[dpdk-users] Dell PowerEdge CPU IERR caused by DPDK 16.07

[Norbert Nyakó]

Hi,

We have two Dell R520 machines with the same configuration but
different Linux kernel versions [1][2]. I've compiled DPDK 16.07,
loaded the igb_uio and rte_kni kernel modules and configured the
machine to use the pmd for the 82598EB ethernet card.
As soon as I ran the testpipeline sample application on one of the
servers it stops responding  and on the LCD info screen and in the
logs CPU IERR error messages appear. After rebooting the error message
disappears. Does anyone have the similar problem? What could be the
root cause of this?

Thank you in advance!

Best regards,
Norbert

[1] Configuration of both machine

Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                32
On-line CPU(s) list:   0-31
Thread(s) per core:    2
Core(s) per socket:    8
Socket(s):             2
NUMA node(s):          2
Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
CPU family:            6
Model:                 62
Stepping:              4
CPU MHz:               2999.023
BogoMIPS:              5000.95
Virtualization:        VT-x
L1d cache:             32K
L1i cache:             32K
L2 cache:              256K
L3 cache:              20480K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30
NUMA node1 CPU(s):     1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720
Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720
Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82598EB 10-Gigabit AT
CX4 Network Connection (rev 01)
09:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82598EB 10-Gigabit AT
CX4 Network Connection (rev 01)
41:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719
Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
41:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719
Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
41:00.2 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719
Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
41:00.3 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719
Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)

BIOS Information
        Vendor: Dell Inc.
        Version: 2.1.2
        Release Date: 01/20/2014
        Address: 0xF0000
        Runtime Size: 64 kB
        ROM Size: 8192 kB
        BIOS Revision: 2.1

[2] Linux versions

Machine1:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
Kernel version: 3.19.0-71-generic

Machine2:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
Kernel version: 3.13.0-65-generic