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[Bug 616064] Re: Broken networking in kvm guests with pcnet driver

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From: "Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:46:08 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 616064 <616064@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Brain Fallik, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been
any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an
issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest server
release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from
http://releases.ubuntu.com/raring/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
the development release from a Terminal
(Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.11-rc5

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's
Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your
understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-105 needs-upstream-testing

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: qemu-kvm
- 
  
  Some TCP operations receive unexpected reset (RST) packets when executed on the guest.  I can see these RST packets via
  Wireshark but can't explain their source.  This breaks certain (most) networking on the guest.
  
  I uncovered this when some 'git clone' operations failed with "Broken
  Pipe" in the guests.  I've been able to reproduce the same failures
  using scp and 'svn checkout'.  The failure occurs 80-90% of the time and
  'svn checkout' seems to be the quickest to fail.  The same operations on
  the host are always successful.
  
  My setup is a Lucid amd64 host with two guests (Lucid and Hardy, both
  i386, using kvm).  Networking seems to mostly work.  I can maintain
  persistent ssh connections to the guest and some networking operations
  from the guest (ie. ping) never fail.  However, the git-clone/scp/svn-
  checkout operations fail almost all the time.  I've tried this with both
  virtio and e1000 drivers with no difference.
  
  This may be similar to some of the behavior reported in bug 584048 but
  not the final patch referenced in comment 27.  I built a custon deb
  including the upstream patch for testing and it had no effect.
  
- $ lsb_release -rd
- Description:	Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
- Release:	10.04
+ BIOS:
+ http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5080935
  
  $ apt-cache policy qemu-kvm
  qemu-kvm:
-   Installed: 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.2
-   Candidate: 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.2
-   Version table:
-  *** 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.2 0
-         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
-      0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9 0
-         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
+   Installed: 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.2
+   Candidate: 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.2
+   Version table:
+  *** 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.2 0
+         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+      0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9 0
+         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: kvm 1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu16+0.12.3+noroms+0ubuntu9.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-server 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-server x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Aug 10 16:39:24 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100406.1)
  KvmCmdLine:
-  UID        PID  PPID  C    SZ   RSS PSR STIME TTY          TIME CMD
-  root     17641     1  1 2174883 1087144 1 15:42 ?      00:00:59 /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.12 -cpu qemu32 -enable-kvm -m 8192 -smp 8 -name hound-lucid -uuid 0e32438c-cb4d-1eb9-a560-f25c89c1dbf6 -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/hound-lucid.monitor,server,nowait -monitor chardev:monitor -boot c -drive file=/opt/hound-lucid,if=virtio,index=0,boot=on -drive if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2 -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:61:7e:c0,vlan=0,model=virtio,name=virtio.0 -net tap,fd=59,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -serial chardev:serial0 -parallel none -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -k en-us -vga cirrus
+  UID        PID  PPID  C    SZ   RSS PSR STIME TTY          TIME CMD
+  root     17641     1  1 2174883 1087144 1 15:42 ?      00:00:59 /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.12 -cpu qemu32 -enable-kvm -m 8192 -smp 8 -name hound-lucid -uuid 0e32438c-cb4d-1eb9-a560-f25c89c1dbf6 -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/hound-lucid.monitor,server,nowait -monitor chardev:monitor -boot c -drive file=/opt/hound-lucid,if=virtio,index=0,boot=on -drive if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2 -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:61:7e:c0,vlan=0,model=virtio,name=virtio.0 -net tap,fd=59,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -serial chardev:serial0 -parallel none -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -k en-us -vga cirrus
  MachineType: IBM IBM System x3400 M2 Server -[7836AC1]-
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-server root=UUID=7d9adc6b-cfec-42fa-b469-bc09ccd24478 ro quiet
  ProcEnviron:
-  PATH=(custom, user)
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  PATH=(custom, user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: qemu-kvm
  dmi.bios.date: 11/20/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: IBM Corp.
  dmi.bios.version: -[Y4E131BUS-1.02]-
  dmi.board.name: 49Y6715
  dmi.board.vendor: IBM
  dmi.board.version: GA
  dmi.chassis.type: 23
  dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
  dmi.chassis.version: GA
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBMCorp.:bvr-[Y4E131BUS-1.02]-:bd11/20/2009:svnIBM:pnIBMSystemx3400M2Server-[7836AC1]-:pvr06:rvnIBM:rn49Y6715:rvrGA:cvnIBM:ct23:cvrGA:
  dmi.product.name: IBM System x3400 M2 Server -[7836AC1]-
  dmi.product.version: 06
  dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

