skb_over_panic skbuff.c:128 invalid opcode: 0000 [1] SMP

Bug #317227 reported by Carl Karsten
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Bug Description

This is repeatable on x86_64 2.6.27-7 -9 and -11.

this report involves 3 machines: cf67, asus17, averatec

Panic occurred on dv67:
model name : AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60
carl@dv67:~$ uname -a
Linux dv67 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 8 08:38:38 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
carl@dv67:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
carl@dv67:~$ cat /etc/modules
...
netconsole netconsole="@/,@192.168.1.155/"
2 apps: dvswitch is a video mixer, dvsource-firewire reads from 1394 and sends to dvswitch via IP
carl@dv67:~$ dvswitch
carl@dv67:~$ dvsource-firewire

asus17 is a client that feeds data to dvswitch over IP, and receives a stream over IP (to encode/save)
carl@asus17:~$ dvsource-firewire
carl@asus17:~$ dvsink-command -- ffmpeg2theora - -f dv -F 25:5 -v 2 -a 1 -c 1 -H 11025 -o - | oggfwd giss.tv 8000 $CARLFKPW /CarlFK.ogg

averatec is 192.168.1.155, used as netconsole target.
juser@averatec:~$ netcat -l -u -p 6666

After about 20 min, flashing caps lock on dv67

juser@averatec:~$ netcat -l -u -p 6666
[ 7113.070286] skb_over_panic: text:ffffffffa012ff5a len:1664 put:1664 head:ffff88006f08a800 data:ffff88006f08a810 tail:0x690 end:0x680 dev:<NULL>
[ 7113.070351] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 7113.070356] kernel BUG at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.27/net/core/skbuff.c:128!
[ 7113.070360] invalid opcode: 0000 [1] SMP
[ 7113.070369] CPU 1
[ 7113.070375] Modules linked in: netconsole configfs raw1394 dv1394 af_packet binfmt_misc rfcomm bridge stp bnep sco l2cap bluetooth ppdev ipv6 powernow_k8 cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_stats freq_table sbs container pci_slot sbshc iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables sbp2 parport_pc lp parport joydev ath_pci wlan ath_hal(P) arc4 ecb crypto_blkcipher uvcvideo ath5k lbm_cw_mac80211 compat_ioctl32 nvidia(P) psmouse videodev lbm_cw_cfg80211 serio_raw pcspkr evdev k8temp i2c_core led_class snd_hda_intel v4l1_compat snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy video output snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device sdhci_pci sdhci wmi ricoh_mmc mmc_core battery shpchp ac button pci_hotplug snd soundcore snd_page_alloc ext3 jbd mbcache sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif pata_amd sg ata_generic ahci forcedeth pata_acpi ohci_hcd ohci1394 ehci_hcd ieee1394 libata scsi_mod dock usbcore thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse
[ 7113.070648] Pid: 6688, comm: dvgrab Tainted: P M 2.6.27-11-generic #1
[ 7113.070652] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8045d3d0>] [<ffffffff8045d3d0>] skb_put+0x90/0xa0
[ 7113.070666] RSP: 0018:ffff88007b057e68 EFLAGS: 00010296
[ 7113.070670] RAX: 0000000000000096 RBX: ffff88002b08ab00 RCX: ffff880078c33e50
[ 7113.070675] RDX: ffffffff80650248 RSI: 0000000000000046 RDI: 0000000000000246
[ 7113.070680] RBP: ffff88007b057e88 R08: 0000000000001e7f R09: 000002d2c9f9ef38
[ 7113.070684] R10: ffff88005c02ad28 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000020ed0680
[ 7113.070689] R13: ffff8800378e8780 R14: 0000000000000680 R15: ffff8800378e8000
[ 7113.070693] FS: 0000000041604950(0063) GS:ffff88007b802880(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 7113.070698] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[ 7113.070701] CR2: 00007f1a944ff000 CR3: 00000000341a5000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
