/var/log/messages flooded with continuous error "qbrXXXXXXX: hw csum failure"
Issue
Example output:
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: Call Trace:
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: <IRQ> [<ffffffff816351f1>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8152812a>] netdev_rx_csum_fault+0x3a/0x40
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff815200fd>] __skb_checksum_complete+0xbd/0xd0
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff815b7c8c>] nf_ip_checksum+0xcc/0x100
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffffa07bd806>] tcp_error+0x1b6/0x220 [nf_conntrack]
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffffa00b7137>] ? ipt_do_table+0x337/0x701 [ip_tables]
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffffa07b87c3>] nf_conntrack_in+0xf3/0xae0 [nf_conntrack]
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffffa05f13a4>] ipv4_conntrack_in+0x24/0x30 [nf_conntrack_ipv4]
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8155c750>] nf_iterate+0x70/0xb0
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8155c838>] nf_hook_slow+0xa8/0x110
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffffa014906e>] br_nf_pre_routing+0x61e/0x730 [bridge]
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffffa0148640>] ? br_nf_pre_routing_finish_ipv6+0x1b0/0x1b0 [bridge]
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8155c750>] nf_iterate+0x70/0xb0
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8155c838>] nf_hook_slow+0xa8/0x110
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffffa014145a>] br_handle_frame+0x20a/0x2d0 [bridge]
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8152aa07>] ? __netif_receive_skb_core+0x707/0x7d0
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffffa0140e30>] ? br_handle_local_finish+0xa0/0xa0 [bridge]
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8152a4e2>] __netif_receive_skb_core+0x1e2/0x7d0
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8152aae8>] __netif_receive_skb+0x18/0x60
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8152b7be>] process_backlog+0xae/0x180
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8152afa2>] net_rx_action+0x152/0x240
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff81084b0f>] __do_softirq+0xef/0x280
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8164721c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff81016fc5>] do_softirq+0x65/0xa0
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff81084ea5>] irq_exit+0x115/0x120
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff81647db8>] do_IRQ+0x58/0xf0
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8163d0ed>] common_interrupt+0x6d/0x6d
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: <EOI> [<ffffffff814d454f>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x4f/0xc0
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff814d4548>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x48/0xc0
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff814d4699>] cpuidle_idle_call+0xd9/0x210
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff8101e4be>] arch_cpu_idle+0xe/0x30
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff810d6305>] cpu_startup_entry+0x245/0x290
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff81624e07>] rest_init+0x77/0x80
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff81a8d057>] start_kernel+0x429/0x44a
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff81a8ca37>] ? repair_env_string+0x5c/0x5c
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff81a8c120>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x120/0x120
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff81a8c5ee>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: [<ffffffff81a8c742>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x152/0x175
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: qbrc792957a-46: hw csum failure
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 #1
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: Hardware name: HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8, BIOS I31 06/01/2015
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: ffff881fe7866000 6abe7879e1e1c8c2 ffff880fffa039c8 ffffffff816351f1
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: ffff880fffa039e0 ffffffff8152812a 0000000000000000 ffff880fffa03a10
Jun 29 07:15:25 os1 kernel: ffffffff815200fd 04e0fb1f16fa2a38 ffff8800b7c52e00 0000000000000014
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 kernel-3.10.0-327
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