Virtio Fixes Not Backported --> Google Cloud Platform Drops Packets
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Yakkety |
In Progress
|
Medium
|
Stefan Bader | ||
linux-hwe (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Yakkety |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
The HWE kernel, and possibly others too, backport some virtio improvements related to setting VIRTIO_
501db511397fd6e
https:/
6391a4481ba0796
https:/
Both of these must be backported into your HWE kernel and perhaps other Ubuntu kernels too. (They were both backported into the kernel.org stable kernels.) While mostly nobody cares about this "correctness" issue, it turns out that Google Cloud Platform -- which uses the HWE kernel by default -- does care and will silently and mysteriously drop packets. This leads to packets being dropped entirely when being forwarded between various types of network drivers.
This issue must be fixed in order to use Ubuntu on Google Cloud Platform.
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux-hwe (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Yakkety): | |
assignee: | nobody → Stefan Bader (smb) |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → In Progress |
This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:
apport-collect 1685416
and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.
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This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.