So does kernel 3.13 address all of these stability issues I've been
having with the 7260 wireless NIC? The communication between driver
and firmware seems to frequently deadlock. When I reinitialize the
following stack trace spits out:
[12152.263634] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 199 at
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c:684
iwl_mvm_rx_tx_cmd+0x58c/0x5e0 [iwlmvm]()
[12152.263636] Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_hdmi joydev arc4
snd_hda_codec_realtek x86_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp nls_cp437
kvm_intel iTCO_wdt vfat fat iTCO_vendor_support kvm crct10dif_pclmul
crct10dif_common crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel
aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul iwlmvm glue_helper ablk_helper
cryptd microcode mac80211 btusb evdev psmouse serio_raw bluetooth
pcspkr iwlwifi rtsx_pci_ms memstick cfg80211 i915 thermal wmi
intel_agp thinkpad_acpi battery snd_hda_intel nvram tpm_tis ac rfkill
tpm tpm_bios intel_gtt drm_kms_helper snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep e1000e
snd_pcm video drm snd_page_alloc mei_me snd_timer mei snd button
i2c_i801 ptp soundcore i2c_algo_bit shpchp pps_core i2c_core processor
lpc_ich nfs lockd sunrpc fscache ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod
rtsx_pci_sdmmc mmc_core
[12152.263699] ahci libahci libata scsi_mod ehci_pci ehci_hcd
rtsx_pci xhci_hcd usbcore usb_common
[12152.263709] CPU: 2 PID: 199 Comm: irq/61-iwlwifi Tainted: G
W 3.12.7-2-ARCH #1
[12152.263711] Hardware name: LENOVO 20ALCTO1WW/20ALCTO1WW, BIOS
GIET66WW (2.16 ) 12/02/2013
[12152.263713] 0000000000000009 ffff8800d55e9c38 ffffffff814ec113
0000000000000000
[12152.263725] ffff8800d55e9c70 ffffffff81061b8d ffff8800d433c618
ffff8800d41317d0
[12152.263728] ffff8800d433c668 ffff8800d433c678 ffff8800d41317d8
ffff8800d55e9c80
[12152.263731] Call Trace:
[12152.263738] [<ffffffff814ec113>] dump_stack+0x54/0x8d
[12152.263743] [<ffffffff81061b8d>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7d/0xa0
[12152.263746] [<ffffffff81061c6a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
[12152.263752] [<ffffffffa09f9b0c>] iwl_mvm_rx_tx_cmd+0x58c/0x5e0 [iwlmvm]
[12152.263756] [<ffffffffa09f49fd>] iwl_mvm_rx_dispatch+0x13d/0x160 [iwlmvm]
[12152.263762] [<ffffffffa07dba08>] iwl_pcie_irq_handler+0xff8/0x12e0 [iwlwifi]
[12152.263767] [<ffffffff810b69d0>] ? irq_finalize_oneshot.part.29+0xd0/0xd0
[12152.263770] [<ffffffff810b69f0>] irq_thread_fn+0x20/0x50
[12152.263773] [<ffffffff810b69d0>] ? irq_finalize_oneshot.part.29+0xd0/0xd0
[12152.263776] [<ffffffff810b6d2f>] irq_thread+0x11f/0x150
[12152.263780] [<ffffffff810b6b50>] ? wake_threads_waitq+0x50/0x50
[12152.263783] [<ffffffff810b6c10>] ? irq_thread_dtor+0xc0/0xc0
[12152.263787] [<ffffffff81083f60>] kthread+0xc0/0xd0
[12152.263791] [<ffffffff81083ea0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x120/0x120
[12152.263794] [<ffffffff814fab7c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
[12152.263798] [<ffffffff81083ea0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x120/0x120
[12152.263800] ---[ end trace d95aa1d60ba2d57e ]---
It looks like in Linus' post to LKML with the shortlog there happen to
be a lot of fixes to iwlwifi for talking to the firmware in addition
to some interrupt related fixes. I'd like some confirmation from
active devs, though. The firmware version bump for the 7260 for 3.13
seems to be a good indicator but I don't know for sure. Should I
continue holding out or should I order a new PCI-E atheros adapter?
