Re: 3.5.0+ - Linus GIT - WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()

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Re: 3.5.0+ - Linus GIT - WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()

From: Eric Dumazet <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-07 06:39:25

On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 02:16 -0400, Miles Lane wrote:
WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()
Hardware name: UL50VT
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (atl1c): transmit queue 0 timed out
Modules linked in: hfsplus hfs vfat msdos fat snd_hrtimer ipv6
snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep
snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy snd_mixer_oss uvcvideo videobuf2_core
snd_pcm videodev snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi media
snd_seq_midi_event acpi_cpufreq videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops
snd_seq iwlwifi snd_timer snd_seq_device asus_laptop mac80211
sparse_keymap snd cfg80211 coretemp soundcore psmouse snd_page_alloc
rtc_cmos mperf processor evdev rfkill battery led_class input_polldev
ac i915 nouveau sr_mod cdrom sd_mod ehci_hcd atl1c uhci_hcd intel_agp
ttm usbcore intel_gtt usb_common drm_kms_helper thermal video
thermal_sys hwmon button
Pid: 3025, comm: hud-service Not tainted 3.5.0-rc1+ #128
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8102d42f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7e/0x97
 [<ffffffff8102d4dc>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x43
 [<ffffffff81360f1c>] dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f
 [<ffffffff8103af44>] run_timer_softirq+0x20e/0x356
 [<ffffffff8103ae7e>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x148/0x356
 [<ffffffff81360e31>] ? netif_tx_unlock+0x57/0x57
 [<ffffffff810344f8>] __do_softirq+0x103/0x239
 [<ffffffff8107122a>] ? clockevents_program_event+0x9c/0xb9
 [<ffffffff8140a4cc>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
 [<ffffffff81003bb9>] do_softirq+0x37/0x82
 [<ffffffff81034888>] irq_exit+0x4c/0xb1
 [<ffffffff8101ba71>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x76/0x84
 [<ffffffff81409adc>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6c/0x80
 <EOI>  [<ffffffff81105161>] ? fget_raw_light+0x4c/0x7d
 [<ffffffff81105161>] ? fget_raw_light+0x4c/0x7d
 [<ffffffff8111153b>] sys_fcntl+0x23/0x53b
 [<ffffffff81004b68>] ? print_context_stack+0x44/0xb1
 [<ffffffff81408fe2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
---[ end trace c1f284d9c873031d ]---
CC netdev and Huang Xiong 

Atheros drivers are known to have buggy tx completion, its incredible...

You could try following patch, not a 'perfect' solution, but a fix.

Thanks
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
index 9cc1570..31224f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
@@ -1551,10 +1551,12 @@ static bool atl1c_clean_tx_irq(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
 		atomic_set(&tpd_ring->next_to_clean, next_to_clean);
 	}
 
+	spin_lock(&adapter->tx_lock);
 	if (netif_queue_stopped(adapter->netdev) &&
 			netif_carrier_ok(adapter->netdev)) {
 		netif_wake_queue(adapter->netdev);
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&adapter->tx_lock);
 
 	return true;
 }

Re: 3.5.0+ - Linus GIT - WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()

From: Eric Dumazet <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-07 07:14:30

