[Bug 997978] Re: KVM images lose connectivity with bridged network

Serge Hallyn 997978 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon Sep 24 20:05:17 UTC 2012


** Description changed:

+ =========================================
+ SRU Justification:
+ 1. Impact: networking breaks after awhile in kvm guests using virtio networking
+ 2. Development fix: The bug was fixed upstream and the fix picked up in a new
+    merge.
+ 3. Stable fix: 3 virtio patches are cherrypicked from upstream:
+    a821ce5 virtio: order index/descriptor reads
+    92045d8 virtio: add missing mb() on enable notification
+    a281ebc virtio: add missing mb() on notification
+ 4. Test case: Create a bridge enslaving the real NIC, and use that as the bridge
+    for a kvm instance with virtio networking.  See comment #44 for specific test
+    case.
+ 5. Regression potential: Should be low as several people have tested the fixed
+    package under heavy load.
+ =========================================
+ 
  System:
  -----------
  Dell R410 Dual processor 2.4Ghz w/16G RAM
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  Release:        12.04
  Codename:       precise
  
  Setup:
  ---------
- We're running 3 KVM guests, all Ubuntu 12.04 LTS using bridged networking. 
+ We're running 3 KVM guests, all Ubuntu 12.04 LTS using bridged networking.
  
  From the host:
  # cat /etc/network/interfaces
  auto br0
  iface br0 inet static
-         address 212.XX.239.98
-         netmask 255.255.255.240
-         gateway 212.XX.239.97
-         bridge_ports eth0
-         bridge_fd 9
-         bridge_hello 2
-         bridge_maxage 12
-         bridge_stp off
+         address 212.XX.239.98
+         netmask 255.255.255.240
+         gateway 212.XX.239.97
+         bridge_ports eth0
+         bridge_fd 9
+         bridge_hello 2
+         bridge_maxage 12
+         bridge_stp off
  
  # ifconfig eth0
- eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d4:ae:52:84:2d:5a  
-           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
-           RX packets:11278363 errors:0 dropped:3128 overruns:0 frame:0
-           TX packets:14437384 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
-           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
-           RX bytes:4115980743 (4.1 GB)  TX bytes:5451961979 (5.4 GB)
-           Interrupt:36 Memory:da000000-da012800 
+ eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d4:ae:52:84:2d:5a
+           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
+           RX packets:11278363 errors:0 dropped:3128 overruns:0 frame:0
+           TX packets:14437384 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
+           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
+           RX bytes:4115980743 (4.1 GB)  TX bytes:5451961979 (5.4 GB)
+           Interrupt:36 Memory:da000000-da012800
  
  # ifconfig br0
- br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d4:ae:52:84:2d:5a  
-           inet addr:212.XX.239.98  Bcast:212.XX.239.111  Mask:255.255.255.240
-           inet6 addr: fe80::d6ae:52ff:fe84:2d5a/64 Scope:Link
-           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
-           RX packets:1720861 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
-           TX packets:1708622 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
-           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
-           RX bytes:210152198 (210.1 MB)  TX bytes:300858508 (300.8 MB)
+ br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d4:ae:52:84:2d:5a
+           inet addr:212.XX.239.98  Bcast:212.XX.239.111  Mask:255.255.255.240
+           inet6 addr: fe80::d6ae:52ff:fe84:2d5a/64 Scope:Link
+           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
+           RX packets:1720861 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
+           TX packets:1708622 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
+           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
+           RX bytes:210152198 (210.1 MB)  TX bytes:300858508 (300.8 MB)
  
  # brctl show
  bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
  br0             8000.d4ae52842d5a       no              eth0
  
  I have no default network configured to autostart in libvirt as we're using bridged networking:
  # virsh net-list --all
  Name                 State      Autostart
  -----------------------------------------
- default              inactive   no        
+ default              inactive   no
  
  # arp
  Address                  HWtype  HWaddress           Flags Mask            Iface
  mailer03.xxxx.com       ether   52:54:00:82:5f:0f   C                     br0
  mailer01.xxxx.com       ether   52:54:00:d2:f7:31   C                     br0
  mailer02.xxxx.com       ether   52:54:00:d3:8f:91   C                     br0
  dxi-gw2.xxxx.com        ether   00:1a:30:2a:b1:c0   C                     br0
  
