Dell Precision 5520 crashing after connecting to ethernet

Bug #1694787 reported by Cerin
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Bug Description

I have a Dell Precision 5520 that came pre-installed with Ubuntu 16.04.

I use it at home on wireless exclusively. When I take it to work, I plug it into ethernet via the ethernet dongle. Without fail, almost an hour later, all networking stops working. I can ping neither domains not IPs, even on my local network. If I try to run `sudo service networking restart` or `sudo service network-manager restart` then Gnome-Shell hangs.

If I switch to an Fn terminal, I can run some commands, but eventually all sudo commands there hang too. Holding down ctrl+alt+del says "ctrl+alt+del pressed 7 times in 2 seconds, rebooting immediately", but after 15 minutes, it still doesn't reboot, forcing me to do a hard reboot.

Afterwards, the laptop works fine until the next day, when it all happens again.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic 4.4.0-78.99
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-78.99-generic 4.4.62
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-78-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: chris 2444 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed May 31 14:14:09 2017
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-09 (82 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision 5520
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-78-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=b3c434bc-85ba-4b42-a137-374a088e6c0f ro acpi_rev_override quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-78-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-78-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.157.10
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/28/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.0.2
dmi.board.name: 0GPNW9
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.2:bd12/28/2016:svnDellInc.:pnPrecision5520:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0GPNW9:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision 5520
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Cerin (chrisspen) wrote :
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Cerin (chrisspen) wrote :
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The only suspicious entries in my /var/log/syslog from the time of the crash, are a few entries like:

    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170104] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1479 at /build/linux-0XAgc4/linux-4.4.0/ubuntu/i915/intel_pm.c:3675 skl_update_other_pipe_wm+0x16c/0x180 [i915_bpo]()
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170105] WARN_ON(!wm_changed)
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170124] Modules linked in: btusb btrtl cdc_acm drbg ansi_cprng ctr ccm nvram msr rfcomm cmac bnep binfmt_misc arc4 hid_multitouch uvcvideo i2c_designware_platform dell_wmi i2
    c_designware_core videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops cdc_ether videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_core usbnet v4l2_common videodev r8152 mii media dcdbas dell_smm_hwmon intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp cor
    etemp snd_hda_codec_hdmi(OE) dell_led kvm_intel kvm irqbypass snd_hda_codec_realtek(OE) snd_hda_codec_generic(OE) ath10k_pci ath10k_core snd_hda_intel(OE) snd_hda_codec(OE) crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ath snd_
    hda_core(OE) mac80211 ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel snd_hwdep aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper snd_pcm cfg80211 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi ablk_helper snd_seq cryptd rtsx_pci_ms memstick sn
    d_seq_device snd_timer mei_me hci_uart snd mei idma64 shpchp virt_dma soundcore joydev input_leds serio_raw btbcm btqca btintel intel_lpss_pci bluetooth processor_thermal_device intel_soc_dts_iosf acpi_als intel
    _hid(OE) kfifo_buf industrialio intel_lpss_acpi int3403_thermal int3400_thermal int340x_thermal_zone acpi_thermal_rel intel_lpss sparse_keymap dell_smo8800 acpi_pad mac_hid sunrpc parport_pc ppdev lp parport aut
    ofs4 btrfs xor hid_apple raid6_pq hid_generic usbhid rtsx_pci_sdmmc i915_bpo psmouse intel_ips i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ahci drm rtsx_pci libahci wmi i2c_hid hid
    pinctrl_sunrisepoint video pinctrl_intel fjes [last unloaded: btrtl]
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170142] CPU: 0 PID: 1479 Comm: Xorg Tainted: G W OE 4.4.0-78-generic #99-Ubuntu
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170142] Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision 5520/0GPNW9, BIOS 1.0.2 12/28/2016
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170144] 0000000000000286 00000000d1399a48 ffff880851797650 ffffffff813f8dd3
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170145] ffff880851797698 ffffffffc0287b58 ffff880851797688 ffffffff81081302
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170146] ffff88085425d000 ffff88085355a148 ffff88085425c000 ffff880853500b78
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170146] Call Trace:
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170148] [<ffffffff813f8dd3>] dump_stack+0x63/0x90
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170150] [<ffffffff81081302>] warn_slowpath_common+0x82/0xc0
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170151] [<ffffffff8108139c>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x5c/0x80
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170163] [<ffffffffc01a8fec>] skl_update_other_pipe_wm+0x16c/0x180 [i915_bpo]
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170174] [<ffffffffc01a9185>] skl_update_wm+0x185/0x610 [i915_bpo]
    May 31 14:05:16 caius kernel: [74723.170191] [<ffffffffc023a42f>...

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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote : Status changed to Confirmed

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Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) wrote :

Did this issue start happening after an update/upgrade? Was there a prior kernel version where you were not having this particular problem?

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v4.12 kernel[0].

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".

Thanks in advance.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.12-rc3

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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Cerin (chrisspen) wrote :

The default kernel in Ubuntu 16.04 is not stable on the Dell Precision 5520. I had to upgrade to 4.10.0-27 for this problem to go away. However, the ethernet dongle still does not work reliably.

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Kai-Heng Feng (kaihengfeng) wrote :

Which dongle do you use? Is it a Dell one?

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Cerin (chrisspen) wrote :

Yes, it's the one that came with the laptop. I can't isolate the exact problem. It'll initially work for a few minutes when I first plug it in, then it'll become completely unresponsive and I'll have to unplug it and use wireless. Then if I plug it in an hour later, it'll work fine for hours.

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Kai-Heng Feng (kaihengfeng) wrote :

The dmesg you attaches is not related to this issue.

Can you try latest mainline kernel (v4.13-rc3)?
I can't reproduce the issue on both Zesty kernel (v4.10) and Artful kernel (v4.11).

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