On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 08:39 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 02:16 -0400, Miles Lane wrote:
quoted
WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()
Hardware name: UL50VT
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (atl1c): transmit queue 0 timed out
Modules linked in: hfsplus hfs vfat msdos fat snd_hrtimer ipv6
snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep
snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy snd_mixer_oss uvcvideo videobuf2_core
snd_pcm videodev snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi media
snd_seq_midi_event acpi_cpufreq videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops
snd_seq iwlwifi snd_timer snd_seq_device asus_laptop mac80211
sparse_keymap snd cfg80211 coretemp soundcore psmouse snd_page_alloc
rtc_cmos mperf processor evdev rfkill battery led_class input_polldev
ac i915 nouveau sr_mod cdrom sd_mod ehci_hcd atl1c uhci_hcd intel_agp
ttm usbcore intel_gtt usb_common drm_kms_helper thermal video
thermal_sys hwmon button
Pid: 3025, comm: hud-service Not tainted 3.5.0-rc1+ #128
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8102d42f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7e/0x97
 [<ffffffff8102d4dc>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x43
 [<ffffffff81360f1c>] dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f
 [<ffffffff8103af44>] run_timer_softirq+0x20e/0x356
 [<ffffffff8103ae7e>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x148/0x356
 [<ffffffff81360e31>] ? netif_tx_unlock+0x57/0x57
 [<ffffffff810344f8>] __do_softirq+0x103/0x239
 [<ffffffff8107122a>] ? clockevents_program_event+0x9c/0xb9
 [<ffffffff8140a4cc>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
 [<ffffffff81003bb9>] do_softirq+0x37/0x82
 [<ffffffff81034888>] irq_exit+0x4c/0xb1
 [<ffffffff8101ba71>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x76/0x84
 [<ffffffff81409adc>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6c/0x80
 <EOI>  [<ffffffff81105161>] ? fget_raw_light+0x4c/0x7d
 [<ffffffff81105161>] ? fget_raw_light+0x4c/0x7d
 [<ffffffff8111153b>] sys_fcntl+0x23/0x53b
 [<ffffffff81004b68>] ? print_context_stack+0x44/0xb1
 [<ffffffff81408fe2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
---[ end trace c1f284d9c873031d ]---
CC netdev and Huang Xiong 

Atheros drivers are known to have buggy tx completion, its incredible...

You could try following patch, not a 'perfect' solution, but a fix.
And if you feel lucky, you could try the following one as well, a step
into right direction :

 drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c |   86 ++++----------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
index 9cc1570..44940f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
@@ -1528,6 +1528,16 @@ static inline void atl1c_clear_phy_int(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter)
 	spin_unlock(&adapter->mdio_lock);
 }
 
+static inline u16 atl1c_tpd_avail(const struct atl1c_tpd_ring *tpd_ring)
+{
+	u16 next_to_use = tpd_ring->next_to_use;
+	u16 next_to_clean = atomic_read(&tpd_ring->next_to_clean);
+
+	return (u16)(next_to_clean > next_to_use) ?
+		(next_to_clean - next_to_use - 1) :
+		(tpd_ring->count + next_to_clean - next_to_use - 1);
+}
+
 static bool atl1c_clean_tx_irq(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
 				enum atl1c_trans_queue type)
 {
@@ -1551,10 +1561,14 @@ static bool atl1c_clean_tx_irq(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
 		atomic_set(&tpd_ring->next_to_clean, next_to_clean);
 	}
 
+	spin_lock(&adapter->tx_lock);
+
 	if (netif_queue_stopped(adapter->netdev) &&
-			netif_carrier_ok(adapter->netdev)) {
+	    netif_carrier_ok(adapter->netdev) &&
+	    atl1c_tpd_avail(tpd_ring) >= tpd_ring->count / 4)
 		netif_wake_queue(adapter->netdev);
-	}
+
+	spin_unlock(&adapter->tx_lock);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1856,20 +1870,6 @@ static void atl1c_netpoll(struct net_device *netdev)
 }
 #endif
 
-static inline u16 atl1c_tpd_avail(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter, enum atl1c_trans_queue type)
-{
-	struct atl1c_tpd_ring *tpd_ring = &adapter->tpd_ring[type];
-	u16 next_to_use = 0;
-	u16 next_to_clean = 0;
-
-	next_to_clean = atomic_read(&tpd_ring->next_to_clean);
-	next_to_use   = tpd_ring->next_to_use;
-
-	return (u16)(next_to_clean > next_to_use) ?
-		(next_to_clean - next_to_use - 1) :
-		(tpd_ring->count + next_to_clean - next_to_use - 1);
-}
-
 /*
  * get next usable tpd
  * Note: should call atl1c_tdp_avail to make sure
@@ -1899,24 +1899,6 @@ atl1c_get_tx_buffer(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter, struct atl1c_tpd_desc *tpd)
 			(struct atl1c_tpd_desc *)tpd_ring->desc];
 }
 
