From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE7D2C3DA5D for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:05:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=XHPvRwf7RGfVfUI/IAkMOAjBYJ/F+QjF3BW18FMkD/Q=; b=or3BaHRM+f3jGRklmfKwSMnbRB /RQnU9QtfANyIhk4J6C0Ui+t3dN/eSubxzgtGn38KX7lSoBloXuOQQXO20H1EnW5d38hFGDIxkrf6 9oWHx84HEVOkQ/gyI0ywavjz9RqffdUZhVwihRZBB2hUizmRhQuhS7VSdLIcGZzY8lYhLa2sjaufW Rv8mcE+D4ocpSELNb6oOBN/W57co79/RSwOnRhCzsmo7YnyRRsOgIlb9kK892wk5gJR7kSx+i5JsI 484TQoS0cBYJ5cwaons3Cq2M/BfDpyJNgnckIvcPUz2jrJo59bamydX0nx1Dz19dTKu2wdzAsrjhn ur479Rag==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.97.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1sTIZf-00000006dxv-3MNz; Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:04:51 +0000 Received: from sin.source.kernel.org ([2604:1380:40e1:4800::1]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.97.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1sTIZM-00000006dt2-0fPc for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:04:33 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (transwarp.subspace.kernel.org [100.75.92.58]) by sin.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2946DCE0E93; Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:04:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 37E9EC32782; Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:04:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1721037869; bh=FnXs1BF0qgDlNDE0EfkuvP0ybwPWpLm6dtpBtM0spJU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=mI0GT16xxn2yVBlI4jmI4k4eCFsQ4rT+k5EfKaanMgJzOL5GCT4nzDhst81QXaVXQ wtFuf8pmmh1CxyGuFfzSiuvP4HkJDmb55L81e0iFzhnWbV99yS+K8ZF7xe5K+02e/v 0Ll2VU1/Cwg6Tyf9X/DsQ9Mb/jCXwM9FXXNkLjQN7Em9WZoAYySxG0BgDfVTY7/p2b IO9fXUMQQocZr+KEm0HNRU78FK3tPykdQhwNQqsu6HT1v1DTIsgUdDo/TB9NSR2y5q B3GdxS2bvb3ME2a9ztN9fGSe5DDaI3QItxRoKqIby6VlLhIKJF7KAXmDPigsV2FnAc wi+tBXcICyNfA== Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 11:04:24 +0100 From: Will Deacon To: Thorsten Leemhuis Cc: Catalin Marinas , Linux ARM , LKML , Linux kernel regressions list , Jack D Subject: Re: Boot error since 6.9: Initramfs unpacking failed: invalid magic at start of compressed archive Message-ID: <20240715100424.GA18686@willie-the-truck> References: <1a61d10f-7974-4fb5-ada6-f2c40c55f2f7@leemhuis.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1a61d10f-7974-4fb5-ada6-f2c40c55f2f7@leemhuis.info> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20240715_030432_394160_13CBA525 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 15.15 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 08:24:04AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > Hi, Thorsten here, the Linux kernel's regression tracker. > > I noticed a report about a regression in bugzilla.kernel.org that a user > bisected to the main ARM64 merge commit from the 6.9 cycle. So the real > issue might be somewhere else, but some help would be appreciated. To > quote from https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219014 : > > > Hi. > > > > I'm marking as arm64 since git bisect identifies the first problematic commit as: > > 6d75c6f40a03c97e1ecd683ae54e249abb9d922b > > > > git bisect log is attached. > > > > Any kernel tagged v6.9x and later fails to boot with the following error: > > > > [ 0.420154] Initramfs unpacking failed: invalid magic at start of compressed archive ^^^ My guess (based on times I've seen this sort of thing in the past) is that the kernel binary grew in size and the broken bootloader is loading the kernel over the initramfs instead of parsing the 'image_size' field in the boot header. Will