[ 7113.070706] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 7113.070710] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 7113.070715] Process dvgrab (pid: 6688, threadinfo ffff88002c8b0000, task ffff88005c120000)
[ 7113.070718] Stack: 0000000000000690 0000000000000680 ffffffff80601718 0000000000000040
[ 7113.070735] ffff88007b057ec8 ffffffffa012ff5a 0000000000000040 0000000000000003
[ 7113.070749] ffff8800378e8780 ffff8800378e8000 0000000000000000 ffffc2000033e000
[ 7113.070760] Call Trace:
[ 7113.070764] <IRQ> [<ffffffffa012ff5a>] nv_rx_process_optimized+0xfa/0x2a0 [forcedeth]
[ 7113.070786] [<ffffffffa0134cf9>] nv_nic_irq_optimized+0xb9/0x310 [forcedeth]
[ 7113.070793] [<ffffffff8029d5a5>] handle_IRQ_event+0x45/0x80
[ 7113.070800] [<ffffffff8029f06d>] handle_edge_irq+0xcd/0x150
[ 7113.070806] [<ffffffff80215b16>] do_IRQ+0x86/0x100
[ 7113.070812] [<ffffffff80212f0e>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0x29
[ 7113.070816] <EOI> [<ffffffff80503888>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x18/0x30
[ 7113.070843] [<ffffffffa00ede2c>] ? hpsb_iso_recv_release_packets+0x10c/0x120 [ieee1394]
[ 7113.070850] [<ffffffff8023c8da>] ? __wake_up_common+0x5a/0x90
[ 7113.070858] [<ffffffffa0da41a4>] ? do_raw1394_ioctl+0x6d4/0x700 [raw1394]
[ 7113.070863] [<ffffffff8023e4c6>] ? __dequeue_entity+0x36/0x90
[ 7113.070869] [<ffffffff802104de>] ? __switch_to+0xce/0x490
[ 7113.070876] [<ffffffffa0da4205>] ? raw1394_ioctl+0x35/0x50 [raw1394]
[ 7113.070882] [<ffffffff802f8926>] ? vfs_ioctl+0x36/0xb0
[ 7113.070886] [<ffffffff802f8c13>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x273/0x2f0
[ 7113.070892] [<ffffffff802f8d31>] ? sys_ioctl+0xa1/0xb0
[ 7113.070897] [<ffffffff802ea5d8>] ? sys_read+0x88/0x90
[ 7113.070902] [<ffffffff8021285a>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[ 7113.070906]
[ 7113.070910]
[ 7113.070915] Code: 8b 57 68 48 89 44 24 10 8b 87 cc 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 08 8b bf c8 00 00 00 31 c0 48 89 3c 24 48 c7 c7 a8 5d 61 80 e8 0a 3e 0a 00 <0f> 0b eb fe 66 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41
[ 7113.071040] RIP [<ffffffff8045d3d0>] skb_put+0x90/0xa0
[ 7113.071047] RSP <ffff88007b057e68>
[ 7113.071053] ---[ end trace fa40fd576c7839c8 ]---
[ 7113.071057] Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!

Tags: kj-triage
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Carl Karsten (carlfk) wrote :

(12:13:24 PM) bwh: Seems like a bug in the forcedeth driver (or hardware)
(12:15:09 PM) bwh: It apparently received a packet 1664 bytes long, but it should be limiting to 1518 bytes by default
(01:04:08 PM) bwh: That oops message shows an 'M' taint flag which means there has been a machine check exception, which normally indicates a hardware fault of some sort

Changed in linux:
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
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Carl Karsten (carlfk) wrote :

I am going to verify it doesn't happen with ath_hal. it may be imposible to run dvswitch app wihtout nvidia, dvswitch needs "Anything that supports Xv (video extension) should work" which vesa seems not to.

00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7150M (rev a2)
The opensource xorg nv driver doesn't support that card:
(WW) NV: Ignoring unsupported device 0x10de0531 (GeForce 7150M) at 00@00:12:0

I may be able to get a headless version or something just to try to trigger this bug.

also: /etc/modules is not a good place to load netconsole because eth0 isn't up yet, so it aborts.