-/* Calculate the transmit packet descript needed*/
-static u16 atl1c_cal_tpd_req(const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	u16 tpd_req;
-	u16 proto_hdr_len = 0;
-
-	tpd_req = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags + 1;
-
-	if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
-		proto_hdr_len = skb_transport_offset(skb) + tcp_hdrlen(skb);
-		if (proto_hdr_len < skb_headlen(skb))
-			tpd_req++;
-		if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCPV6)
-			tpd_req++;
-	}
-	return tpd_req;
-}
-
 static int atl1c_tso_csum(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
 			  struct sk_buff *skb,
 			  struct atl1c_tpd_desc **tpd,
@@ -2099,10 +2081,10 @@ static void atl1c_tx_map(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
 	buffer_info->skb = skb;
 }
 
-static void atl1c_tx_queue(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter, struct sk_buff *skb,
-			   struct atl1c_tpd_desc *tpd, enum atl1c_trans_queue type)
+static void atl1c_tx_queue(const struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
+			   const struct atl1c_tpd_ring *tpd_ring,
+			   enum atl1c_trans_queue type)
 {
-	struct atl1c_tpd_ring *tpd_ring = &adapter->tpd_ring[type];
 	u16 reg;
 
 	reg = type == atl1c_trans_high ? REG_TPD_PRI1_PIDX : REG_TPD_PRI0_PIDX;
@@ -2113,35 +2095,19 @@ static netdev_tx_t atl1c_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					  struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct atl1c_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	unsigned long flags;
-	u16 tpd_req = 1;
 	struct atl1c_tpd_desc *tpd;
 	enum atl1c_trans_queue type = atl1c_trans_normal;
+	const struct atl1c_tpd_ring *tpd_ring = &adapter->tpd_ring[type];
 
 	if (test_bit(__AT_DOWN, &adapter->flags)) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
-	tpd_req = atl1c_cal_tpd_req(skb);
-	if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&adapter->tx_lock, flags)) {
-		if (netif_msg_pktdata(adapter))
-			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev, "tx locked\n");
-		return NETDEV_TX_LOCKED;
-	}
-
-	if (atl1c_tpd_avail(adapter, type) < tpd_req) {
-		/* no enough descriptor, just stop queue */
-		netif_stop_queue(netdev);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tx_lock, flags);
-		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
-	}
-
 	tpd = atl1c_get_tpd(adapter, type);
 
 	/* do TSO and check sum */
 	if (atl1c_tso_csum(adapter, skb, &tpd, type) != 0) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tx_lock, flags);
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
@@ -2160,9 +2126,17 @@ static netdev_tx_t atl1c_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		tpd->word1 |= 1 << TPD_ETH_TYPE_SHIFT; /* Ethernet frame */
 
 	atl1c_tx_map(adapter, skb, tpd, type);
-	atl1c_tx_queue(adapter, skb, tpd, type);
+	atl1c_tx_queue(adapter, tpd_ring, type);
+
+	if (atl1c_tpd_avail(tpd_ring) < MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 4) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->tx_lock, flags);
+		if (atl1c_tpd_avail(tpd_ring) < MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 4)
+			netif_stop_queue(netdev);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tx_lock, flags);
+	}
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tx_lock, flags);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 

Re: 3.5.0+ - Linus GIT - WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()

From: Miles Lane <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-08 15:50:22

