From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:29:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail3.caviumnetworks.com ([12.108.191.235]:9350 "EHLO mail3.caviumnetworks.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S1492826Ab0A2T3v (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:29:51 +0100 Received: from caexch01.caveonetworks.com (Not Verified[192.168.16.9]) by mail3.caviumnetworks.com with MailMarshal (v6,7,2,8378) id ; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:29:57 -0800 Received: from caexch01.caveonetworks.com ([192.168.16.9]) by caexch01.caveonetworks.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:28:49 -0800 Received: from dd1.caveonetworks.com ([12.108.191.236]) by caexch01.caveonetworks.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:28:49 -0800 Message-ID: <4B6336F1.8070208@caviumnetworks.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:28:49 -0800 From: David Daney User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Guenter Roeck CC: Ralf Baechle , "linux-mips@linux-mips.org" Subject: Re: Kernel crash in 2.6.32.6 / bcm1480 with 16k page size References: <20100128155514.GA31611@ericsson.com> <20100129132406.GD5685@linux-mips.org> <20100129151220.GA3882@ericsson.com> <4B6316D2.1060006@caviumnetworks.com> <20100129180619.GA20113@linux-mips.org> <20100129183926.GB9895@ericsson.com> <4B632F60.4000604@caviumnetworks.com> <20100129192532.GA11123@ericsson.com> In-Reply-To: <20100129192532.GA11123@ericsson.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jan 2010 19:28:49.0653 (UTC) FILETIME=[4886D250:01CAA119] X-archive-position: 25747 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ddaney@caviumnetworks.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Return-Path: X-Keywords: X-UID: 19069 Guenter Roeck wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 01:56:32PM -0500, David Daney wrote: >> Guenter Roeck wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 01:06:20PM -0500, Ralf Baechle wrote: >>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 09:11:46AM -0800, David Daney wrote: >>>> >>>>>> So first question would be: Has anyone successfully loaded a 64 >>>>>> bit mips kernel with 2.6.32 and a page size of 16k or 64k ? This >>>>>> would at least help me reducing the problem to sb1. >>>>> Yes, I routinely run with both 64K and 16K page sizes on 2.6.32 and >>>>> 2.6.33-rc*. I have not seen any crashes that can not be easily >>>>> explained. >>>> I can reproduce it with today's 14b7baff3eb4b1b46a592630e6f85ded9264798a. >>>> 4K page size works ok, 16K without IPv6 works ok and 16K with IPv6 crashes. >>>> Note, I was testing with a non-16K capable userland so ok means userland is >>>> reached. >>>> >>>> Either way, that's good enought to look into things. >>>> >>> 16k page size works for me with the patch below. Not that I have any idea why; >>> this was just a blind test. >>> >>> It seems to me that the notes in arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h regarding >>> available virtual memory per page size may contradict with the definition >>> of VMALLOC_END. VMALLOC_END-VMALLOC_START increases as the page size increases, >>> but the comments indicate that a system with 16k pages should have _less_ >>> virtual memory available than a system with 4k pages because it only uses >>> a 2 level page table. >>> >>> Guenter >>> >>> --------------- >>> >>> git diff arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h >>> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h >>> index 9cd5089..bd61030 100644 >>> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h >>> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h >>> @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ >>> #define VMALLOC_START MAP_BASE >>> #define VMALLOC_END \ >>> (VMALLOC_START + \ >>> - PTRS_PER_PGD * PTRS_PER_PMD * PTRS_PER_PTE * PAGE_SIZE - (1UL << 32)) >>> + (PTRS_PER_PGD * PTRS_PER_PMD * PTRS_PER_PTE * PAGE_SIZE / 16) - (1UL << 32)) >>> #if defined(CONFIG_MODULES) && defined(KBUILD_64BIT_SYM32) && \ >>> VMALLOC_START != CKSSEG >>> /* Load modules into 32bit-compatible segment. */ >> Although it may fix it, I think something along the lines of this: >> >> In asm/mach-generic/spaces.h: >> #define MAX_VIRTUAL_SIZE (1 << some number) >> >> In asm/mach-sibyte/paces.h: >> #define MAX_VIRTUAL_SIZE (1 << some other umber) >> >> In arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h >> >> #define VIRTUAL_SIZE (PTRS_PER_PGD * PTRS_PER_PMD * PTRS_PER_PTE * >> PAGE_SIZE) >> >> #define VMALLOC_END (VMALLOC_START + min(MAX_VIRTUAL_SIZE, VIRTUAL_SIZE) >> - (1UL << 32)) > > Something like that. My patch wasn't supposed to be a proposal for a fix, > just a guide to help finding the underlying problem. > It may require some factor related to the page size. > Someone who knows mips and its memory management scheme should have > a look, otherwise it would just be a trial-end-error fix. > I suspect you are hitting a maximum valid address bits limit and getting the Address Exception. Limiting VMALLOC_END so that you don't hit the limit seems to be the solution. I don't have the manual for the sibyte, so I don't know what the limit is. The architecture specification doesn't state a fixed limit, although it tells what should happen when the limit is reached. David Daney