I wrote a script to load it and the 2 apps:

sudo modprobe netconsole netconsole="@/,@192.168.1.155/"
dvswitch &
sleep 4
dvsource-firewire

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Carl Karsten (carlfk) wrote :
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I booted without ath_hal and nividia binaries. same thing:

juser@averatec:~$ netcat -l -u -p 6666
[ 2748.978156] skb_over_panic: text:ffffffffa0127f5a len:9206 put:9206 head:ffff88006d86f800 data:ffff88006d86f810 tail:0x2406 end:0x680 dev:<NULL>
[ 2748.978259] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 2748.978269] kernel BUG at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.27/net/core/skbuff.c:128!
[ 2748.978279] invalid opcode: 0000 [1] SMP
[ 2748.978296] CPU 1
[ 2748.978307] Modules linked in: netconsole configfs af_packet binfmt_misc rfcomm bridge stp bnep sco l2cap bluetooth ppdev ipv6 powernow_k8 cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_stats freq_table sbs container pci_slot sbshc iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables sbp2 parport_pc lp parport joydev raw1394 dv1394 psmouse pcspkr uvcvideo evdev serio_raw compat_ioctl32 k8temp videodev v4l1_compat snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm video output snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device wmi sdhci_pci battery snd sdhci ricoh_mmc button ac mmc_core shpchp pci_hotplug soundcore snd_page_alloc ext3 jbd mbcache sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif sg pata_amd ata_generic ahci pata_acpi forcedeth ohci1394 ohci_hcd ehci_hcd ieee1394 libata scsi_mod dock usbcore thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse
[ 2748.978842] Pid: 6523, comm: dvswitch Tainted: G M 2.6.27-11-generic #1
[ 2748.978855] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8045d260>] [<ffffffff8045d260>] skb_put+0x90/0xa0
[ 2748.978882] RSP: 0000:ffff88007b057e68 EFLAGS: 00210296
[ 2748.978890] RAX: 0000000000000097 RBX: ffff88006547b600 RCX: ffff8800799d1e50
[ 2748.978900] RDX: ffffffff80650248 RSI: 0000000000200046 RDI: 0000000000200246
[ 2748.978908] RBP: ffff88007b057e88 R08: 0000000000001e7f R09: 000000f168c2f784
[ 2748.978917] R10: ffff880078940048 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 000000002046a3f6
[ 2748.978927] R13: ffff88007799e780 R14: 00000000000023f6 R15: ffff88007799e000
[ 2748.978937] FS: 00007f1bcc6c8780(0000) GS:ffff88007b802880(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 2748.978947] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[ 2748.978956] CR2: 00007fae2630b000 CR3: 0000000060c39000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
[ 2748.978969] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 2748.978978] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 2748.978988] Process dvswitch (pid: 6523, threadinfo ffff880060cf6000, task ffff880060d04350)
[ 2748.978996] Stack: 0000000000002406 0000000000000680 ffffffff80601700 0000000000000000
[ 2748.979031] ffff88007b057ec8 ffffffffa0127f5a 0000000000000040 0000000000000003
[ 2748.979057] ffff88007799e780 ffff88007799e000 0000000000000000 ffffc2000033c000
[ 2748.979083] Call Trace:
[ 2748.979094] <IRQ> [<ffffffffa0127f5a>] nv_rx_process_optimized+0xfa/0x2a0 [forcedeth]
[ 2748.979142] [<ffffffffa012ccf9>] nv_nic_irq_optimized+0xb9/0x310 [forcedeth]
[ 2748.979156] [<ffffffff8029d5a5>] handle_IRQ_event+0x45/0x80
[ 2748.979169] [<ffffffff8029f06d>] handle_edge_irq+0xcd/0x150
[ 2748.979181] [<ffffffff80215b16>] do_IRQ+0x86/0x100
[ 2748.979192] [<ffffffff80212f0e>] ret_from_intr+...

