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From: Meelis Roos <mroos-Y27EyoLml9s@public.gmane.org>
To: Joerg Roedel <joro-zLv9SwRftAIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: iommu-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Linux Kernel list
	<linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: IOMMU+DMAR causing NMIs-s (was: 4.7-rc6: NMI in intel_idle on HP Proliant G6)
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:16:46 +0300 (EEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.20.1607131206430.20366@math.ut.ee> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160713090332.GK12639-zLv9SwRftAIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>

> > > > Bisecting kernel configs shows that it's DMAR+IOMMU. When it is 
> > > > activated, there is high probability of NMI-s in random places.
> > > 
> > > Hmm, strange. But nothing could really surprise when you have an HP
> > > BIOS.
> > 
> > BIOS P64 01/22/2015. There seems to be a newer 2015.08.16 BIOS out but 
> > the release notes only describe updated CPU microcode for security 
> > reasons.
> 
> It is probably something HP is selling as a "feature" and not a BIOS
> bug.

ROM setup settings that might be of interest:

Advanced memory protection: advanced ecc support
No-Execute memory protection: enabled
Intel virtualization technology: enabled
Intel hyperthreading options: enabled
Processor core disable: all cored enabled
Intel turbo boost technology: enabled
Intel VT-d: enabled
HP power profile: custom
HP power regulator: hp dynamic power savings mode (not OS control)
Intel qpi link power management: enabled
Minimum processor idle power core state: C6
Minimum processor idle power package state: C6
Dynamic power saving mode response: fast
Collaborative power control: enabled
MPS table: full table apic
NMI debug button: enabled
PCI bus padding options: enabled
HW prefetcher: enabled
Adjacent sector prefetch: enabled
Node interleaving: disabled


> > > Can you probably use the faulty config and bisect this down to a
> > > specific commit? In v4.7-rc1 some changes to the iova-allocation code
> > > got merged, but I have no idea how those could cause NMIs.
> > 
> > Will try but I do not know a working base yet - this was broken in both 
> > 4.6 and 4.7-rc.
> 
> Oh, in that case it is not related to the recent iova changes. Does the
> box have any hardware error log which you can access and send to us
> (right after some NMIs happened)?

Nothing in ILO log or integrated management log (IML).

-- 
Meelis Roos (mroos-Y27EyoLml9s@public.gmane.org)

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-07-13  9:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <alpine.LRH.2.20.1607121445020.2088@math.ut.ee>
     [not found] ` <alpine.LRH.2.20.1607121525060.2088@math.ut.ee>
     [not found]   ` <5630546.0MIYeGNSYG@vostro.rjw.lan>
     [not found]     ` <alpine.LRH.2.20.1607121654490.2088@math.ut.ee>
2016-07-13  7:17       ` IOMMU+DMAR causing NMIs-s (was: 4.7-rc6: NMI in intel_idle on HP Proliant G6) Meelis Roos
     [not found]         ` <alpine.LRH.2.20.1607130855210.11080-ptEonEWSGqKptlylMvRsHA@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13  8:18           ` Joerg Roedel
     [not found]             ` <20160713081817.GJ12639-zLv9SwRftAIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13  8:31               ` Meelis Roos
     [not found]                 ` <alpine.LRH.2.20.1607131122010.20366-ptEonEWSGqKptlylMvRsHA@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13  9:03                   ` Joerg Roedel
     [not found]                     ` <20160713090332.GK12639-zLv9SwRftAIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13  9:16                       ` Meelis Roos [this message]
     [not found]                         ` <alpine.LRH.2.20.1607131206430.20366-ptEonEWSGqKptlylMvRsHA@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13  9:43                           ` Joerg Roedel
2016-07-13  9:40                       ` Meelis Roos
     [not found]                         ` <alpine.LRH.2.20.1607131239410.20366-ptEonEWSGqKptlylMvRsHA@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13  9:49                           ` Joerg Roedel
     [not found]                             ` <20160713094917.GM12639-zLv9SwRftAIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13  9:58                               ` Meelis Roos
     [not found]                                 ` <alpine.LRH.2.20.1607131257390.20366-ptEonEWSGqKptlylMvRsHA@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13 10:18                                   ` Joerg Roedel
     [not found]                                     ` <20160713101859.GO12639-zLv9SwRftAIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13 14:48                                       ` Alex Williamson
     [not found]                                         ` <20160713084830.09453584-1yVPhWWZRC1BDLzU/O5InQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13 15:13                                           ` IOMMU+DMAR causing NMIs-s Linda Knippers
     [not found]                                             ` <1a4c4b65-c716-08a5-af89-1b0f551024ed-ZPxbGqLxI0U@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13 21:52                                               ` Meelis Roos
     [not found]                                                 ` <alpine.LRH.2.20.1607132258001.30020-ptEonEWSGqKptlylMvRsHA@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-13 23:04                                                   ` Alex Williamson
     [not found]                                                     ` <20160713170408.6e5d2534-1yVPhWWZRC1BDLzU/O5InQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-14  8:31                                                       ` Joerg Roedel
2016-08-24  8:19                                                       ` Meelis Roos
2016-07-13 13:52                     ` IOMMU+DMAR causing NMIs-s (was: 4.7-rc6: NMI in intel_idle on HP Proliant G6) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh

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