VMWare vmxnet3 logs WARNING: at kernel/softirq.c:159 local_bh_enable+0x59

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Issue

  • VMWare vmxnet3 driver logs WARNING: at kernel/softirq.c:159 local_bh_enable+0x59
kernel: Call Trace:
kernel: [<c04624b9>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x89/0xe0
kernel: [<c0469e79>] ? local_bh_enable+0x59/0x90
kernel: [<c046252b>] ? warn_slowpath_null+0x1b/0x20
kernel: [<c0469e79>] ? local_bh_enable+0x59/0x90
kernel: [<c07bc3a6>] ? skb_copy_bits+0x126/0x210
kernel: [<c07bcf0e>] ? __pskb_pull_tail+0x6e/0x2b0
kernel: [<f8dd4164>] ? vmxnet3_xmit_frame+0xba4/0xef0 [vmxnet3]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (kernel-2.6.32-642)
  • VMWare virtual machine with vmxnet3 paravirtualized network interface card (NIC)

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