On 14.03.2019 04:04, VDR User wrote: > Hi Heiner, > > Thanks for your response. Request info follows.. > >>> Hi, after updating to kernel 5.0, the nic driver (r8169) has been >>> crashing whenever I start using heavy traffic on it (for example, >>> xferring large files to the box across my lan). The destination >>> harddrive may be sleeping and need to spin-up, or not, but the box >>> itself does not suspend/hibernate. The nic becomes completely >>> unresponsive and all connections to the box drop. After what I think >>> is several minutes, the connection comes back to life. The problem >>> happens consistently but seemingly not consistently at the same point. >>> For example, I can xfer a few 4gb files and it will crash at around >>> 2-3gb on the first file. The next time it might not crash until 2-3gb >>> on the second file.Prior to kernel 5.0 I was using 4.19.12 and this >>> problem didn't occur. I have since downgraded back to 4.19.12 pending >>> what response this post gets. >>> >> Thanks for the report. Helpful would be: >> - full dmesg output > > Added as attachment. > >> - "lspci -vv" output (as root) for the network card > [...] >> Can you test a recent 4.20 kernel? This would narrow down the number >> of potentially problematic patches. > > I compiled and test 4.20.15 and didn't experience any crashing. I then > switched back to 5.0.0 and this time I had to transfer significantly > more until the crash occured. I'm not sure but it seems like the > crashes happen when there's both outgoing & incoming traffic > simultaneously. Is the dmesg crash info helpful at all? > Thanks for the additional info and for testing 4.20.15. To rule out that the issue is caused by a regression in network or some other subsystem: Can you take the r8169.c from 4.20.15 and test it on top of 5.0? Meanwhile I'll look at the changes in the driver between 4.20 and 5.0.
> Thanks, > Derek > Heiner
