While uplink reset when failure is return by sm_start(), it leads to PSOD as error is not handled by driver.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
Potential ESXi Host PSOD
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2020-08-09T03:03:34.517Z cpu27:2097364)@BlueScreen: #PF Exception 14 in world 2097364:HELPER_UPLIN IP 0x4180398e8f68 addr 0x10
PTEs:0x0;
2020-08-09T03:03:34.518Z cpu27:2097364)Code start: 0x418038e00000 VMK uptime: 5:20:47:31.973
2020-08-09T03:03:34.518Z cpu27:2097364)0x451ac6a1bc60:[0x4180398e8f68]qfle3_free_rx_bd_chain@(qfle3)#<None>+0x9c stack: 0x430f1a707a10
2020-08-09T03:03:34.518Z cpu27:2097364)0x451ac6a1bca0:[0x41803993a805]qfle3_remove_cnicqs@(qfle3)#<None>+0x2de stack: 0x6e6d765b203a3131
2020-08-09T03:03:34.519Z cpu27:2097364)0x451ac6a1bcf0:[0x4180398c4524]qfle3_sm_stop@(qfle3)#<None>+0x781 stack: 0x1
2020-08-09T03:03:34.519Z cpu27:2097364)0x451ac6a1bd60:[0x4180398c58bd]qfle3_cmd_uplinkreset@(qfle3)#<None>+0x1ea stack: 0x451ac6a1bdc0
2020-08-09T03:03:34.520Z cpu27:2097364)0x451ac6a1bdc0:[0x4180398c0ff3]qfle3_sm_cmd@(qfle3)#<None>+0x2b8 stack: 0x451ac6a1be30
2020-08-09T03:03:34.520Z cpu27:2097364)0x451ac6a1be60:[0x4180398f33ec]qfle3_uplink_reset@(qfle3)#<None>+0x16d stack: 0x0
2020-08-09T03:03:34.521Z cpu27:2097364)0x451ac6a1beb0:[0x41803904a1f1]UplinkDeviceResetAsyncCB@vmkernel#nover+0x42 stack: 0x43080000001b
2020-08-09T03:03:34.521Z cpu27:2097364)0x451ac6a1bf00:[0x4180390d9069]UplinkAsyncProcessCallsHelperCB@vmkernel#nover+0x116 stack: 0x43081748a570
2020-08-09T03:03:34.522Z cpu27:2097364)0x451ac6a1bf30:[0x418038eeb06a]HelperQueueFunc@vmkernel#nover+0x157 stack: 0x43081748a0b8
2020-08-09T03:03:34.522Z cpu27:2097364)0x451ac6a1bfe0:[0x4180391107da]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0x77 stack: 0x0
2020-08-09T03:03:34.527Z cpu27:2097364)base fs=0x0 gs=0x418046c00000 Kgs=0x0
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Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.x
VMware ESXi 6.5.x

Resolution

This is is resolved in QLogic qfle3 VMware ESX Native Driver for ESXi 6.5/6.7/7.0:

ESXi 6.5/6.7 Version Driver version 1.1.14.0
ESXi 7.0 Version Driver version 1.4.14.0