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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      It did happen. I manually restarted the builders after the patch went in. So apparently it still isn't quite right.

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        Could someone who can readily reproduce this panic give this custom firmware build a try?

        http://cvs.pfsense.org/~jimp/pfSense-Full-Update-2.0-BETA5-i386-20110114-2041.tgz

        It was built without a patch that does the extra mbuf operations that may be triggering the panic.

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          LostInIgnorance
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          Bad news JimP, still crashes.

          Kernel page fault with the following non-sleepable locks held:
          exclusive sleep mutex em0 (EM TX Lock) r = 0 (0xc2f52580) locked @ /usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/dev/e1000/if_lem.c:1350
          KDB: stack backtrace:
          X_db_sym_numargs(c0eb72fb,ccc3ca90,c0a41f25,546,0,...) at X_db_sym_numargs+0x146
          kdb_backtrace(546,0,ffffffff,c145d42c,ccc3cac8,...) at kdb_backtrace+0x29
          witness_display_spinlock(c0eb9813,ccc3cadc,4,1,0,...) at witness_display_spinlock+0x75
          witness_warn(5,0,c0ef7bc2,14,c131b3c0,...) at witness_warn+0x20d
          trap(ccc3cb68) at trap+0x19e
          alltraps(c2feeb00,dedeadc0,c2feeb00,c2feeb00,ccc3cbf0,...) at alltraps+0x1b
          m_tag_delete_chain(c2feeb00,0,c0e6e75d,0,c2ed9b50,...) at m_tag_delete_chain+0x3f
          reallocf(c2feeb00,100,0,c0a42978,df,...) at reallocf+0x8a5
          uma_zfree_arg(c1d7e380,c2feeb00,0,b5,ccc3cc84,...) at uma_zfree_arg+0x29
          m_freem(c2feeb00,4,c0e6e75d,b87,c2f4e000,...) at m_freem+0x43
          ed_probe_RTL80x9(c2f52580,0,c0e6e75d,546,c2f525bc,...) at 0xc06ec4d8
          ed_probe_RTL80x9(c2f4e000,1,c0eb8bcc,4f,c2edb918,...) at 0xc06efea0
          taskqueue_run(c2edb900,c2edb918,c0ea5f85,0,c0eb222b,...) at taskqueue_run+0x103
          taskqueue_thread_loop(c2f525ec,ccc3cd38,c0eaed9a,344,c131b3c0,...) at taskqueue_thread_loop+0x68
          fork_exit(c0a3b1a0,c2f525ec,ccc3cd38) at fork_exit+0xb8
          fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0x8
          --- trap 0, eip = 0, esp = 0xccc3cd70, ebp = 0 ---
          
          Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
          cpuid = 0; apic id = 00
          fault virtual address= 0xdedeadc0
          fault code= supervisor read, page not present
          instruction pointer= 0x20:0xc0a611c8
          stack pointer        = 0x28:0xccc3cba8
          frame pointer        = 0x28:0xccc3cbb8
          code segment= base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
          = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
          processor eflags= interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
          current process= 0 (em0 taskq)
          [thread]
          Stopped at      m_tag_delete+0x48:      movl    0(%ecx),%eax
          db> [/thread]
          
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            FisherKing
            last edited by

            currently running 2.0-BETA5 (i386) built on Thu Jan 13 19:33:19 EST 201
            not sure how far back this happens.

            in a test network -
            2 machines, each w/ 4 intel nics (em0 - em3)
            WAN, LAN, Opt1, Opt2 (CARP interface)

            Running CARP on WAN, LAN, Opt1 interfaces
            Syncing on Opt2 interface.

            Recently started getting panics on box2 when changing settings on box1.

            Panic & BackTrace from box2 included below.

            
            Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
            
            cpuid = 0; apic id = 00
            
            fault virtual address	= 0x1a4
            
            fault code		= supervisor read, page not present
            
            instruction pointer	= 0x20:0xc09ee51d
            
            stack pointer	        = 0x28:0xd670aa54
            
            frame pointer	        = 0x28:0xd670aa70
            
            code segment		= base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
            
            			= DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
            
            processor eflags	= interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
            
            current process		= 253 (devd)
            
            [thread]
            Stopped at      _mtx_lock_sleep+0x6d:   movl    0x1a4(%ecx),%eax
            
            db> bt
            Tracing pid 253 tid 64081 td 0xc4142000
            _mtx_lock_sleep(c40f16d0,c4142000,0,c0ecfc57,fd,...) at _mtx_lock_sleep+0x6d
            _mtx_lock_flags(c40f16d0,0,c0ecfc57,fd,0,...) at _mtx_lock_flags+0xf7
            carp6_input(c3ae5800,c0286938,c40f3a00,c0ea9fce,3,...) at carp6_input+0x9bd
            ifioctl(c46a3b44,c0286938,c40f3a00,c4142000,c40cf900,...) at ifioctl+0x141e
            soo_ioctl(c412ddc8,c0286938,c40f3a00,c39aa400,c4142000,...) at soo_ioctl+0x415
            kern_ioctl(c4142000,f,c0286938,c40f3a00,1a3b7d0,...) at kern_ioctl+0x1fd
            ioctl(c4142000,d670acf8,c0ef7af5,c0ecdaff,c41a77f8,...) at ioctl+0x134
            syscall(d670ad38) at syscall+0x220
            Xint0x80_syscall() at Xint0x80_syscall+0x20
            --- syscall (54, FreeBSD ELF32, ioctl), eip = 0x8088357, esp = 0xbfbfe89c, ebp = 0xbfbfe908 ---
            db> reboot
            [/thread]
            
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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              Out of curiosity, what type of network cards do you have in that box? Is it rl and em both? Or just em? or just rl? Or something else?

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                LostInIgnorance
                last edited by

                one em network (gig embedded on the board of an old dell p4).  All network traffic is VLAN'd on that one interface.

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  OK, just checking… It looks odd to me that the backtrace references ed_probe_RTL80x9 which is a really old realtek chip, but it may just be something weird that I don't know at that level in the kernel/network stack.

                  We have arranged serial console access with someone who has been able to reproduce the panic so hopefully we'll have a lead on a fix early next week.

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                    wallabybob
                    last edited by

                    @jimp:

                    OK, just checking… It looks odd to me that the backtrace references ed_probe_RTL80x9 which is a really old realtek chip,

                    Here's an extract from the stack trace:

                    m_freem(c2feeb00,4,c0e6e75d,b87,c2f4e000,...) at m_freem+0x43
                    ed_probe_RTL80x9(c2f52580,0,c0e6e75d,546,c2f525bc,...) at 0xc06ec4d8
                    ed_probe_RTL80x9(c2f4e000,1,c0eb8bcc,4f,c2edb918,...) at 0xc06efea0
                    taskqueue_run(c2edb900,c2edb918,c0ea5f85,0,c0eb222b,...) at taskqueue_run+0x103
                    

                    Note the two ed_probe_RTL80x9 references are not accompanied by a symbol name and offset. I suspect ed_probe_RTL80x9 is merely the closest lower value global symbol but its too far away to warrant printing the PC as symbol+offset. If that is the case you shouldn't take too much notice of the ed_probe_RTL80x9.

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                      LostInIgnorance
                      last edited by

                      @jimp:

                      We have arranged serial console access with someone who has been able to reproduce the panic so hopefully we'll have a lead on a fix early next week.

                      JimP, is there anything I can do to help out?

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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        Not that I'm aware of. If the mbuf tag patch isn't the cause, it almost has to be the recent e1000 driver update (em, igb, etc).

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          Someone else had seen that once but so far we've been unable to replicate it so the real cause can be tracked down.

                          It seemed to be something in the configuration, though.

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                            LostInIgnorance
                            last edited by

                            I am afraid to update since I haven't heard anything back.  Is it still crashing or has it been fixed?

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              Nothing has changed with the drivers, but there are plenty of other things that have been fixed, it may be worth trying.

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                                Sabbasth
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                                How can I get the logs (system.log is flushed every boot ?) so I can help targeting the problem ?

                                I have 4 NICs (5 if), all Intel em, both PCI NIC or MB integrated NIC.
                                The computer just freezes, no reboot.

                                I have nmap and bandwithd installed. I'm using outboud Multi Wan, DHCP server, no VLAN, no traffic shaper, no VPN.

                                All was running good with an old snapshot. Freezes started after an upgrade a week ago. I currently have the lastest snapshot installed.
                                The freezes are random, sometimes pfSense runs some minutes, sometimes some hours.

                                Any FTP transfert aborts with an error (There were problems a week or so with passive FTP, but they were connection problems, here transferts are aborted).
                                I think this can be linked to the problem if a buffer in the driver is the problem.

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                                • jimpJ
                                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                  last edited by

                                  @Sabbasth:

                                  How can I get the logs (system.log is flushed every boot ?) so I can help targeting the problem ?

                                  I have 4 NICs (5 if), all Intel em, both PCI NIC or MB integrated NIC.
                                  The computer just freezes, no reboot.

                                  I have nmap and bandwithd installed. I'm using outboud Multi Wan, DHCP server, no VLAN, no traffic shaper, no VPN.

                                  All was running good with an old snapshot. Freezes started after an upgrade a week ago. I currently have the lastest snapshot installed.
                                  The freezes are random, sometimes pfSense runs some minutes, sometimes some hours.

                                  Any FTP transfert aborts with an error (There were problems a week or so with passive FTP, but they were connection problems, here transferts are aborted).
                                  I think this can be linked to the problem if a buffer in the driver is the problem.

                                  If you are seeing a freeze and not a reset/panic, then this thread isn't related. Start a new thread for that. These drivers haven't changed for several weeks now.

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                                    clarknova
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                                    2.0-BETA5 (amd64)
                                    built on Wed Jan 12 18:01:47 EST 2011

                                    I just experienced my first kernel panic last night after more than 8 days uptime. I'm using a SM X7SPA-H board with only the onboard Intel GBE (Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet). I'm not using openvpn, but both NICs have multiple vlans on them and deal only in tagged traffic.

                                    Is there a reasonable chance that updating to the latest snap will resolve this? I don't know that I can reproduce this panic intentionally, as it hasn't happened before and I wasn't doing anything interesting when it happened. I do have clients, but the panic happened at my lowest traffic period of the day.

                                    db

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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      I don't think we have done anything that would have fixed these panics, if it is driver-related.

                                      Are you able to switch to a developer kernel so you can obtain a backtrace?

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                                        LostInIgnorance
                                        last edited by

                                        JimP,
                                        I will be trying the old dell with the gigE port today to find out if any changes you mentioned above may have done something.  I haven't had the downtime lately to put it back into the system.  Took that computer out and used another with 2 100 nics and got it running so I could remote back into the system.
                                        So it wouldn't be worthwhile to put that old dell back in?

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                                          clarknova
                                          last edited by

                                          I'll see about a backtrace. Shouldn't be a problem.

                                          db

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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                            last edited by

                                            It may be worth trying again on a current snap. At least on today's snapshot FTP no longer freezes my router :-)

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