Kernel panic "kernel BUG at drivers/net/tg3.c:6409! exception RIP: tg3_tx_recover"
Issue
- System panics with the following messages:
PANIC: "kernel BUG at drivers/net/tg3.c:6409!"
[exception RIP: tg3_tx_recover+133]
RIP: ffffffffa03aeb85 RSP: ffff880002203cf0 RFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 00000000000000af RBX: ffff8800374566e0 RCX: 00000000ffffffff
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000061a37000 RDI: ffff8800374566e0
RBP: ffff880002203d10 R8: ffff880002214008 R9: ffffffff81a01ea8
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8800374567e0
R13: ffff8800da5e1068 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: 0000000000000000
ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0018
#7 [ffff880002203d18] tg3_poll_work at ffffffffa03b3ef3 [tg3]
#8 [ffff880002203df8] tg3_poll at ffffffffa03bef00 [tg3]
#9 [ffff880002203e68] net_rx_action at ffffffff81460fb3
#10 [ffff880002203ec8] __do_softirq at ffffffff8107a8e1
#11 [ffff880002203f38] call_softirq at ffffffff8100c30c
#12 [ffff880002203f50] do_softirq at ffffffff8100fa75
#13 [ffff880002203f70] irq_exit at ffffffff8107a795
#14 [ffff880002203f80] do_IRQ at ffffffff81531605
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
- Broadcom NetXtreme network interface using
tg3driver - AMD or VIA motherboard chipset
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