From: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:03:57 +0200
> * David Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > From: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
> > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:24:30 +0200
> >
> > > got this warning with Linus' latest -git tree:
> > >
> > > WARNING: at net/core/dev.c:2161 net_rx_action()
> > > [<80564db4>] net_rx_action+0xce/0x186
> > > [<8011ba98>] __do_softirq+0x6c/0xcf
> > > [<8011bb2d>] do_softirq+0x32/0x36
> > > [<8011bcae>] irq_exit+0x35/0x40
> > > [<80104fdb>] do_IRQ+0x5c/0x71
> > > [<801048cd>] do_nmi+0x8f/0x238
> > > [<801033a3>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30
> > > =======================
> >
> > This is a driver bug, the work "budget" passed into a driver's
> > ->poll() handler should never be exceeded. That's what this warning
> > assertion is checking.
> >
> > What ethernet card is in your system and what driver is being used to
> > drive it?
>
> it's forcedeth.
>
> i've checked nv_napi_poll(), and i dont see how it could return larger
> than 'limit' number of packets.
>
> it could return packets == limit though:
>
> pkts = nv_rx_process_optimized(dev, budget);
> ...
>
> if (pkts < budget) {
> /* re-enable receive interrupts */
> spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
>
> __netif_rx_complete(dev, napi);
>
> ...
> return pkts;
>
> shouldnt that be "pkts <= budget"? But even that shouldnt cause a larger
> than limit return. Weird.
No, not in this case. The driver must only netif_rx_complete()
if it consumed strictly less than "budget" worth of work.
> there are two networking cards in the system, the other one is a:
>
> eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xf080e000, 00:c0:df:03:68:5d, IRQ 11
> eth1: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139B'
>
> but this one should be inactive (not plugged into the network). Should i
> try to get a debug print out of the actual 'weight' and 'work' integers,
> and of the n->poll function address?
That might help.
I don't see any possible nv_rx_process{,_optimized}() can return "work
> budget" either. But I do notice these loops unconditionally execute
at least once, perhaps budget is being passed erroneously in as zero?
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