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:14 AM, Eric Dumazet [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk
On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 08:39 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
quoted
On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 02:16 -0400, Miles Lane wrote:
quoted
WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()
Hardware name: UL50VT
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (atl1c): transmit queue 0 timed out
Modules linked in: hfsplus hfs vfat msdos fat snd_hrtimer ipv6
snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep
snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy snd_mixer_oss uvcvideo videobuf2_core
snd_pcm videodev snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi media
snd_seq_midi_event acpi_cpufreq videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops
snd_seq iwlwifi snd_timer snd_seq_device asus_laptop mac80211
sparse_keymap snd cfg80211 coretemp soundcore psmouse snd_page_alloc
rtc_cmos mperf processor evdev rfkill battery led_class input_polldev
ac i915 nouveau sr_mod cdrom sd_mod ehci_hcd atl1c uhci_hcd intel_agp
ttm usbcore intel_gtt usb_common drm_kms_helper thermal video
thermal_sys hwmon button
Pid: 3025, comm: hud-service Not tainted 3.5.0-rc1+ #128
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8102d42f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7e/0x97
 [<ffffffff8102d4dc>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x43
 [<ffffffff81360f1c>] dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f
 [<ffffffff8103af44>] run_timer_softirq+0x20e/0x356
 [<ffffffff8103ae7e>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x148/0x356
 [<ffffffff81360e31>] ? netif_tx_unlock+0x57/0x57
 [<ffffffff810344f8>] __do_softirq+0x103/0x239
 [<ffffffff8107122a>] ? clockevents_program_event+0x9c/0xb9
 [<ffffffff8140a4cc>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
 [<ffffffff81003bb9>] do_softirq+0x37/0x82
 [<ffffffff81034888>] irq_exit+0x4c/0xb1
 [<ffffffff8101ba71>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x76/0x84
 [<ffffffff81409adc>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6c/0x80
 <EOI>  [<ffffffff81105161>] ? fget_raw_light+0x4c/0x7d
 [<ffffffff81105161>] ? fget_raw_light+0x4c/0x7d
 [<ffffffff8111153b>] sys_fcntl+0x23/0x53b
 [<ffffffff81004b68>] ? print_context_stack+0x44/0xb1
 [<ffffffff81408fe2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
---[ end trace c1f284d9c873031d ]---
CC netdev and Huang Xiong

Atheros drivers are known to have buggy tx completion, its incredible...

You could try following patch, not a 'perfect' solution, but a fix.
And if you feel lucky, you could try the following one as well, a step
into right direction :

 drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c |   86 ++++----------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
index 9cc1570..44940f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
@@ -1528,6 +1528,16 @@ static inline void atl1c_clear_phy_int(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter)
       spin_unlock(&adapter->mdio_lock);
 }

+static inline u16 atl1c_tpd_avail(const struct atl1c_tpd_ring *tpd_ring)
+{
+       u16 next_to_use = tpd_ring->next_to_use;
+       u16 next_to_clean = atomic_read(&tpd_ring->next_to_clean);
+
+       return (u16)(next_to_clean > next_to_use) ?
+               (next_to_clean - next_to_use - 1) :
+               (tpd_ring->count + next_to_clean - next_to_use - 1);
+}
+
 static bool atl1c_clean_tx_irq(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
                               enum atl1c_trans_queue type)
 {
@@ -1551,10 +1561,14 @@ static bool atl1c_clean_tx_irq(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
               atomic_set(&tpd_ring->next_to_clean, next_to_clean);
       }

+       spin_lock(&adapter->tx_lock);
+
       if (netif_queue_stopped(adapter->netdev) &&
-                       netif_carrier_ok(adapter->netdev)) {
+           netif_carrier_ok(adapter->netdev) &&
+           atl1c_tpd_avail(tpd_ring) >= tpd_ring->count / 4)
               netif_wake_queue(adapter->netdev);
-       }
+
+       spin_unlock(&adapter->tx_lock);

       return true;
 }
@@ -1856,20 +1870,6 @@ static void atl1c_netpoll(struct net_device *netdev)
 }
 #endif

-static inline u16 atl1c_tpd_avail(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter, enum atl1c_trans_queue type)
-{
-       struct atl1c_tpd_ring *tpd_ring = &adapter->tpd_ring[type];
-       u16 next_to_use = 0;
-       u16 next_to_clean = 0;
-
-       next_to_clean = atomic_read(&tpd_ring->next_to_clean);
-       next_to_use   = tpd_ring->next_to_use;
-
-       return (u16)(next_to_clean > next_to_use) ?
-               (next_to_clean - next_to_use - 1) :
-               (tpd_ring->count + next_to_clean - next_to_use - 1);
-}
-
 /*
 * get next usable tpd
 * Note: should call atl1c_tdp_avail to make sure
@@ -1899,24 +1899,6 @@ atl1c_get_tx_buffer(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter, struct atl1c_tpd_desc *tpd)
                       (struct atl1c_tpd_desc *)tpd_ring->desc];
 }

