[etherlab-users] Kernel Oops with ethercat-1.5.1 and kernel 2.6.37

William Montgomery william at opinicus.com
Wed Apr 4 22:45:20 CEST 2012


Hi Andreas,

It does look like a bug.  I have traced it to a line in the e1000 driver:
e1000_main-2.6.37-ethercat.c
the e1000_open call works fine up to and including 
e1000_irq_enable(adapter) but we get the NULL pointer reference in 
netif_start_queue(netdev);

A snippet from the objdump:
------
     6a28:       8b 40 08                mov    0x8(%eax),%eax
                 netif_schedule_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i));
}

static inline void netif_tx_start_queue(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue)
{
         clear_bit(__QUEUE_STATE_XOFF, &dev_queue->state);
     6a2b:       8b 83 c0 01 00 00       mov    0x1c0(%ebx),%eax
     6a31:       f0 80 60 08 fe          lock andb $0xfe,0x8(%eax)
--------
It looks like the NULL pointer is used in the clear_bit call but I dont 
know why the netdev_get_tx_queue() wouldn't return a good value?

I would like to help fix this if possible.

Regards,
Wm

On 04/04/2012 03:37 AM, Andreas Stewering-Bone wrote:
> Hello Willam,
>
> please try the generic driver.
>
> The e1000 driver is a little bit tricky, maybe there is a bug.
>
> Best regards
>
> Andreas
>
> Am 03.04.2012 18:26, schrieb William Montgomery:
>> My setup:
>>   Slackware 13.37
>>   kernel 2.6.37.6-smp
>>   ethercat-1.5.1 (configured with --enable-e1000)
>>
>> I get a kernel Oops when I invoke /etc/init.d/ethercat start.
>> Sometimes the machine hangs completely other times I can get more 
>> details
>> from syslog:
>>
>> Apr  3 11:57:07 c130ctltst2 python: hp-systray[2215]: warning: 
>> hp-systray should not be run as root/superuser.
>> Apr  3 11:57:07 c130ctltst2 python: hp-systray[2215]: error: 
>> hp-systray cannot be run as root. Exiting.
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221363] BUG: unable to 
>> handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000008
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221394] IP: [<f8697998>] 
>> e1000_open+0xc8/0x140 [ec_e1000]
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221419] *pde = 00000000
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221431] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221446] last sysfs file: 
>> /sys/module/ec_master/initstate
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221465] Modules linked in: 
>> ec_e1000(+) ec_master ipv6 lp fuse i915 drm_kms_helper drm intel_agp 
>> i2c_algo_bit intel_
>> gtt psmouse usbhid video hid agpgart thermal fan rtc_cmos serio_raw 
>> processor thermal_sys evdev sg rtc_core e1000e output ppdev i2c_i801 
>> hwmon i2c_core rtc_li
>> b shpchp parport_pc parport button [last unloaded: e1000]
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221606]
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221613] Pid: 2392, comm: 
>> modprobe Not tainted 2.6.37.6-smp #2 To be filled by O.E.M. To be 
>> filled by O.E.M./To be f
>> illed by O.E.M.
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221659] EIP: 
>> 0060:[<f8697998>] EFLAGS: 00010286 CPU: 2
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221679] EIP is at 
>> e1000_open+0xc8/0x140 [ec_e1000]
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221697] EAX: 00000000 EBX: 
>> f714c000 ECX: f648f85c EDX: f714c000
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221717] ESI: 00000000 EDI: 
>> f714c400 EBP: f5afdd4c ESP: f5afdd40
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221738]  DS: 007b ES: 007b 
>> FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221756] Process modprobe 
>> (pid: 2392, ti=f5afc000 task=f586ee80 task.ti=f5afc000)
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221781] Stack:
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221788]  f648f85c f648f85c 
>> f714c106 f5afdd60 f8a089c1 313a3030 31323a42 f7214400
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221823]  f5afdd78 f8a08a28 
>> 05218120 f7214400 f7214400 f714c400 f5afddd8 f86a0f8b
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221858]  f5afddca 00000008 
>> f5afddac c11500ca f6a165d0 f5afdda4 f5b0cc88 f714c100
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221892] Call Trace:
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221906]  [<f8a089c1>] ? 
>> ec_device_open+0xd1/0x120 [ec_master]
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221928]  [<f8a08a28>] ? 
>> ecdev_open+0x18/0x70 [ec_master]
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221949]  [<f86a0f8b>] ? 
>> e1000_probe+0x9aa/0xba8 [ec_e1000]
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221972]  [<c11500ca>] ? 
>> sysfs_addrm_finish+0x1a/0xb0
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.221992]  [<c15863a5>] ? 
>> pm_runtime_enable+0x45/0x70
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222010]  [<c15047d7>] ? 
>> local_pci_probe+0x47/0xb0
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222028]  [<c1504d98>] ? 
>> pci_device_probe+0x68/0x90
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222046]  [<c157f96f>] ? 
>> driver_probe_device+0x7f/0x190
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222064]  [<c150475b>] ? 
>> pci_match_device+0xab/0xc0
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222082]  [<c157fb01>] ? 
>> __driver_attach+0x81/0x90
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222099]  [<c157eaf9>] ? 
>> bus_for_each_dev+0x49/0x70
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222117]  [<c157f67e>] ? 
>> driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222134]  [<c157fa80>] ? 
>> __driver_attach+0x0/0x90
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222151]  [<c157f24a>] ? 
>> bus_add_driver+0xca/0x2b0
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222168]  [<c1505ad0>] ? 
>> pci_device_remove+0x0/0xf0
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222186]  [<c157fd36>] ? 
>> driver_register+0x66/0x110
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222204]  [<c109f0cd>] ? 
>> ftrace_process_locs+0x15d/0x250Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  
>> 476.222223]  [<c1504fc5>] ? __pci_register_driver+0x45/0xb0
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222244]  [<f854204b>] ? 
>> e1000_init_module+0x4b/0x83 [ec_e1000]
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222265]  [<c1001235>] ? 
>> do_one_initcall+0x35/0x170
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222284]  [<f8542000>] ? 
>> e1000_init_module+0x0/0x83 [ec_e1000]
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222305]  [<c107777b>] ? 
>> sys_init_module+0x10b/0x18b0
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222327]  [<c19dd5ac>] ? 
>> syscall_call+0x7/0xb
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222343] Code: 98 09 00 00 
>> fb 8b 87 88 01 00 00 a8 01 0f 84 8c 00 00 00 f0 80 a7 88 01 00 00 fe 
>> 8b 8f cc 05 00 00 85
>>  c9 74 5e 8b 83 c0 01 00 00 <f0> 80 60 08 fe b8 04 00 00 00 8b 97 f0 
>> 01 00 00 89 82 c8 00 00
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222490] EIP: [<f8697998>] 
>> e1000_open+0xc8/0x140 [ec_e1000] SS:ESP 0068:f5afdd40
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.222520] CR2: 0000000000000008
>> Apr  3 11:59:11 c130ctltst2 kernel: [  476.229386] ---[ end trace 
>> 53d4103391925e37 ]---
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Wm
>>
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>
> Mit freundlichem Gruß
>
> Andreas Stewering-Bone
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