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Title:
  Broken networking in kvm guests with pcnet driver

Status in “bridge-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: qemu-kvm

  Some TCP operations receive unexpected reset (RST) packets when executed on the guest.  I can see these RST packets via
  Wireshark but can't explain their source.  This breaks certain (most) networking on the guest.

  I uncovered this when some 'git clone' operations failed with "Broken
  Pipe" in the guests.  I've been able to reproduce the same failures
  using scp and 'svn checkout'.  The failure occurs 80-90% of the time
  and 'svn checkout' seems to be the quickest to fail.  The same
  operations on the host are always successful.

  My setup is a Lucid amd64 host with two guests (Lucid and Hardy, both
  i386, using kvm).  Networking seems to mostly work.  I can maintain
  persistent ssh connections to the guest and some networking operations
  from the guest (ie. ping) never fail.  However, the git-clone/scp/svn-
  checkout operations fail almost all the time.  I've tried this with
  both virtio and e1000 drivers with no difference.

  This may be similar to some of the behavior reported in bug 584048 but
  not the final patch referenced in comment 27.  I built a custon deb
  including the upstream patch for testing and it had no effect.

  BIOS:
  http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5080935

  $ apt-cache policy qemu-kvm
  qemu-kvm:
    Installed: 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.2
    Candidate: 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.2
    Version table:
   *** 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.2 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: kvm 1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu16+0.12.3+noroms+0ubuntu9.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-server 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-server x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Aug 10 16:39:24 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100406.1)
  KvmCmdLine:
   UID        PID  PPID  C    SZ   RSS PSR STIME TTY          TIME CMD
   root     17641     1  1 2174883 1087144 1 15:42 ?      00:00:59 /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.12 -cpu qemu32 -enable-kvm -m 8192 -smp 8 -name hound-lucid -uuid 0e32438c-cb4d-1eb9-a560-f25c89c1dbf6 -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/hound-lucid.monitor,server,nowait -monitor chardev:monitor -boot c -drive file=/opt/hound-lucid,if=virtio,index=0,boot=on -drive if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2 -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:61:7e:c0,vlan=0,model=virtio,name=virtio.0 -net tap,fd=59,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -serial chardev:serial0 -parallel none -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -k en-us -vga cirrus
  MachineType: IBM IBM System x3400 M2 Server -[7836AC1]-
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-server root=UUID=7d9adc6b-cfec-42fa-b469-bc09ccd24478 ro quiet
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: qemu-kvm
  dmi.bios.date: 11/20/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: IBM Corp.
  dmi.bios.version: -[Y4E131BUS-1.02]-
  dmi.board.name: 49Y6715
  dmi.board.vendor: IBM
  dmi.board.version: GA
  dmi.chassis.type: 23
  dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
  dmi.chassis.version: GA
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBMCorp.:bvr-[Y4E131BUS-1.02]-:bd11/20/2009:svnIBM:pnIBMSystemx3400M2Server-[7836AC1]-:pvr06:rvnIBM:rn49Y6715:rvrGA:cvnIBM:ct23:cvrGA:
  dmi.product.name: IBM System x3400 M2 Server -[7836AC1]-
  dmi.product.version: 06
  dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

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