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       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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Title:
  bnxt_en_po: TX timed out triggering Netdev Watchdog Timer

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The following 25Gb Broadcom NIC error was seen on Xenial
  running the 4.4.0-141-generic kernel on an amd64 host
  seeing moderate-heavy network traffic (just once):

  * The bnxt_en_po driver froze on a "TX timed out" error
    and triggered the Netdev Watchdog timer under load. 

  * From kernel log:
    "NETDEV WATCHDOG: eno2d1 (bnxt_en_bpo): transmit queue 0 timed out"
    See attached kern.log excerpt file for full excerpt of error log.

  * Release = Xenial 
    Kernel = 4.4.0-141-generic #167
    eno2d1 = Product Name: Broadcom Adv. Dual 25Gb Ethernet
    
  * This caused the driver to reset in order to recover:
    
    "bnxt_en_bpo 0000:19:00.1 eno2d1: TX timeout detected, starting reset task!"
   
    driver: bnxt_en_bpo
    version: 1.8.1
    source: ubuntu/bnxt/bnxt.c: bnxt_tx_timeout()

  * The loss of connectivity and softirq stall caused other failures
    on the system. 

  * The bnxt_en_po driver is the imported Broadcom driver
    pulled in to support newer Broadcom HW (specific boards)
    while the bnx_en module continues to support the older
    HW. The current Linux upstream driver does not compile
    easily with the 4.4 kernel (too many changes). 

  * This upstream and bnxt_en driver fix is a likely solution:
     "bnxt_en: Fix TX timeout during netpoll"
     commit: 73f21c653f930f438d53eed29b5e4c65c8a0f906
    
    This fix has not been applied to the bnxt_en_po driver
    version, but review of the code indicates that it is 
    susceptible to the bug, and the fix would be reasonable. 

  * No easy way to reproduce this

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