[DRBD-user] Kernel panic in skb_copy_bits (squeeze)

Lars Ellenberg lars.ellenberg at linbit.com
Wed May 4 15:44:48 CEST 2011

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 10:14:18AM +0200, Valentin Vidic wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> After upgrading a pair of Xen/DRBD machines from Debian lenny to squeeze
> they started rebooting spontaneously once or twice a day.  One machine
> reboots first and the other one follows some 10 seconds later.  Kernel
> panic traces causing the reboot are attached.  It looks like the skb_copy_bits
> problem again but the solution from etch/lenny (ethtool -K xenbr0 sg off)
> doesn't work any more:
> 
>   http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/drbd/users/16962
> 
> Or could this be some new problem altogether?

Try if drbd 8.3.10 improves things.

If not, try the module parameter "disable_sendpage=1", or, at runtime:
echo 1 > /sys/modules/drbd/parameters/disable_sendpage

> Kernel and DRBD versions involved:
> 
> /proc/version
> Linux version 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-31) (ben at decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-4) ) #1 SMP Tue Mar 8 00:01:30 UTC 2011
> 
> /proc/drbd
> version: 8.3.7 (api:88/proto:86-91)
> srcversion: EE47D8BF18AC166BE219757
> 
> dpkg -l
> ii  drbd8-utils    2:8.3.7-2.1    RAID 1 over tcp/ip for Linux utilities
> 
> drbdadm -V
> DRBDADM_BUILDTAG=GIT-hash:\ ea9e28dbff98e331a62bcbcc63a6135808fe2917\ build\ by\ root at NB-XP13822\,\ 2010-07-15\ 12:07:52
> DRBDADM_API_VERSION=88
> DRBD_KERNEL_VERSION_CODE=0x080307
> DRBDADM_VERSION_CODE=0x080307
> DRBDADM_VERSION=8.3.7

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