NETDEV WATCHDOG: ethX: (e1000e): transmit queue X timed out

Issue

• NETDEV WATCHDOG: (e1000e): transmit queue X timed out is logged, with a large kernel backtrace
• A system using the e1000e NIC driver reports a NETDEV WATCHDOG timeout and Reset adapter unexpectedly.
• RHEL 7 example:

kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 27563 at net/sched/sch_generic.c:356 dev_watchdog+0x248/0x260
kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: ethX (e1000e): transmit queue X timed out
...
kernel:  [<ffffffffc017adc0>] ? e1000_watchdog_task+0x8c0/0x8c0 [e1000e]
...
kernel: ---[ end trace 82794aa915c8da42 ]---
kernel: e1000e PCI-ID ethX: Reset adapter unexpectedly

• RHEL 9 example:

kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: ethX (e1000e): transmit queue 0 timed out
kernel: WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 0 at net/sched/sch_generic.c:529 dev_watchdog+0x1f9/0x200
...
kernel: ---[ end trace 518672f194407090 ]---
kernel: e1000e PCI-ID ethX: Reset adapter unexpectedly