[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1654319] Re: kernel BUG at /build/linux-_qw1uB/linux-4.8.0/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c:1413

2017-03-29 Thread Shrikrishna Khare
This is an issue in the vmxnet3 device emulation (ESX 6.5) and will be fixed in the next update. In the meantime, suggested workaround: - disable rx data ring: ethtool -G eth? rx-mini 0 The issue should not be hit if using HW version 12 or older (with any kernel) or with kernel older than 4.8 (a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1654319] Re: kernel BUG at /build/linux-_qw1uB/linux-4.8.0/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c:1413

2017-03-27 Thread Shrikrishna Khare
My VMs are running hwversion 13 on 6.5 (for several days now), but haven't hit this issue yet. Thanks for the vmss, cryptz. To analyze this, also need access to ex.vmem, could you please provide that? It should have been created in the same directory as vmss when you suspended the VM. Do you how

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1654319] Re: kernel BUG at /build/linux-_qw1uB/linux-4.8.0/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c:1413

2017-03-22 Thread Shrikrishna Khare
I could not repro this issue locally despite running traffic for several hours. If you hit the issue again, could you please generate vmss file when the VM is in the panic state? It can be obtained by suspending the VM in the panic state and then locating the vmss file in the director of the virtu