SRU request submitted: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2018-March/090701.html
** Description changed: - We are seeing this on multiple servers after upgrading from previous - 4.10 series HWE kernels to the new 4.13 HWE series. With the new kernel, - free memory is continously decreasing at a high rate and the servers - start swapping and finally OOMing services within days. With the 4.10 - kernel, decrease of free memory is slower and stabilizes after a while. + == SRU Justification == + We are seeing this on multiple servers after upgrading from previous 4.10 series HWE kernels to the new 4.13 HWE series. With the new kernel, free memory is continously decreasing at a high rate and the servers start swapping and finally OOMing services within days. With the 4.10 kernel, decrease of free memory is slower and stabilizes after a while. Latest kernel tested is linux-image-4.13.0-32-generic but the issue also affects older kernels from that series, tested back to linux- image-4.13.0-19-generic. No issue with linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic. The servers are running as OpenStack controller nodes using either Ocata or Pike UCA plus ceph. See attached graph for the memory behaviour. + + == Fix == + 2b9478ffc550("i40e: Fix memory leak related filter programming status") + 62b4c6694dfd("i40e: Add programming descriptors to cleaned_count") + + == Regression Potential == + Low. Limited to i40e and fix existing regression. + + == Test Case == + A test kernel was built with these patches and tested by the original bug reporter. + The bug reporter states the test kernel resolved the bug. + ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.13.0-32-generic 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Feb 9 09:45:50 2018 ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_US: - TERM=screen - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=en_US.utf8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_US: + TERM=screen + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_US.utf8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: linux-hwe UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1748408 Title: Servers going OOM after updating kernel from 4.10 to 4.13 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Artful: In Progress Bug description: == SRU Justification == We are seeing this on multiple servers after upgrading from previous 4.10 series HWE kernels to the new 4.13 HWE series. With the new kernel, free memory is continously decreasing at a high rate and the servers start swapping and finally OOMing services within days. With the 4.10 kernel, decrease of free memory is slower and stabilizes after a while. Latest kernel tested is linux-image-4.13.0-32-generic but the issue also affects older kernels from that series, tested back to linux- image-4.13.0-19-generic. No issue with linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic. The servers are running as OpenStack controller nodes using either Ocata or Pike UCA plus ceph. See attached graph for the memory behaviour. == Fix == 2b9478ffc550("i40e: Fix memory leak related filter programming status") 62b4c6694dfd("i40e: Add programming descriptors to cleaned_count") == Regression Potential == Low. Limited to i40e and fix existing regression. == Test Case == A test kernel was built with these patches and tested by the original bug reporter. The bug reporter states the test kernel resolved the bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.13.0-32-generic 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Feb 9 09:45:50 2018 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US: TERM=screen PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: linux-hwe UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1748408/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp