vmxnet3: A Kernel panic occurred on a RHEL 6 VM after performing a VMWare vmotion

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Issue

  • A Kernel panic occurred on a RHEL 6 VM after performing a VMWare vmotion.
  • kernel BUG at drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c:337!
  • The Vmxnet3 driver crashed here due to a out of order TX completion.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise 6
    • kernel-2.6.32-504.el6
  • Vmxnet3 driver
  • ESX 6.0
    • Vmotion

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