RE: Cpufreq on k8 with xen dom0

[geaaru <geaaru@gmail.com>]

I have done another test: i insert powernow-k8 driver as module not
built-in and now when i try to insert powernow-k8 kernel module i have a
segfault (but seems that so, before do a segfault found cpu frequencies:

powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-30
processors (version 2.00.00)
powernow-k8:    0 : fid 0x8, vid 0x4
powernow-k8:    1 : fid 0x0, vid 0x16
powernow-k8:    0 : fid 0x8 (1600 MHz), vid 0x4
powernow-k8:    1 : fid 0x0 (800 MHz), vid 0x16
general protection fault: 0000 [1] SMP 
CPU 0 
Modules linked in: powernow_k8 snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device rtc_sysfs rtc_dev
rtc_proc rtc_core rtc_lib video processor ac button dm_crypt ipt_REJECT
ipt_LOG xt_state nf_conntrack nfnetlink iptable_filter ip_tables
x_tables pktcdvd psmouse radeon drm 8139too capability commoncap tsdev
evdev usbmouse usbhid sdhci mmc_core ohci1394 ieee1394 snd_atiixp
snd_atiixp_modem snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd
soundcore snd_page_alloc ehci_hcd ohci_hcd
Pid: 5485, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.18-xen #2
RIP: e030:[<ffffffff880a8060>]
[<ffffffff880a8060>] :powernow_k8:pending_bit_stuck+0x10/0x20
RSP: e02b:ffff880035ecdbd0  EFLAGS: 00010297
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000001600 RCX: 00000000c0010042
RDX: ffffffffff578000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff880001e39420
RBP: ffff880037b20200 R08: 0000000000000036 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffff880037b20200 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 000000000000000f R14: ffff8800367308c0 R15: ffff880036522730
FS:  00002b9b7af5bae0(0000) GS:ffffffff806fc000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  e033 DS: 0000 ES: 0000
Process modprobe (pid: 5485, threadinfo ffff880035ecc000, task
ffff8800009bd040)
Stack:  ffffffff880a9d85 ffff880035ecdc68 0000000000000060
ffff8800367308f8
 00000001349ebf08 ffff880036522720 ffff880036522720 0000000000000002
 0000000000000060 0000000100000001 ffffffff807741e8 ffffffff806a30a0
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff880a9d85>] :powernow_k8:powernowk8_cpu_init+0xb45/0xdd0
 [<ffffffff804e4884>] cpufreq_add_dev+0x174/0x540
 [<ffffffff8022b6e3>] __wake_up+0x43/0x70
 [<ffffffff8020d540>] monotonic_clock+0x50/0xa0
 [<ffffffff805a54f5>] thread_return+0x0/0x13b
 [<ffffffff805a54f5>] thread_return+0x0/0x13b
 [<ffffffff804304f6>] sysdev_driver_register+0x96/0x100
 [<ffffffff804e3947>] cpufreq_register_driver+0xc7/0x1b0
 [<ffffffff80253faf>] sys_init_module+0x189f/0x1aa0
 [<ffffffff8020a2ee>] system_call+0x86/0x8b
 [<ffffffff8020a268>] system_call+0x0/0x8b


Code: 0f 32 c1 e8 1f f3 c3 66 66 90 66 66 90 66 66 90 8b 57 60 85 
RIP  [<ffffffff880a8060>] :powernow_k8:pending_bit_stuck+0x10/0x20
 RSP <ffff880035ecdbd0>



On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 11:04 -0500, Langsdorf, Mark wrote:
> > My current kernel version 2.6.22 (as previous versions 2.6.21, 2.6.20)
> > native works fine. Probably, there is a difference (as you said me)
> > between Xen ACPI Interpreter and the native mode interpreter.
> > I try also with xen-source-2.6.18 tree without xen support and in this
> > case, cpufreq works fine. Only if i enable xen cpufreq doesn't work.
> 
> That's really strange.
> 
> What do you get when you have cpufreq.debug=2 on the command line?
> 
> -Mark Langsdorf
> Operating System Research Center
> AMD
>