  From one of the guests:
  <domain type='kvm' id='4'>
-   <name>mailer01</name>
-   <uuid>d41d1355-84e8-ae23-e84e-227bc0231b97</uuid>
-   <memory>2097152</memory>
-   <currentMemory>2097152</currentMemory>
-   <vcpu>1</vcpu>
-   <os>
-     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-1.0'>hvm</type>
-     <boot dev='hd'/>
-   </os>
-   <features>
-     <acpi/>
-   </features>
-   <clock offset='utc'/>
-   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
-   <devices>
-     <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
-     <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-       <source file='/dev/mapper/vg_main-mailer01--root'/>
-       <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-       <alias name='ide0-0-0'/>
-       <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='0'/>
-     </disk>
-     <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-       <source file='/dev/mapper/vg_main-mailer01--swap'/>
-       <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/>
-       <alias name='ide0-0-1'/>
-       <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='1'/>
-     </disk>
-     <controller type='ide' index='0'>
-       <alias name='ide0'/>
-       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
-     </controller>
-     <interface type='bridge'>
-       <mac address='52:54:00:d2:f7:31'/>
-       <source bridge='br0'/>
-       <target dev='vnet0'/>
-       <model type='virtio'/>
-       <alias name='net0'/>
-       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
-     </interface>
-     <serial type='pty'>
-       <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
-       <target port='0'/>
-       <alias name='serial0'/>
-     </serial>
-     <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>
-       <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
-       <target type='serial' port='0'/>
-       <alias name='serial0'/>
-     </console>
-     <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-     <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'>
-       <listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/>
-     </graphics>
-     <video>
-       <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
-       <alias name='video0'/>
-       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
-     </video>
-     <memballoon model='virtio'>
-       <alias name='balloon0'/>
-       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
-     </memballoon>
-   </devices>
-   <seclabel type='dynamic' model='apparmor' relabel='yes'>
-     <label>libvirt-d41d1355-84e8-ae23-e84e-227bc0231b97</label>
-     <imagelabel>libvirt-d41d1355-84e8-ae23-e84e-227bc0231b97</imagelabel>
-   </seclabel>
+   <name>mailer01</name>
+   <uuid>d41d1355-84e8-ae23-e84e-227bc0231b97</uuid>
+   <memory>2097152</memory>
+   <currentMemory>2097152</currentMemory>
+   <vcpu>1</vcpu>
+   <os>
+     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-1.0'>hvm</type>
+     <boot dev='hd'/>
+   </os>
+   <features>
+     <acpi/>
+   </features>
+   <clock offset='utc'/>
+   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+   <devices>
+     <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
+     <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+       <source file='/dev/mapper/vg_main-mailer01--root'/>
+       <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+       <alias name='ide0-0-0'/>
+       <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='0'/>
+     </disk>
+     <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+       <source file='/dev/mapper/vg_main-mailer01--swap'/>
+       <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/>
+       <alias name='ide0-0-1'/>
+       <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='1'/>
+     </disk>
+     <controller type='ide' index='0'>
+       <alias name='ide0'/>
+       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
+     </controller>
+     <interface type='bridge'>
+       <mac address='52:54:00:d2:f7:31'/>
+       <source bridge='br0'/>
+       <target dev='vnet0'/>
+       <model type='virtio'/>
+       <alias name='net0'/>
+       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+     </interface>
+     <serial type='pty'>
+       <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
+       <target port='0'/>
+       <alias name='serial0'/>
+     </serial>
+     <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>
+       <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
+       <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+       <alias name='serial0'/>
+     </console>
+     <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+     <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'>
+       <listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/>
+     </graphics>
+     <video>
+       <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
+       <alias name='video0'/>
+       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+     </video>
+     <memballoon model='virtio'>
+       <alias name='balloon0'/>
+       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
+     </memballoon>
+   </devices>
+   <seclabel type='dynamic' model='apparmor' relabel='yes'>
+     <label>libvirt-d41d1355-84e8-ae23-e84e-227bc0231b97</label>
+     <imagelabel>libvirt-d41d1355-84e8-ae23-e84e-227bc0231b97</imagelabel>
+   </seclabel>
  </domain>
  
  From within the guest:
- # cat /etc/network/interfaces 
+ # cat /etc/network/interfaces
  # The primary network interface
  auto eth0
  iface eth0 inet static
-         address 212.XX.239.100
-         netmask 255.255.255.240 
-         network 212.XX.239.96
-         broadcast 212.XX.239.111
-         gateway 212.XX.239.97
+         address 212.XX.239.100
+         netmask 255.255.255.240
+         network 212.XX.239.96
+         broadcast 212.XX.239.111
+         gateway 212.XX.239.97
  
  # ifconfig
- eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 52:54:00:d2:f7:31  
-           inet addr:212.XX.239.100  Bcast:212.XX.239.111  Mask:255.255.255.240
-           inet6 addr: fe80::5054:ff:fed2:f731/64 Scope:Link
-           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
-           RX packets:5631830 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
-           TX packets:6683416 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
-           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
-           RX bytes:2027322829 (2.0 GB)  TX bytes:2076698690 (2.0 GB)
- 
+ eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 52:54:00:d2:f7:31
+           inet addr:212.XX.239.100  Bcast:212.XX.239.111  Mask:255.255.255.240
+           inet6 addr: fe80::5054:ff:fed2:f731/64 Scope:Link
+           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
+           RX packets:5631830 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
+           TX packets:6683416 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
+           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
+           RX bytes:2027322829 (2.0 GB)  TX bytes:2076698690 (2.0 GB)
  
  A commandline which starts the KVM guest:
  /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-1.0 -enable-kvm -m 2048 -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -name mailer01 -uuid d41d1355-84e8-ae23-e84e-227bc0231b97 -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/mailer01.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown -drive file=/dev/mapper/vg_main-mailer01--root,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 -drive file=/dev/mapper/vg_main-mailer01--swap,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-1,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=1,drive=drive-ide0-0-1,id=ide0-0-1 -netdev tap,fd=18,id=hostnet0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:d2:f7:31,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -vga cirrus -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4
  
  Problem:
  ------------
  Periodically (at least once a day), one or more of the guests lose network connectivity.  Ping responds with 'host unreachable', even from the dom host. Logging in via the serial console shows no problems: eth0 is up, can ping the local host, but no outside connectivity.  Restart the network (/etc/init.d/networking restart) does nothing. Reboot the machine and it comes alive again.
  
  I've verified there's no arp games going on on the primary host (the arp
  tables remain the same before - when it had connectivity - and after -
  when it doesn't.
  
  This is a critical issue affecting production services on the latest LTS
  release of Ubuntu. It's similar to an issue which was 'resolved' in
  10.04 but appears to have risen its ugly head again.

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