Package: src:linux Version: 3.16.43-2 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
irtual server with 3 network adapters randomly fails to add one of ethX at the boot time with errors: hv_netvsc vmbus_0_12 (unregistered net_device): unable to establish receive buffer's gpadl hv_netvsc vmbus_0_12 (unregistered net_device): unable to connect to NetVSP - -12 hv_netvsc vmbus_0_12 (unregistered net_device): unable to add netvsc device (ret -12) hv_vmbus: probe failed for device vmbus_0_12 (-12) hv_netvsc: probe of vmbus_0_12 failed with error -12 hv_netvsc vmbus_0_13: Send section size: 6144, Section count:170 hv_netvsc vmbus_0_13: Device MAC 00:15:5d:ff:03:48 link state up hv_netvsc vmbus_0_14: Send section size: 6144, Section count:170 hv_netvsc vmbus_0_14: Device MAC 00:15:5d:ff:03:50 link state up ~$ ls /sys/class/net/ eth0 eth1 lo If driver hv_netvsc is manually unregisterd and registered again all ethX devices are discovered: hv_vmbus: unregistering driver hv_netvsc hv_netvsc vmbus_0_14: net device safe to remove hv_netvsc vmbus_0_13: net device safe to remove hv_vmbus: registering driver hv_netvsc hv_netvsc: hv_netvsc channel opened successfully hv_netvsc vmbus_0_12: Send section size: 6144, Section count:170 hv_netvsc vmbus_0_12: Device MAC 00:15:5d:ff:03:47 link state up hv_netvsc: hv_netvsc channel opened successfully hv_netvsc vmbus_0_13: Send section size: 6144, Section count:170 hv_netvsc vmbus_0_13: Device MAC 00:15:5d:ff:03:48 link state up hv_netvsc: hv_netvsc channel opened successfully hv_netvsc vmbus_0_14: Send section size: 6144, Section count:170 hv_netvsc vmbus_0_14: Device MAC 00:15:5d:ff:03:50 link state up ~$ ls /sys/class/net/ eth0 eth1 eth2 lo How reproducible: happens once every four-five boots, if using /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules three to four times every five boots -- Package-specific info: ** Version: Linux version 3.16.0-4-amd64 (debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.8.4 (Debian 4.8.4-1) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2 (2017-04-30) ** Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64 root=UUID=398fa546-fa3b-4e0f-8e30-45a8a8deb12a ro quiet ** Not tainted ** Kernel log: ** Model information sys_vendor: Microsoft Corporation product_name: Virtual Machine product_version: 7.0 chassis_vendor: Microsoft Corporation chassis_version: 7.0 bios_vendor: American Megatrends Inc. bios_version: 090006 board_vendor: Microsoft Corporation board_name: Virtual Machine board_version: 7.0 ** Loaded modules: nls_utf8 nls_cp437 vfat fat hv_utils hyperv_keyboard serio_raw processor evdev thermal_sys hyperv_fb button joydev autofs4 ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 sr_mod cdrom sg ata_generic sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic crct10dif_common hid_generic hv_netvsc hid_hyperv hid hv_storvsc psmouse ata_piix hv_vmbus libata scsi_mod i2c_piix4 i2c_core ** PCI devices: not available ** USB devices: not available -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.8 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56 ii initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.120+deb8u3 ii kmod 18-3 ii linux-base 3.5 Versions of packages linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 recommends: pn firmware-linux-free <none> pn irqbalance <none> Versions of packages linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 suggests: pn debian-kernel-handbook <none> ii grub-pc 2.02~beta2-22+deb8u1 pn linux-doc-3.16 <none> Versions of packages linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 is related to: pn firmware-atheros <none> pn firmware-bnx2 <none> pn firmware-bnx2x <none> pn firmware-brcm80211 <none> pn firmware-intelwimax <none> pn firmware-ipw2x00 <none> pn firmware-ivtv <none> pn firmware-iwlwifi <none> pn firmware-libertas <none> pn firmware-linux <none> pn firmware-linux-nonfree <none> pn firmware-myricom <none> pn firmware-netxen <none> pn firmware-qlogic <none> pn firmware-ralink <none> pn firmware-realtek <none> pn xen-hypervisor <none> -- debconf information: linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-3.16.0-4-amd64: true linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-3.16.0-4-amd64: false linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64/postinst/mips-initrd-3.16.0-4-amd64: