Bug#625914: linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64: bridging is not interacting well with multicast in 2.6.38-4

05-06-2011, 08:12 PM

Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.38-3
Severity: normal

Hi. I've got a system that hosts several kvm virtual hosts. The VMs
access the network via tap devices bridged with a physical interface.
After upgrading to linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64_2.6.38-4, I noticed that
the virtualhosts were not autoconfiguring their IPv6 interfaces.
Debugging revealed that no multicast was passing over the bridge.

The bridge configuration is:
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
br0 8000.0002e3080eb5 no eth1
tap0
tap1
tap2

If I attach tcpdump to br0, I can see multicast (e.g. IPv6 Neighbor
Solicitation) packets. However, if I attach tcpdump to eth1, I do not
see multicast packets sourced from one of the VMs.

Downgrading to 2.6.38-3 solves the problem.

noah

-- Package-specific info:
** Version:
Linux version 2.6.38-2-amd64 (Debian 2.6.38-3) (ben@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.4.5 (Debian 4.4.5-15) ) #1 SMP Thu Apr 7 06:43:20 UTC 2011

** Command line:
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz root=UUID=c5ed1e31-1b76-44fa-a32d-12aa816c51eb ro quiet

** Not tainted

** Kernel log:
[ 1146.028039] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1146.028040] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1146.028042] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1146.028044] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1146.028046] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1146.028047]
[ 1146.028050] radeon 0000:01:05.0: DVI-D-1: EDID block 0 invalid.
[ 1146.028053] [drm:radeon_dvi_detect] *ERROR* DVI-D-1: probed a monitor but no|invalid EDID
[ 1156.118932] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 1
[ 1156.118936] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
[ 1156.118939] <3>01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.118941] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.118944] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.118946] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.118949] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.118951] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.118953] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.118956] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.118957]
[ 1156.168710] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 1
[ 1156.168712] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
[ 1156.168715] <3>01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.168717] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.168720] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.168722] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.168725] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.168727] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.168729] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.168732] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.168734]
[ 1156.218447] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 1
[ 1156.218450] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
[ 1156.218452] <3>01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.218454] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.218457] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.218459] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.218462] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.218464] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.218466] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.218469] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.218471]
[ 1156.268287] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 1
[ 1156.268289] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
[ 1156.268292] <3>01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.268294] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.268297] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.268299] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.268301] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.268304] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.268306] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.268309] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1156.268311]
[ 1156.268314] radeon 0000:01:05.0: DVI-D-1: EDID block 0 invalid.
[ 1156.268318] [drm:radeon_dvi_detect] *ERROR* DVI-D-1: probed a monitor but no|invalid EDID
[ 1166.359685] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 1
[ 1166.359695] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
[ 1166.359703] <3>01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.359710] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.359716] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.359722] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.359728] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.359734] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.359740] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.359746] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.359752]
[ 1166.410400] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 1
[ 1166.410407] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
[ 1166.410413] <3>01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.410420] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.410426] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.410433] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.410439] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.410445] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.410452] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.410458] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.410463]
[ 1166.460944] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 8
[ 1166.460951] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
[ 1166.460957] <3>01 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.460964] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.460970] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.460976] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.460983] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.460989] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.460995] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.461002] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.461007]
[ 1166.511511] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 2
[ 1166.511517] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
[ 1166.511523] <3>01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.511530] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.511536] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.511542] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.511549] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.511555] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.511561] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.511568] <3>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
[ 1166.511573]
[ 1166.511581] radeon 0000:01:05.0: DVI-D-1: EDID block 0 invalid.
[ 1166.511589] [drm:radeon_dvi_detect] *ERROR* DVI-D-1: probed a monitor but no|invalid EDID

** Model information
sys_vendor: System manufacturer
product_name: System Product Name
product_version: System Version
chassis_vendor: Chassis Manufacture
chassis_version: Chassis Version
bios_vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
bios_version: 0206
board_vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
board_name: M2A74-AM
board_version: Rev X.0x

** Loaded modules:
Module Size Used by
tun 18084 5
powernow_k8 17321 0
mperf 12411 1 powernow_k8
cpufreq_conservative 13878 0
ip6table_filter 12540 0
cpufreq_userspace 12576 0
ip6_tables 21907 1 ip6table_filter
cpufreq_powersave 12454 0
cpufreq_stats 12713 0
iptable_filter 12536 0
ip_tables 21818 1 iptable_filter
ebtable_nat 12580 0
ebtables 26089 1 ebtable_nat
x_tables 18839 5 ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,iptable_filter,ip_table s,ebtables
ppdev 12725 0
lp 17190 0
sco 17555 2
bnep 17424 2
rfcomm 32744 0
l2cap 40163 6 bnep,rfcomm
crc16 12343 1 l2cap
bluetooth 55503 6 sco,bnep,rfcomm,l2cap
rfkill 19014 2 bluetooth
binfmt_misc 12914 1
kvm_amd 50543 6
kvm 259192 1 kvm_amd
fuse 61520 1
nfsd 258505 13
exportfs 12591 1 nfsd
nfs 245941 0
lockd 66748 2 nfsd,nfs
fscache 36071 1 nfs
nfs_acl 12511 2 nfsd,nfs
auth_rpcgss 36692 2 nfsd,nfs
sunrpc 162075 19 nfsd,nfs,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss
bridge 65499 0
stp 12392 1 bridge
snd_hda_codec_via 52489 1
snd_hda_intel 25946 0
snd_hda_codec 63551 2 snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel
radeon 717227 2
snd_hwdep 13148 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 67327 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
ttm 52155 1 radeon
snd_seq 44678 0
snd_timer 22658 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 13155 1 snd_seq
snd 52280 8 snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_ hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 13014 1 snd
edac_core 35344 0
drm_kms_helper 26893 1 radeon
snd_page_alloc 12969 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
drm 165567 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 12834 1 radeon
parport_pc 22191 1
power_supply 13475 1 radeon
parport 31650 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
i2c_piix4 12536 0
i2c_core 19629 5 radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_piix4
k10temp 12611 0
shpchp 31221 0
pci_hotplug 26711 1 shpchp
edac_mce_amd 17103 0
evdev 17475 7
wmi 13202 0
psmouse 55199 0
asus_atk0110 17276 0
pcspkr 12579 0
processor 27431 1 powernow_k8
tpm_tis 13125 0
button 12994 0
tpm 17726 1 tpm_tis
thermal_sys 17939 1 processor
tpm_bios 12903 1 tpm
serio_raw 12878 0
ext3 112218 1
jbd 41698 1 ext3
mbcache 12930 1 ext3
dm_mod 62467 0
raid10 26243 0
raid456 52187 0
async_raid6_recov 12507 1 raid456
async_pq 12559 2 raid456,async_raid6_recov
raid6_pq 82523 2 async_raid6_recov,async_pq
async_xor 12385 3 raid456,async_raid6_recov,async_pq
xor 12556 1 async_xor
async_memcpy 12350 2 raid456,async_raid6_recov
async_tx 12566 5 raid456,async_raid6_recov,async_pq,async_xor,async _memcpy
raid1 26147 0
raid0 16985 0
multipath 13009 0
linear 12807 0
md_mod 82494 6 raid10,raid456,raid1,raid0,multipath,linear
usbhid 39900 0
hid 72616 1 usbhid
sg 25769 0
sr_mod 21824 0
sd_mod 35501 3
cdrom 35134 1 sr_mod
crc_t10dif 12348 1 sd_mod
ata_generic 12479 0
ahci 25089 2
libahci 22568 1 ahci
pata_atiixp 12689 0
ohci_hcd 26400 0
libata 147240 4 ata_generic,ahci,libahci,pata_atiixp
ehci_hcd 39529 0
tulip 47305 0
scsi_mod 161457 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
r8169 37209 0
mii 12634 1 r8169
usbcore 122908 4 usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
nls_base 12753 1 usbcore

** Network interface configuration:

iface lo inet loopback
auto lo

iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth0

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet manual

auto br0
iface br0 inet manual
bridge_ports eth1
bridge_maxwait 0

** Network status:
*** IP interfaces and addresses:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 00:26:18:20:48:8f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.0.201/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0
inet6 2001:470:8170:0:226:18ff:fe20:488f/64 scope global dynamic
valid_lft 586sec preferred_lft 286sec
inet6 fe80::226:18ff:fe20:488f/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000
link/ether 00:02:e3:08:0e:b5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/ether 00:02:e3:08:0e:b5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 2001:470:8170:0:202:e3ff:fe08:eb5/64 scope global dynamic
valid_lft 586sec preferred_lft 286sec
inet6 fe80::202:e3ff:fe08:eb5/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
6: tap0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 500
link/ether e2:f2:54:bf:59:0a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 fe80::e0f2:54ff:febf:590a/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
7: tap1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 500
link/ether b2:4a:ff:02:4a:4a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 fe80::b04a:ffff:fe02:4a4a/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
8: tap2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 500
link/ether 6a:9b:57:59:23:4d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

*** Device statistics:
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
lo: 11720 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 11720 114 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth0: 291236 1830 0 0 0 0 0 0 488030 1500 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth1: 192125 929 1 0 0 0 0 0 244967 966 2 0 0 0 2 0
br0: 29047 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 9286 54 0 0 0 0 0 0
tap0: 136901 686 0 0 0 0 0 0 195365 820 0 0 0 0 0 0
tap1: 266106 750 0 0 0 0 0 0 174742 720 0 0 0 0 0 0
tap2: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

*** Protocol statistics:
Ip:
498 total packets received
2 with invalid addresses
0 forwarded
0 incoming packets discarded
408 incoming packets delivered
314 requests sent out
Icmp:
1 ICMP messages received
0 input ICMP message failed.
ICMP input histogram:
echo requests: 1
1 ICMP messages sent
0 ICMP messages failed
ICMP output histogram:
echo replies: 1
IcmpMsg:
InType8: 1
OutType0: 1
Tcp:
9 active connections openings
6 passive connection openings
0 failed connection attempts
0 connection resets received
2 connections established
1503 segments received
1284 segments send out
8 segments retransmited
0 bad segments received.
3 resets sent
Udp:
210 packets received
0 packets to unknown port received.
0 packet receive errors
139 packets sent
UdpLite:
TcpExt:
5 TCP sockets finished time wait in fast timer
15 delayed acks sent
2 packets directly queued to recvmsg prequeue.
381 packet headers predicted
80 acknowledgments not containing data payload received
976 predicted acknowledgments
8 retransmits in slow start
TCPSackShiftFallback: 1
IpExt:
InMcastPkts: 118
OutMcastPkts: 36
InBcastPkts: 10
InOctets: 137413
OutOctets: 29732
InMcastOctets: 16210
OutMcastOctets: 6489
InBcastOctets: 2938

*** Device features:
br0: 0x1800
eth0: 0x4180
eth1: 0x0
lo: 0x13865
tap0: 0x0
tap1: 0x0
tap2: 0x0

** PCI devices:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge [1002:7911]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82ee]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) [1002:7912] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fbc00000-fbdfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f7ffffff
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2) [1002:7916] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fbe00000-fbefffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode] [1002:4390] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78-EH Motherboard [1043:82ef]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22
Region 0: I/O ports at b000 [size=8]
Region 1: I/O ports at a000 [size=4]
Region 2: I/O ports at 9000 [size=8]
Region 3: I/O ports at 8000 [size=4]
Region 4: I/O ports at 7000 [size=16]
Region 5: Memory at fbbff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78-EH Motherboard [1043:82ef]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at fbbfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:12.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller [1002:4398] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78-EH Motherboard [1043:82ef]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at fbbfd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396] (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78-EH Motherboard [1043:82ef]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: Memory at fbbff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78-EH Motherboard [1043:82ef]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
Region 0: Memory at fbbfc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller [1002:4398] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78-EH Motherboard [1043:82ef]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
Region 0: Memory at fbbfb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396] (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78-EH Motherboard [1043:82ef]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 19
Region 0: Memory at fbbfa800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 3a)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78-EH Motherboard [1043:82ef]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller [1002:439c] (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78-EH Motherboard [1043:82ef]
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
Region 1: I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
Region 2: I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
Region 3: I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
Region 4: I/O ports at ff00 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp

00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:837f]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at fbbf4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78-EH Motherboard [1043:82ef]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: fbf00000-fbffffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-

00:14.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78-EH Motherboard [1043:82ef]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 18
Region 0: Memory at fbbf9000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1200]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map [1022:1201]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller [1022:1202]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control [1022:1203]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: k10temp

00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control [1022:1204]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 2100 [1002:796e] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:835b]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Region 2: Memory at fbdf0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Region 4: I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
Region 5: Memory at fbc00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: radeon

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8385]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 41
Region 0: I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Region 2: Memory at fbeff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at fbec0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: r8169

03:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX [11ad:0002] (rev 20)
Subsystem: Netgear FA310TX [1385:f004]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20
Region 0: I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at fbfffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at fbf80000 [disabled] [size=256K]
Kernel driver in use: tulip

** USB devices:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0472:0065 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd PFU-65 Keyboard
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ58/M-BJ69 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0472:0065 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd PFU-65 Keyboard

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (996, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.39 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.98.8 tools for generating an initramfs
ii linux-base 3.2 Linux image base package
ii module-init-tools 3.12-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64 recommends:
ii firmware-linux-free 3 Binary firmware for various driver
ii libc6-i686 2.13-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64 suggests:
ii grub-pc 1.99~rc1-13 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
pn linux-doc-2.6.38 <none> (no description available)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64 is related to:
pn firmware-bnx2 <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-bnx2x <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-ipw2x00 <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-ivtv <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-iwlwifi <none> (no description available)
ii firmware-linux 0.29 Binary firmware for various driver
ii firmware-linux-nonfree 0.29 Binary firmware for various driver
pn firmware-qlogic <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-ralink <none> (no description available)
pn xen-hypervisor <none> (no description available)

-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64/postinst/missing-firmware-2.6.38-2-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.38-2-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64/postinst/ignoring-do-bootloader-2.6.38-2-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.38-2-amd64: false

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05-10-2011, 02:38 AM

On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:12 -0700, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.38-3
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi. I've got a system that hosts several kvm virtual hosts. The VMs
> access the network via tap devices bridged with a physical interface.
> After upgrading to linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64_2.6.38-4, I noticed that
> the virtualhosts were not autoconfiguring their IPv6 interfaces.
> Debugging revealed that no multicast was passing over the bridge.
>
> The bridge configuration is:
> bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
> br0 8000.0002e3080eb5 no eth1
> tap0
> tap1
> tap2
>
> If I attach tcpdump to br0, I can see multicast (e.g. IPv6 Neighbor
> Solicitation) packets. However, if I attach tcpdump to eth1, I do not
> see multicast packets sourced from one of the VMs.
>
> Downgrading to 2.6.38-3 solves the problem.

This is pretty weird. Debian version 2.6.38-3 has a few bridging
changes from stable 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.38.4, but they don't look like they
would cause this.

Ben.

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05-10-2011, 03:15 AM

On Tue, 10 May 2011 03:38:44 +0100
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:12 -0700, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> > Package: linux-2.6
> > Version: 2.6.38-3
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Hi. I've got a system that hosts several kvm virtual hosts. The VMs
> > access the network via tap devices bridged with a physical interface.
> > After upgrading to linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64_2.6.38-4, I noticed that
> > the virtualhosts were not autoconfiguring their IPv6 interfaces.
> > Debugging revealed that no multicast was passing over the bridge.
> >
> > The bridge configuration is:
> > bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
> > br0 8000.0002e3080eb5 no eth1
> > tap0
> > tap1
> > tap2
> >
> > If I attach tcpdump to br0, I can see multicast (e.g. IPv6 Neighbor
> > Solicitation) packets. However, if I attach tcpdump to eth1, I do not
> > see multicast packets sourced from one of the VMs.
> >
> > Downgrading to 2.6.38-3 solves the problem.
>
> This is pretty weird. Debian version 2.6.38-3 has a few bridging
> changes from stable 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.38.4, but they don't look like they
> would cause this.
>
> Ben.

