When running a Xen Hypervisor, intermittently a Xen Guest may lose connectivity and report "kernel: vif4.0: Frag is bigger than frame" in messages.

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Issue

  • When running a Xen Hypervisor, intermittently a Xen Guest may lose connectivity and report "kernel: vif4.0: Frag is bigger than frame" in messages, and the guest may become disconnected.
  • Host reports the following message in the logs: "kernel: vif4.0: Frag is bigger than frame"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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