-/* Calculate the transmit packet descript needed*/
-static u16 atl1c_cal_tpd_req(const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-       u16 tpd_req;
-       u16 proto_hdr_len = 0;
-
-       tpd_req = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags + 1;
-
-       if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
-               proto_hdr_len = skb_transport_offset(skb) + tcp_hdrlen(skb);
-               if (proto_hdr_len < skb_headlen(skb))
-                       tpd_req++;
-               if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCPV6)
-                       tpd_req++;
-       }
-       return tpd_req;
-}
-
 static int atl1c_tso_csum(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
                         struct sk_buff *skb,
                         struct atl1c_tpd_desc **tpd,
@@ -2099,10 +2081,10 @@ static void atl1c_tx_map(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
       buffer_info->skb = skb;
 }

-static void atl1c_tx_queue(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                          struct atl1c_tpd_desc *tpd, enum atl1c_trans_queue type)
+static void atl1c_tx_queue(const struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
+                          const struct atl1c_tpd_ring *tpd_ring,
+                          enum atl1c_trans_queue type)
 {
-       struct atl1c_tpd_ring *tpd_ring = &adapter->tpd_ring[type];
       u16 reg;

       reg = type == atl1c_trans_high ? REG_TPD_PRI1_PIDX : REG_TPD_PRI0_PIDX;
@@ -2113,35 +2095,19 @@ static netdev_tx_t atl1c_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
                                         struct net_device *netdev)
 {
       struct atl1c_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-       unsigned long flags;
-       u16 tpd_req = 1;
       struct atl1c_tpd_desc *tpd;
       enum atl1c_trans_queue type = atl1c_trans_normal;
+       const struct atl1c_tpd_ring *tpd_ring = &adapter->tpd_ring[type];

       if (test_bit(__AT_DOWN, &adapter->flags)) {
               dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
               return NETDEV_TX_OK;
       }

-       tpd_req = atl1c_cal_tpd_req(skb);
-       if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&adapter->tx_lock, flags)) {
-               if (netif_msg_pktdata(adapter))
-                       dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev, "tx locked\n");
-               return NETDEV_TX_LOCKED;
-       }
-
-       if (atl1c_tpd_avail(adapter, type) < tpd_req) {
-               /* no enough descriptor, just stop queue */
-               netif_stop_queue(netdev);
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tx_lock, flags);
-               return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
-       }
-
       tpd = atl1c_get_tpd(adapter, type);

       /* do TSO and check sum */
       if (atl1c_tso_csum(adapter, skb, &tpd, type) != 0) {
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tx_lock, flags);
               dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
               return NETDEV_TX_OK;
       }
@@ -2160,9 +2126,17 @@ static netdev_tx_t atl1c_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
               tpd->word1 |= 1 << TPD_ETH_TYPE_SHIFT; /* Ethernet frame */

       atl1c_tx_map(adapter, skb, tpd, type);
-       atl1c_tx_queue(adapter, skb, tpd, type);
+       atl1c_tx_queue(adapter, tpd_ring, type);
+
+       if (atl1c_tpd_avail(tpd_ring) < MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 4) {
+               unsigned long flags;
+
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->tx_lock, flags);
+               if (atl1c_tpd_avail(tpd_ring) < MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 4)
+                       netif_stop_queue(netdev);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tx_lock, flags);
+       }

-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tx_lock, flags);
       return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }

With this patch applied to Linus' GIT tree (updated last night), I get
this warning:

