Subject: Re: r8169 link up but no traffic, and watchdog error

From: Martin Kjær Jørgensen <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:41:47 +0200

On Mon, Sep 25 2023, Heiner Kallweit <[email-masked]> wrote:

> On 25.09.2023 13:30, Martin Kjær Jørgensen wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 25 2023, Heiner Kallweit <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> There are no PCI extension cards.
>>
>
> Your BIOS signature indicates that the system is a Thinkstation P350.
> According to the Lenovo website it comes with one Intel-based network port.
> However you have additional 4 Realtek-based network ports on the mainboard?
>

Yes. 2 PCIE cards with two Realtek ethernet controllers each.

>>> And does the problem occur with all of your NICs?
>>
>> No, only the Realtek ones.
>>
>>> The exact NIC type might provide a hint, best provide a full dmesg log.
>> [ 1512.295490] RSP: 0018:ffffbc0240193e88 EFLAGS: 00000246
>> [ 1512.295492] RAX: ffff998935680000 RBX: ffffdc023faa8e00 RCX: 000000000000001f
>> [ 1512.295493] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffffb544f718 RDI: ffffffffb543bc32
>> [ 1512.295494] RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000018
>> [ 1512.295495] R10: ffff9989356b1dc4 R11: 00000000000058a8 R12: ffffffffb5d981a0
>> [ 1512.295496] R13: 000001601bd198ef R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 0000000000000000
>> [ 1512.295497]  ? cpuidle_enter_state+0xbd/0x440
>> [ 1512.295499]  cpuidle_enter+0x2d/0x40
>> [ 1512.295501]  do_idle+0x217/0x270
>> [ 1512.295503]  cpu_startup_entry+0x1d/0x20
>> [ 1512.295505]  start_secondary+0x11a/0x140
>> [ 1512.295508]  secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x17e/0x18b
>> [ 1512.295510]  </TASK>
>> [ 1512.295511] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
>> [ 1512.295526] r8169 0000:03:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
>> [ 1531.322039] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: Link is Down
>> [ 1534.138489] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
>> [ 1538.177385] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: Link is Down
>> [ 1566.174660] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
>> [ 1567.839082] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: Link is Down
>> [ 1570.621088] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
>> [ 1576.294267] r8169 0000:03:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
>
> Regarding the following: Issue occurs after few seconds of link-loss.
> Was this an intentional link-down event?

Yes, I intentionally unplug the cable at the other end for the link to go down.

> And is issue always related to link-up after a link-loss period?
>

Yes, it happends after cable is plugged in again, so after a link-loss period.

>> [ 1488.643231] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: Link is Down
>> [ 1506.576941] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
>> [ 1512.295215] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [ 1512.295219] NETDEV WATCHDOG: enp3s0 (r8169): transmit queue 0 timed out 5368 ms