I'm currently using kernel 3.12.7.
On 01/18/2014 08:47 PM, Adam Stylinski wrote:
> So does kernel 3.13 address all of these stability issues I've been
> having with the 7260 wireless NIC? The communication between driver
> and firmware seems to frequently deadlock. When I reinitialize the
> following stack trace spits out:
>
> [12152.263634] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 199 at
> drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c:684
> iwl_mvm_rx_tx_cmd+0x58c/0x5e0 [iwlmvm]()
> [12152.263636] Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_hdmi joydev arc4
> snd_hda_codec_realtek x86_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp nls_cp437
> kvm_intel iTCO_wdt vfat fat iTCO_vendor_support kvm crct10dif_pclmul
> crct10dif_common crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel
> aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul iwlmvm glue_helper ablk_helper
> cryptd microcode mac80211 btusb evdev psmouse serio_raw bluetooth
> pcspkr iwlwifi rtsx_pci_ms memstick cfg80211 i915 thermal wmi
> intel_agp thinkpad_acpi battery snd_hda_intel nvram tpm_tis ac rfkill
> tpm tpm_bios intel_gtt drm_kms_helper snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep e1000e
> snd_pcm video drm snd_page_alloc mei_me snd_timer mei snd button
> i2c_i801 ptp soundcore i2c_algo_bit shpchp pps_core i2c_core processor
> lpc_ich nfs lockd sunrpc fscache ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod
> rtsx_pci_sdmmc mmc_core
> [12152.263699] ahci libahci libata scsi_mod ehci_pci ehci_hcd
> rtsx_pci xhci_hcd usbcore usb_common
> [12152.263709] CPU: 2 PID: 199 Comm: irq/61-iwlwifi Tainted: G
> W 3.12.7-2-ARCH #1
> [12152.263711] Hardware name: LENOVO 20ALCTO1WW/20ALCTO1WW, BIOS
> GIET66WW (2.16 ) 12/02/2013
> [12152.263713] 0000000000000009 ffff8800d55e9c38 ffffffff814ec113
> 0000000000000000
> [12152.263725] ffff8800d55e9c70 ffffffff81061b8d ffff8800d433c618
> ffff8800d41317d0
> [12152.263728] ffff8800d433c668 ffff8800d433c678 ffff8800d41317d8
> ffff8800d55e9c80
> [12152.263731] Call Trace:
> [12152.263738] [<ffffffff814ec113>] dump_stack+0x54/0x8d
> [12152.263743] [<ffffffff81061b8d>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7d/0xa0
> [12152.263746] [<ffffffff81061c6a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
> [12152.263752] [<ffffffffa09f9b0c>] iwl_mvm_rx_tx_cmd+0x58c/0x5e0 [iwlmvm]
> [12152.263756] [<ffffffffa09f49fd>] iwl_mvm_rx_dispatch+0x13d/0x160 [iwlmvm]
> [12152.263762] [<ffffffffa07dba08>] iwl_pcie_irq_handler+0xff8/0x12e0 [iwlwifi]
> [12152.263767] [<ffffffff810b69d0>] ? irq_finalize_oneshot.part.29+0xd0/0xd0
> [12152.263770] [<ffffffff810b69f0>] irq_thread_fn+0x20/0x50
> [12152.263773] [<ffffffff810b69d0>] ? irq_finalize_oneshot.part.29+0xd0/0xd0
> [12152.263776] [<ffffffff810b6d2f>] irq_thread+0x11f/0x150
> [12152.263780] [<ffffffff810b6b50>] ? wake_threads_waitq+0x50/0x50
> [12152.263783] [<ffffffff810b6c10>] ? irq_thread_dtor+0xc0/0xc0
> [12152.263787] [<ffffffff81083f60>] kthread+0xc0/0xd0
> [12152.263791] [<ffffffff81083ea0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x120/0x120
> [12152.263794] [<ffffffff814fab7c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
> [12152.263798] [<ffffffff81083ea0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x120/0x120
> [12152.263800] ---[ end trace d95aa1d60ba2d57e ]---
>
No - we don't address specifically anything like this.
This is the first time I see this WARNING with 7260.
Do you have the ability to record a tracing?