[  187.346706] WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()
[  187.346709] Hardware name: UL50VT
[  187.346712] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (atl1c): transmit queue 0 timed out
[  187.346825] Modules linked in: snd_hrtimer ipv6
snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep
snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss
snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi uvcvideo videobuf2_core videodev acpi_cpufreq
media snd_seq_midi_event iwlwifi videobuf2_vmalloc snd_seq mac80211
asus_laptop rtc_cmos cfg80211 videobuf2_memops sparse_keymap snd_timer
snd_seq_device mperf battery ac led_class psmouse snd input_polldev
coretemp processor soundcore snd_page_alloc rfkill evdev acpi_call(O)
i915 nouveau fbcon tileblit ttm font bitblit softcursor drm_kms_helper
intel_agp intel_gtt drm agpgart sd_mod sr_mod cdrom uhci_hcd fb fbdev
i2c_algo_bit ehci_hcd i2c_core cfbcopyarea atl1c usbcore mxm_wmi
cfbimgblt usb_common cfbfillrect thermal video backlight thermal_sys
hwmon wmi button
[  187.346832] Pid: 2899, comm: compiz Tainted: G           O 3.5.0-rc1+ #131
[  187.346834] Call Trace:
[  187.346843]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8102d42f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7e/0x97
[  187.346847]  [<ffffffff8102d4dc>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x43
[  187.346863]  [<ffffffff81302028>] dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f
[  187.346869]  [<ffffffff8103af44>] run_timer_softirq+0x20e/0x356
[  187.346873]  [<ffffffff8103ae7e>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x148/0x356
[  187.346878]  [<ffffffff81301f3d>] ? netif_tx_unlock+0x57/0x57
[  187.346883]  [<ffffffff810344f8>] __do_softirq+0x103/0x239
[  187.346889]  [<ffffffff8107123a>] ? clockevents_program_event+0x9c/0xb9
[  187.346894]  [<ffffffff813ab38c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
[  187.346899]  [<ffffffff81003bb9>] do_softirq+0x37/0x82
[  187.346903]  [<ffffffff81034888>] irq_exit+0x4c/0xb1
[  187.346909]  [<ffffffff8101ba71>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x76/0x84
[  187.346914]  [<ffffffff813aa99c>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6c/0x80
[  187.346921]  <EOI>  [<ffffffff813a9ec7>] ? sysret_check+0x1b/0x56
[  187.346925] ---[ end trace 954b24373ae625e3 ]---

Re: 3.5.0+ - Linus GIT - WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()

From: Miles Lane <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-08 16:26:23

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:39 AM, Eric Dumazet [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk
On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 02:16 -0400, Miles Lane wrote:
quoted
WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()
Hardware name: UL50VT
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (atl1c): transmit queue 0 timed out
Modules linked in: hfsplus hfs vfat msdos fat snd_hrtimer ipv6
snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep
snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy snd_mixer_oss uvcvideo videobuf2_core
snd_pcm videodev snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi media
snd_seq_midi_event acpi_cpufreq videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops
snd_seq iwlwifi snd_timer snd_seq_device asus_laptop mac80211
sparse_keymap snd cfg80211 coretemp soundcore psmouse snd_page_alloc
rtc_cmos mperf processor evdev rfkill battery led_class input_polldev
ac i915 nouveau sr_mod cdrom sd_mod ehci_hcd atl1c uhci_hcd intel_agp
ttm usbcore intel_gtt usb_common drm_kms_helper thermal video
thermal_sys hwmon button
Pid: 3025, comm: hud-service Not tainted 3.5.0-rc1+ #128
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8102d42f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7e/0x97
 [<ffffffff8102d4dc>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x43
 [<ffffffff81360f1c>] dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f
 [<ffffffff8103af44>] run_timer_softirq+0x20e/0x356
 [<ffffffff8103ae7e>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x148/0x356
 [<ffffffff81360e31>] ? netif_tx_unlock+0x57/0x57
 [<ffffffff810344f8>] __do_softirq+0x103/0x239
 [<ffffffff8107122a>] ? clockevents_program_event+0x9c/0xb9
 [<ffffffff8140a4cc>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
 [<ffffffff81003bb9>] do_softirq+0x37/0x82
 [<ffffffff81034888>] irq_exit+0x4c/0xb1
 [<ffffffff8101ba71>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x76/0x84
 [<ffffffff81409adc>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6c/0x80
 <EOI>  [<ffffffff81105161>] ? fget_raw_light+0x4c/0x7d
 [<ffffffff81105161>] ? fget_raw_light+0x4c/0x7d
 [<ffffffff8111153b>] sys_fcntl+0x23/0x53b
 [<ffffffff81004b68>] ? print_context_stack+0x44/0xb1
 [<ffffffff81408fe2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
---[ end trace c1f284d9c873031d ]---
CC netdev and Huang Xiong

Atheros drivers are known to have buggy tx completion, its incredible...

