[RndTbl] sshd: Corrupted MAC on input.

[Alberto Abrao]

I don't run any heavy workload such as this one, but I would not be 
surprised if that fixes your problem for good. I had quite a few issues 
with Intel NICs on Linux - especially with the 3.x kernel - that were 
solved by disabling GSO/RSO/TSO.

Kind regards,

Alberto Abrao
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On 2020-08-10 10:57 a.m., Gilbert E. Detillieux wrote:
> On 2020-08-04 1:28 p.m., Gilbert E. Detillieux wrote:
>> On 2020-08-04 12:55 p.m., Adam Thompson wrote:
>>> I can't remember, did you try disabling HW offload on both sending 
>>> and receiving ends already? (Either end could trigger the SSH abort.)
>>
>> I hadn't yet.  (I was trying a few other things first, such as 
>> changing MAC algorithms, and rebooting with the older kernel, neither 
>> of which seemed to affect things.)
>>
>> I've now disabled both rx and tx checksum offloading.  We'll see if 
>> that makes a difference.
> So, after almost 6 days running with rx and tx checksum offloading 
> disabled, not a single "Corrupted MAC on input" error!  My overnight 
> rsync now runs to completion.
>
> I hope this isn't premature, but I think we found the problem! (Who 
> would have thought it could make such a difference?!)
>
> It also doesn't seem to have caused a noticeable performance hit. I'm 
> thinking we were disk I/O bound on the remote (receiving) end, anyway, 
> so if the network I/O is a bit slower, we wouldn't see it.
>
> Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions!
>
> Gilbert
>