There are two possible explainations:
1. In 2.6.37 and kernels the bridge uses IGMP snooping, there were several
fixes to that in the stable kernel; especially related to IPv6.

2. There was also a recent change to block link local multicast
address. But that should impact what you are doing.

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05-10-2011, 04:38 AM

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 03:38:44AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> This is pretty weird. Debian version 2.6.38-3 has a few bridging
> changes from stable 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.38.4, but they don't look like they
> would cause this.

I have apparently filed the bug against the wrong version of Debian's
kernel. 2.6.38-3 is not affected, and works as expected. The change
was introduced in -4. That may have been clear from the report itself,
but the report was filed against -3. I've fixed that in the BTS.

I've also confirmed that -5 is affected, to no great surprise.

I'll investigate further.

noah

05-10-2011, 12:42 PM

On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 21:38 -0700, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 03:38:44AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > This is pretty weird. Debian version 2.6.38-3 has a few bridging
> > changes from stable 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.38.4, but they don't look like they
> > would cause this.
>
> I have apparently filed the bug against the wrong version of Debian's
> kernel. 2.6.38-3 is not affected, and works as expected. The change
> was introduced in -4. That may have been clear from the report itself,
> but the report was filed against -3. I've fixed that in the BTS.

I gathered that, and then made the same mistake in writing the above!
The version with the regression, 2.6.38-4, includes the changes from
stable 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.38.4

Ben.

> I've also confirmed that -5 is affected, to no great surprise.
>
> I'll investigate further.
>
> noah
>

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05-10-2011, 06:05 PM

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 01:42:49PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > This is pretty weird. Debian version 2.6.38-3 has a few bridging
> > > changes from stable 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.38.4, but they don't look like they
> > > would cause this.
> >
> > I have apparently filed the bug against the wrong version of Debian's
> > kernel. 2.6.38-3 is not affected, and works as expected. The change
> > was introduced in -4. That may have been clear from the report itself,
> > but the report was filed against -3. I've fixed that in the BTS.
>
> I gathered that, and then made the same mistake in writing the above!
> The version with the regression, 2.6.38-4, includes the changes from
> stable 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.38.4

With a little help from git bisect, I've tracked this regression down to
the following commit to the stable-2.6.38.y tree:

commit 5f1c356a3fadc0c19922d660da723b79bcc9aad7
Author: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Fri Mar 18 05:27:28 2011 +0000

bridge: Reset IPCB when entering IP stack on NF_FORWARD

[ Upstream commit 6b1e960fdbd75dcd9bcc3ba5ff8898ff1ad30b6e ]

Whenever we enter the IP stack proper from bridge netfilter we
need to ensure that the skb is in a form the IP stack expects
it to be in.

The entry point on NF_FORWARD did not meet the requirements of
the IP stack, therefore leading to potential crashes/panics.

This patch fixes the problem.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

The diff is
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c b/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c
index 4b5b66d..49d50ea 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c
@@ -741,6 +741,9 @@ static unsigned int br_nf_forward_ip(unsigned int
hook, struct sk_buff *skb,
nf_bridge->mask |= BRNF_PKT_TYPE;
}

+ if (br_parse_ip_options(skb))
+ return NF_DROP;
+
/* The physdev module checks on this */
nf_bridge->mask |= BRNF_BRIDGED;
nf_bridge->physoutdev = skb->dev;

If I revert this change, network connectivity functions as expected for
the VMs on this host.

I don't know enough about this change or the problem it was supposed to
solve to be able to guess about what's going wrong.

noah