Public bug reported: A soft lockup is happening to Customers due to a bug in netvsc_poll.
Ubuntu 4.15.0-1103 has CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER=y in kernel config file, there is a bug in netvsc that may cause CPU lockup with POLL_CONTROLLER. This bug has been fixed by the following patch: commit 2a7f8c3b1d3feedee3aa319ac220cbde3725b5d5 Author: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> Date: Sat Sep 29 14:52:56 2018 +0200 hv_netvsc: remove ndo_poll_controller This commit is in mainline as of 4.20-rc1. Microsoft would like to request this patch in 4.15 based Azure kernels. ** Affects: linux-azure (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - Apply Patch to 4.15 kernels to resolve netvsc bug + Apply Patch to 4.15 kernels which will resolve a netvsc bug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1923888 Title: Apply Patch to 4.15 kernels which will resolve a netvsc bug To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/+bug/1923888/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