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Carl Karsten (carlfk) wrote :
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jaunty too:

[ 3690.136809] skb_over_panic: text:ffffffffa008af75 len:3106 put:3106 head:ffff880035201000 data:ffff880035201010 tail:0xc32 end:0x680 dev:<NULL>
[ 3690.136921] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 3690.136930] kernel BUG at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.28/net/core/skbuff.c:128!
[ 3690.136939] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 3690.136954] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0A:00/power_supply/BAT0/charge_full
[ 3690.136964] Dumping ftrace buffer:
[ 3690.136973] (ftrace buffer empty)
[ 3690.136980] CPU 1
[ 3690.136990] Modules linked in: netconsole configfs nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc binfmt_misc bridge stp bnep powernow_k8 ppdev parport_pc lp parport joydev arc4 ecb snd_hda_intel snd_pcm snd_seq snd_timer ath5k serio_raw mac80211 snd_seq_device led_class k8temp pcspkr psmouse sdhci_pci sdhci nvidia(P) dv1394 raw1394 cfg80211 ricoh_mmc uvcvideo snd soundcore snd_page_alloc compat_ioctl32 videodev v4l1_compat btusb video output forcedeth ohci1394 ieee1394 ehci_hcd ohci_hcd fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse
[ 3690.137272] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: P 2.6.28-4-generic #11-Ubuntu
[ 3690.137280] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8058d1a8>] [<ffffffff8058d1a8>] skb_put+0x88/0x90
[ 3690.137304] RSP: 0018:ffff88007bb5fe68 EFLAGS: 00010296
[ 3690.137313] RAX: 0000000000000096 RBX: ffff88005a013100 RCX: ffff88007880a000
[ 3690.137321] RDX: ffff8800805eb000 RSI: 0000000000000086 RDI: 0000000000000296
[ 3690.137328] RBP: ffff88007bb5fe88 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 3690.137335] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff8800441b3800 R12: 0000000020080c22
[ 3690.137343] R13: ffff88007880a800 R14: 0000000000000c22 R15: ffff88007880a000
[ 3690.137351] FS: 00007fd9a58236f0(0000) GS:ffff88007b803a80(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 3690.137359] CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b
[ 3690.137366] CR2: 00007f9cdc6ab000 CR3: 000000005dc6a000 CR4: 00000000000006a0
[ 3690.137374] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 3690.137381] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 3690.137390] Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo ffff88007bb5a000, task ffff88007bb4c320)
[ 3690.137396] Stack:
[ 3690.137401] 0000000000000c32 0000000000000680 ffffffff807f2828 ffffffff8058d577
[ 3690.137423] ffff88007bb5fec8 ffffffffa008af75 0000000100000040 0000000000000003
[ 3690.137445] ffff88007880a800 ffff88007880a000 0000000000000000 ffffc20000054000
[ 3690.137470] Call Trace:
[ 3690.137476] <IRQ> <0> [<ffffffff8058d577>] ? kfree_skb+0x17/0x40
[ 3690.137500] [<ffffffffa008af75>] nv_rx_process_optimized+0xf5/0x290 [forcedeth]
[ 3690.137527] [<ffffffffa008f7c1>] nv_nic_irq_optimized+0xb1/0x300 [forcedeth]
[ 3690.137546] [<ffffffff8029ba95>] handle_IRQ_event+0x45/0x80
[ 3690.137562] [<ffffffff8029d7ad>] handle_edge_irq+0xbd/0x140
[ 3690.137575] [<ffffffff802152c0>] do_IRQ+0xc0/0x110
[ 3690.137589] [<ffffffff80212bf3>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0x29
[ 3690.137601] <EOI> <0> [<ffffffff8022b866>] ? native_safe_halt+0x6/0x10
[ 3690.137624] [<ffffffff8029efa5>] ? rcu_needs_cpu+0x45/0x50
[ 3690.137638] [<ffffffff80464dc2>] ? acpi_safe_halt+0x3a/0x55
[ 3690.137650] [<ffffffff80...

