ata_piix swiotlb buffer is full

[sparks71]

Under Ubuntu 16.04 (linux-image-4.8.0-58-generic x86_64), I cannot put the system's storage under heavy load without receiving a bunch of "swiotlb buffer is full" kernel error messages and sometimes filesystem erros.

The controller is a intel ICH9R:

00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02)

[150060.855960] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.5: swiotlb buffer is full (sz: 65536 bytes)
[150060.855962] DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space for 65536 bytes at device 0000:00:1f.5
[150060.864067] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
[150060.864074] ata3.00: failed command: WRITE DMA EXT
[150060.864079] ata3.00: cmd 35/00:00:00:d8:cf/00:08:0c:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 1048576 out
[150060.864079] res 50/00:00:ff:d7:cf/00:00:0c:00:00/e0 Emask 0x40 (internal error)
[150060.864082] ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
[150060.869434] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[150060.869453] ata3: EH complete

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.8.0-58-generic 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1 [modified: lib/modules/4.8.0-58-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.ko]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-58-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity
Date: Wed Jul 19 10:57:00 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-20 (120 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
SourcePackage: linux-hwe
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[sparks71 (sparks71)]

Maybe this is helpful.
The problem seems to have occurred much earlier with a ICH8

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/33436

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