You could try following patch, not a 'perfect' solution, but a fix.

Thanks
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
index 9cc1570..31224f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
@@ -1551,10 +1551,12 @@ static bool atl1c_clean_tx_irq(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter,
               atomic_set(&tpd_ring->next_to_clean, next_to_clean);
       }

+       spin_lock(&adapter->tx_lock);
       if (netif_queue_stopped(adapter->netdev) &&
                       netif_carrier_ok(adapter->netdev)) {
               netif_wake_queue(adapter->netdev);
       }
+       spin_unlock(&adapter->tx_lock);

       return true;
 }


I tested this patch as well and got the following (identical to the
warning with the other patch you sent):

[  704.534177] atl1c 0000:04:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps
Full Duplex>
[  714.346649] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[  714.346670] WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()
[  714.346674] Hardware name: UL50VT
[  714.346679] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (atl1c): transmit queue 0 timed out
[  714.346854] Modules linked in: snd_hrtimer ipv6
snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep
snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss
snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event acpi_cpufreq snd_seq
iwlwifi uvcvideo snd_timer videobuf2_core snd_seq_device mac80211
videodev snd media videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops coretemp psmouse
cfg80211 soundcore snd_page_alloc rtc_cmos ac mperf battery processor
asus_laptop evdev sparse_keymap rfkill led_class input_polldev
acpi_call(O) i915 nouveau ttm fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor
drm_kms_helper drm fb fbdev intel_agp sr_mod cdrom ehci_hcd uhci_hcd
sd_mod cfbcopyarea i2c_algo_bit intel_gtt agpgart i2c_core mxm_wmi
atl1c usbcore cfbimgblt cfbfillrect usb_common thermal video backlight
thermal_sys hwmon wmi button
[  714.346864] Pid: 3230, comm: unity-panel-ser Tainted: G           O
3.5.0-rc1+ #132
[  714.346867] Call Trace:
[  714.346882]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8102d42f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7e/0x97
[  714.346890]  [<ffffffff8102d4dc>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x43
[  714.346914]  [<ffffffff81302028>] dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f
[  714.346923]  [<ffffffff8103af44>] run_timer_softirq+0x20e/0x356
[  714.346930]  [<ffffffff8103ae7e>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x148/0x356
[  714.346938]  [<ffffffff81301f3d>] ? netif_tx_unlock+0x57/0x57
[  714.346946]  [<ffffffff810344f8>] __do_softirq+0x103/0x239
[  714.346954]  [<ffffffff81071246>] ? clockevents_program_event+0x9c/0xb9
[  714.346964]  [<ffffffff813ab38c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
[  714.346971]  [<ffffffff81003bb9>] do_softirq+0x37/0x82
[  714.346977]  [<ffffffff81034888>] irq_exit+0x4c/0xb1
[  714.346987]  [<ffffffff8101ba71>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x76/0x84
[  714.346994]  [<ffffffff813aa99c>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6c/0x80
[  714.347006]  <EOI>  [<ffffffff813a9ec7>] ? sysret_check+0x1b/0x56
[  714.347011] ---[ end trace 8a2db16274f46b16 ]---

Re: 3.5.0+ - Linus GIT - WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xeb/0x15f()

From: Eric Dumazet <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-08 16:33:49

On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 12:26 -0400, Miles Lane wrote:
I tested this patch as well and got the following (identical to the
warning with the other patch you sent):
Is this card working on a previous kernel ?

If yes, you probably should do a bisection.
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