Bug#619034: [regression] "BUG: Unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffc90013cd8000" and no sound card recognized

[Svante Signell <srs@kth.se>]

On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 13:27 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 15:13 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Svante Signell wrote:
> 
> >>>>>>>>>> During boot of kernel 2.6.38 (and 2.6.37) udev bugs out:
> >>>>>>>>>> Waiting for /dev to be fully populated
> >>>>>>>>>> BUG: Unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffc90013cd8000
> >>>>>>>>>> axz_probe+ ... [snd_hda_intel]
> >>>>>>>>>> ...lots of output lost...
> >>>>>>>>>> udevadm timeout 180 sec ...
> >>>>>>>>>> udevd[390]: worker [439] failed while handling
> >>>>>>>>>> '/devices/pci0000:80/0000:80:01.0'
> >>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>> After the timeout the boot continues! Have not yet tested if sound is
> >>>>>>>>>> functional.
> [...]
> >>>> This is the azx_readw(chip, GCAP) in azx_create(); chip->remap_addr is
> >>>> 0xffffc90011c08000 which does look like a valid pointer, but isn't.
> [...]
> > The point where it Oops implies that the problem isn't in the sound
> > driver but rather in a breakage in a deeper level, either PCI core,
> > x86 mm or ACPI/BIOS.
> >
> > Any chance to bisect the kernel?
> 
> Svante bisected it to v2.6.34-rc1~218^2~27 (x86/pci: Use
> resource_size_t in update_res, 2010-02-10) --- thanks.  Which is
> pretty weird, since I think phys_addr_t on an amd64 machine (and hence
> resource_size_t) would be 64 bits, making that commit a no-op.
> 
> Svante, more questions (sorry):
> 
>  - could you try booting b74fd238a9cf and b74fd238a9cf^ again
>    (to make sure we haven't hit a heisenbug) and send the
>    corresponding full dmesg and .config files?

I am very sorry but I don't have physical access to that box for a month
from now. However, something that might be more interesting is the
output of the second-to last message that was concerning
x86/pci/amd/.... I might get help to find that message in a few days.