On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 4:59 AM, Camille Bordignon
<camille.bordig...@easymile.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Recently we experienced some issues with intel NIC (I219-LM and I219-V).
> It seems that after a wire reconnection, auto-negotation "fails" and
> link speed drips to 10 Mbps.
>
> From kernel logs:
> [17616.346150] e1000e: enp0s31f6 NIC Link is Down
> [17627.003322] e1000e: enp0s31f6 NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow
> Control: None
> [17627.003325] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
>
>
> $ethtool enp0s31f6
> Settings for enp0s31f6:
> Supported ports: [ TP ]
> Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
> 1000baseT/Full
> Supported pause frame use: No
> Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
> Supported FEC modes: Not reported
> Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
> 1000baseT/Full
> Advertised pause frame use: No
> Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
> Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
> Speed: 10Mb/s
> Duplex: Full
> Port: Twisted Pair
> PHYAD: 1
> Transceiver: internal
> Auto-negotiation: on
> MDI-X: on (auto)
> Supports Wake-on: pumbg
> Wake-on: g
> Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
> drv probe link
> Link detected: yes
>
>
> Notice that if disconnection last less than about 5 seconds,
> nothing wrong happens.
> And if after last failure, disconnection / connection occurs again and
> last less than 5 seconds, link speed is back to 1000 Mbps.
>
> [18075.350678] e1000e: enp0s31f6 NIC Link is Down
> [18078.716245] e1000e: enp0s31f6 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow
> Control: None
>
> The following patch seems to fix this issue.
> However I don't clearly understand why.
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
> index 3ba0c90e7055..763c013960f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
> @@ -5069,7 +5069,7 @@ static bool e1000e_has_link(struct e1000_adapter
> *adapter)
> case e1000_media_type_copper:
> if (hw->mac.get_link_status) {
> ret_val = hw->mac.ops.check_for_link(hw);
> - link_active = !hw->mac.get_link_status;
> + link_active = false;
> } else {
> link_active = true;
> }
>
> Maybe this is related to watchdog task.
>
> I've found out this fix by comparing with last commit that works fine :
> commit 0b76aae741abb9d16d2c0e67f8b1e766576f897d.
> However I don't know if this information is relevant.
>
> Thank you.
> Camille Bordignon
What kernel were you testing this on? I know there have been a number
of changes over the past few months in this area and it would be
useful to know exactly what code base you started out with and what
the latest version of the kernel is you have tested.
Looking over the code change the net effect of it should be to add a 2
second delay from the time the link has changed until you actually
check the speed/duplex configuration. It is possible we could be
seeing some sort of timing issue and adding the 2 second delay after
the link event is enough time for things to stabilize and detect the
link at 1000 instead of 10/100.
- Alex