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Stefan Richter (stefan-r-ubz) wrote :

Comment 3 still shows the taint due to machine check exception. Comment 4 doesn't have that anymore, so that's out of the way.

Gentoo tracks a different forcedeth related bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/188767
The first attachment of this bug contains test code (a server and a client). Maybe you can use this to get a test case together for your bug.

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Brian J. Murrell (brian-interlinx) wrote :
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Here's another, without the "M" taint flag:

[45822.947152] Bad page state in process 'vino-server'
[45822.947155] page:c13136bc flags:0x40000000 mapping:00000000 mapcount:-1 count:0
[45822.959359] Trying to fix it up, but a reboot is needed
[45822.959360] Backtrace:
[45823.983400] skb_over_panic: text:f89503b7 len:481 put:481 head:00000000 data:00000000 tail:0x1e1 end:0x0 dev:<NULL>
[45823.993889] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[45823.997841] kernel BUG at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.27/net/core/skbuff.c:128!
[45823.997841] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
[45823.997841] Modules linked in: xt_multiport binfmt_misc rfcomm bridge stp bnep sco l2cap bluetooth vboxnetflt vboxdrv tun des_generic cbc crypto_blkcipher autofs4 video output wmi battery pci_slot container sbs sbshc rpcsec_gss_krb5 nfsd auth_rpcgss exportfs nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc nf_conntrack_ipv6 ip6t_hl ipt_LOG xt_limit ipt_REJECT xt_tcpudp xt_state ipt_addrtype ip6table_filter ip6_tables nf_nat_irc nf_conntrack_irc nf_nat_ftp nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables ipv6 ext4dev jbd2 crc16 ac it87 hwmon_vid eeprom lp snd_emu10k1_synth tuner_simple tuner_types tea5767 tuner msp3400 snd_emux_synth snd_seq_virmidi snd_seq_midi_emul snd_emu10k1 bttv snd_hda_intel snd_bt87x snd_ac97_codec ir_common ac97_bus snd_util_mem i2c_algo_bit snd_pcm_oss snd_usb_lib snd_mixer_oss v4l2_common snd_seq_dummy snd_pcm snd_hwdep snd_seq_oss videobuf_dma_sg snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi uvcvideo videobuf_core snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq compat_ioctl32 ppdev psmouse btcx_risc snd_timer snd_seq_device emu10k1_gp nvidia(P) i2c_nforce2 videodev snd agpgart tveeprom serio_raw gameport soundcore snd_page_alloc v4l1_compat pcspkr k8temp button i2c_core parport_pc parport evdev ext3 jbd mbcache sr_mod cdrom sg sd_mod crc_t10dif ata_generic pata_acpi pata_amd sata_nv ohci1394 libata ohci_hcd scsi_mod ieee1394 forcedeth dock ehci_hcd usbcore raid10 raid456 async_xor async_memcpy async_tx xor raid1 raid0 multipath linear md_mod dm_mirror dm_log dm_snapshot dm_mod thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse
[45823.997841]
[45823.997841] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: P B (2.6.27-12-generic #1)
[45823.997841] EIP: 0060:[<c02ebe01>] EFLAGS: 00010286 CPU: 0
[45823.997841] EIP is at skb_put+0x91/0xa0
[45823.997841] EAX: 0000007a EBX: 000001e1 ECX: e7a9ff2c EDX: 00000046
[45823.997841] ESI: d5df7840 EDI: f78c4480 EBP: c04a9e88 ESP: c04a9e60
[45823.997841] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
[45823.997841] Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=c04a8000 task=c0470340 task.ti=c04a8000)
[45823.997841] Stack: c044d69c f89503b7 000001e1 000001e1 00000000 00000000 000001e1 00000000
[45823.997841] c043a1a8 000001e1 c04a9eb4 f89503b7 c04a9ec0 00000040 f78c4000 200201e1
[45823.997841] 00000000 00000000 f78c4480 00000002 f78c4000 c04a9ee4 f895449f f6e0fe00
[45823.997841] Call Trace:
[45823.997841] [<f89503b7>] ? nv_rx_process_optimized+0x67/0x260 [forcedeth]
[45823.997841] [<f89503b7>] ? nv_rx_process_optimized+0x67/0x260 [forcedeth]
[45823.997841] [<f895449f>] ? nv_nic_irq_optimized+0x9f/0x2c0 [forcedeth]
[45823.997841] [<c0177121>] ? handle_...

