This commit fixes a bug which causes the guest to hang. The bug was
observed upon a "receive overrun" (bit #6 of the ICR register)
interrupt which could be triggered post migration in a heavy traffic
environment. Even though the "receive overrun" bit (#6) is masked out
by the IMS register (refer to the log below) the driver still receives
an interrupt as the "receive overrun" bit (#6) causes the "Other" -
bit #24 of the ICR register - bit to be set as documented below. The
driver handles the interrupt and clears the "Other" bit (#24) but
doesn't clear the "receive overrun" bit (#6) which leads to an
infinite loop. Apparently the Windows driver expects that the "receive
overrun" bit and other ones - documented below - to be cleared when
the "Other" bit (#24) is cleared.
So to sum that up:
1. Bit #6 of the ICR register is set by heavy traffic
2. As a results of setting bit #6, bit #24 is set
3. The driver receives an interrupt for bit 24 (it doesn't receieve an
interrupt for bit #6 as it is masked out by IMS)
4. The driver handles and clears the interrupt of bit #24
5. Bit #6 is still set.
6. 2 happens all over again
The Interrupt Cause Read - ICR register:
The ICR has the "Other" bit - bit #24 - that is set when one or more
of the following ICR register's bits are set:
LSC - bit #2, RXO - bit #6, MDAC - bit #9, SRPD - bit #16, ACK - bit
#17, MNG - bit #18
This bug can occur with any of these bits depending on the driver's
behaviour and the way it configures the device. However, trying to
reproduce it with any bit other than RX0 is challenging and came to
failure as the drivers don't implement most of these bits, trying to
reproduce it with LSC (Link Status Change - bit #2) bit didn't succeed
too as it seems that Windows handles this bit differently.
Log sample of the storm:
27563@1494850819.411877:e1000e_irq_pending_interrupts ICR PENDING: 0x1000000 (ICR: 0x815000c2, IMS: 0x1a00004)
27563@1494850819.411900:e1000e_irq_pending_interrupts ICR PENDING: 0x0 (ICR: 0x815000c2, IMS: 0xa00004)
27563@1494850819.411915:e1000e_irq_pending_interrupts ICR PENDING: 0x0 (ICR: 0x815000c2, IMS: 0xa00004)
27563@1494850819.412380:e1000e_irq_pending_interrupts ICR PENDING: 0x0 (ICR: 0x815000c2, IMS: 0xa00004)
27563@1494850819.412395:e1000e_irq_pending_interrupts ICR PENDING: 0x0 (ICR: 0x815000c2, IMS: 0xa00004)
27563@1494850819.412436:e1000e_irq_pending_interrupts ICR PENDING: 0x0 (ICR: 0x815000c2, IMS: 0xa00004)
27563@1494850819.412441:e1000e_irq_pending_interrupts ICR PENDING: 0x0 (ICR: 0x815000c2, IMS: 0xa00004)
27563@1494850819.412998:e1000e_irq_pending_interrupts ICR PENDING: 0x1000000 (ICR: 0x815000c2, IMS: 0x1a00004)
* This bug behaviour wasn't observed with the Linux driver.
This commit solves:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1447935https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449490
Cc: qemu-stable@nongnu.org
Signed-off-by: Sameeh Jubran <sjubran@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
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