NetworkManager says "page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x4020" after resume from suspend

[Nuno Sucena Almeida]

Binary package hint: network-manager

After suspend/resume, NetworkManager gets page allocation failure. Right afterwards ifconfig also fails with the same error, rendering both wired and wireless connections unusable. See attachment for relevant kern.log output. Similar to
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567256 and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566389

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: network-manager 0.8-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Tue Jul 13 10:47:38 2010
Gconf:

IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback

 #auto wlan0
 #iface wlan0 inet dhcp
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427)
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager

[joshas (joshas)]

Same issue here, on 32-bit Ubuntu 10.04. First noticed it after recent system update.

[Paddy Landau (paddy-landau)]

I have this on two different computers with Lucid 10.04, one 32-bit and one 64-bit.

It used to be intermittent but now happens every time.

[Paddy Landau (paddy-landau)]

Is this the same bug as 509239?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/509239

[Paddy Landau (paddy-landau)]

Workaround: Install WICD and uninstall Network Manager.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9684842#post9684842

[Hélio Nunes (dedalu-dedalu)]

Same here, 64bits.

This does not look like a real workaround. As you can read in redhat's bug report (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566389), it is related to r8169 module trying to allocate four pages of physically contiguous
memory. And from my logs, it makes sense:

Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709908] NetworkManager: page allocation failure. order:3, mode:0x4020
Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709910] Pid: 1062, comm: NetworkManager Tainted: P 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu
Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709912] Call Trace:
Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709917] [<ffffffff81108253>] __alloc_pages_slowpath+0x583/0x590
Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709919] [<ffffffff811083fa>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x19a/0x1f0
Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709921] [<ffffffff815891be>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20
Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709924] [<ffffffff8113fb02>] kmalloc_large_node+0x62/0xb0
Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709925] [<ffffffff8114367c>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x13c/0x1f0
Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709928] [<ffffffff8148fcc6>] ? __netdev_alloc_skb+0x36/0x60
Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709929] [<ffffffff8148f9b3>] __alloc_skb+0x83/0x170
Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709931] [<ffffffff8148fcc6>] __netdev_alloc_skb+0x36/0x60
Nov 22 08:08:47 dedalu-desktop kernel: [15322.709939] [<ffffffffa000b1fc>] rtl8169_rx_fill+0xbc/0x260 [r8169]
[...]

I think we should assign this to kernel team.

[Hélio Nunes (dedalu-dedalu)]

Dup of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/667478 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/655413

[jan (jan-ubuntu-h-i-s)]

related to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/164018

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

@Nuna: What are the Wi-Fi hardware and driver involved here?

Can you reproduce the problem in Ubuntu 12.04?

[Nuno Sucena Almeida (slug-debian)]

I'm runing 12.04 now, the current driver name is iwlwifi and the hardware is an Intel WiFi Link 5100. It's been two years now and I don't remember the last time this issue happened to me, so I believe you can close the bug, at least from my part.

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

Thanks for the update!

[Paddy Landau (paddy-landau)]

My problem has also been resolved for some time. I'm sure this can be closed.

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

Nice to hear