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Stefan Richter (stefan-r-ubz) wrote :

> Does the fact that this bug has not been touched in 3 months mean there is no desire to fix it?

I more likely means that nobody is here who knows the driver well enough to suggest a fix. You could report to upstream: <email address hidden>, Cc: Ayaz Abdulla <email address hidden> (forcedeth developer). Upstream will be more interested in reports about untainted kernels though. Vanilla 2.6.29(.1) perhaps.

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Stefan Richter (stefan-r-ubz) wrote :

> Does the fact that this bug has not been touched in 3 months mean there is no desire to fix it?

It more likely means that nobody is here who knows the driver well enough to suggest a fix. You could report to upstream: <email address hidden>, Cc: Ayaz Abdulla <email address hidden> (forcedeth developer). Upstream will be more interested in reports about untainted kernels though. Vanilla 2.6.29(.1) perhaps.

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Brian J. Murrell (brian-interlinx) wrote : Re: [Bug 317227] Re: skb_over_panic skbuff.c:128 invalid opcode: 0000 [1] SMP

On Sun, 2009-04-12 at 20:54 +0000, Stefan Richter wrote:
>
> It more likely means that nobody is here who knows the driver well
> enough to suggest a fix. You could report to upstream:
> <email address hidden>, Cc: Ayaz Abdulla <email address hidden>
> (forcedeth developer). Upstream will be more interested in reports
> about untainted kernels though. Vanilla 2.6.29(.1) perhaps.

I read in another bug though that ubuntu devs don't want bugs filed
upstream and instead want them filed with LP:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/246843/comments/3

This inconsistency makes it difficult to know when to file upstream and
when not to. What's the point of filing bugs with LP if the suggestion
is only going to be to go file it upstream instead?

b.

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Stefan Richter (stefan-r-ubz) wrote :

> I read in another bug though that ubuntu devs don't want bugs filed
> upstream and instead want them filed with LP:
...
> This inconsistency makes it difficult to know when to file upstream and
> when not to.

I'm not speaking for Canonical, I'm not even using Ubuntu. I'm only watching this bug because I am one of the upstream kernel driver developers (ieee1394; Carl's report was loosely related to 1394).

If there is a possibility that a bug is an upstream bug --- and if your distributor has no manpower to look at bugs and to get in touch with upstream themselves --- then file a report with upstream. Best would be of course if one of you could test an unmodified kernel.org kernel for your report; ideally the latest release*. (Note, reports about kernels with proprietary drivers inserted into them do not have much value for bugzilla.kernel.org because such kernels cannot really be debugged.)

*) Does Ubuntu have packages of vanilla kernels?

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status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Brian J. Murrell (brian-interlinx) wrote :

There has been an updated comment on the upstream bug tracker.

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Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) wrote :

This bug report was marked as Triaged a while ago but has not had any updated comments for quite some time. Please let us know if this issue remains in the current Ubuntu release, http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . If the issue remains, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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tags: added: kj-triage
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
Changed in linux:
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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote : Unsupported series, setting status to "Won't Fix".

This bug was filed against a series that is no longer supported and so is being marked as Won't Fix. If this issue still exists in a supported series, please file a new bug.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

Changed in linux:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Changed in linux:
status: Won't Fix → Confirmed
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
Changed in linux:
status: Confirmed → Expired
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