean+0x38a/0x7c0
> [<c030843e>] net_rx_action+0x77/0xf9
> [<c0125536>] do_softirq+0x6e/0xcd
> [<c0108da1>] do_IRQ+0x19a/0x206
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c0104581>] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
> [<c01045aa>] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
> [<c010460e>] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
> [<c04726c9>] start_kernel+0x371/0x3fb
> [<c04721a3>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x18e
>
> printk: 41 messages suppressed.
> swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
> Call Trace:
> [<c01401b5>] __alloc_pages+0x30d/0x311
> [<c01401d4>] __get_free_pages+0x1b/0x31
> [<c01429b3>] cache_alloc_refill+0x308/0x62d
> [<c014265b>] __kmalloc+0x6a/0x6c
> [<c0303291>] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
> [<c027825d>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x55/0xf0
> [<c0279f1d>] e1000_clean+0x38a/0x7c0
> [<c030843e>] net_rx_action+0x77/0xf9
> [<c0125536>] do_softirq+0x6e/0xcd
> [<c0108da1>] do_IRQ+0x19a/0x206
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c0104581>] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
> [<c01045aa>] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
> [<c010460e>] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
> [<c04726c9>] start_kernel+0x371/0x3fb
> [<c04721a3>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x18e
>
> printk: 30 messages suppressed.
> swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
> Call Trace:
> [<c01401b5>] __alloc_pages+0x30d/0x311
> [<c01401d4>] __get_free_pages+0x1b/0x31
> [<c01429b3>] cache_alloc_refill+0x308/0x62d
> [<c014265b>] __kmalloc+0x6a/0x6c
> [<c0303291>] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
> [<c027825d>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x55/0xf0
> [<c0279f1d>] e1000_clean+0x38a/0x7c0
> [<c030843e>] net_rx_action+0x77/0xf9
> [<c0125536>] do_softirq+0x6e/0xcd
> [<c0108da1>] do_IRQ+0x19a/0x206
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c0104581>] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
> [<c01045aa>] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
> [<c010460e>] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
> [<c04726c9>] start_kernel+0x371/0x3fb
> [<c04721a3>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x18e
>
> printk: 46 messages suppressed.
> swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
> Call Trace:
> [<c01401b5>] __alloc_pages+0x30d/0x311
> [<c01401d4>] __get_free_pages+0x1b/0x31
> [<c01429b3>] cache_alloc_refill+0x308/0x62d
> [<c014265b>] __kmalloc+0x6a/0x6c
> [<c0303291>] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
> [<c027825d>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x55/0xf0
> [<c0279f1d>] e1000_clean+0x38a/0x7c0
> [<c011a906>] recalc_task_prio+0xdf/0x1c9
> [<c030843e>] net_rx_action+0x77/0xf9
> [<c0125536>] do_softirq+0x6e/0xcd
> [<c0108da1>] do_IRQ+0x19a/0x206
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c0104581>] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
> [<c01045aa>] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
> [<c010460e>] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
> [<c04726c9>] start_kernel+0x371/0x3fb
> [<c04721a3>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x18e
>
> printk: 33 messages suppressed.
> swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
> Call Trace:
> [<c01401b5>] __alloc_pages+0x30d/0x311
> [<c01401d4>] __get_free_pages+0x1b/0x31
> [<c011c8c6>] __wake_up_common+0x38/0x57
> [<c01429b3>] cache_alloc_refill+0x308/0x62d
> [<c014265b>] __kmalloc+0x6a/0x6c
> [<c0303291>] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
> [<c027825d>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x55/0xf0
> [<c0279f1d>] e1000_clean+0x38a/0x7c0
> [<c02d5ed9>] atkbd_interrupt+0x365/0x569
> [<c030843e>] net_rx_action+0x77/0xf9
> [<c0125536>] do_softirq+0x6e/0xcd
> [<c0108da1>] do_IRQ+0x19a/0x206
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c0104581>] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
> [<c01045aa>] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
> [<c010460e>] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
> [<c04726c9>] start_kernel+0x371/0x3fb
> [<c04721a3>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x18e
>
> printk: 136 messages suppressed.
> swapper: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x20
> Call Trace:
> [<c01401b5>] __alloc_pages+0x30d/0x311
> [<c01401d4>] __get_free_pages+0x1b/0x31
> [<c011c8c6>] __wake_up_common+0x38/0x57
> [<c01429b3>] cache_alloc_refill+0x308/0x62d
> [<c014265b>] __kmalloc+0x6a/0x6c
> [<c0303291>] alloc_skb+0x53/0xfc
> [<c027825d>] e1000_alloc_rx_buffers+0x55/0xf0
> [<c0279f1d>] e1000_clean+0x38a/0x7c0
> [<c02d5ed9>] atkbd_interrupt+0x365/0x569
> [<c02d9cb1>] serio_interrupt+0x7c/0xaf
> [<c030843e>] net_rx_action+0x77/0xf9
> [<c0125536>] do_softirq+0x6e/0xcd
> [<c0108da1>] do_IRQ+0x19a/0x206
> [<c01070b8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
> [<c0104581>] default_idle+0x0/0x2c
> [<c01045aa>] default_idle+0x29/0x2c
> [<c010460e>] cpu_idle+0x2e/0x3c
> [<c04726c9>] start_kernel+0x371/0x3fb
> [<c04721a3>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x18e
>
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