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J8LNaDQDKJAEBB1BxWpZ7St1fVh/mqriGBQR/VCja0hgCdIX7NblQxISeY8qq3/qJW8vqkSVzKJ/jGBLrp6pyE7QaNOnf6Ebaqvd5rPQoIdEDu6p3cCRkU4WJ9SUy0Pr/VYIkBzwJnKRdJWxT8rRioIRBwbJcowzWVLgt40yf4tl1elKr1GY6vOB+ySkyVregT13Fkvkx0jtz2vQU8/6D6Npl0LuSyy9Mhrk8QJeu/mODvI8QCMfOB0B8/cVdNjxTfQ/o7YsmDOO85xsADpBpTyfkqVbHNJZdc2HgfKJKt2Xi4ampWgNIvJB01ITqqGslH/Ou Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 03/08/26 6:40 pm, Venkat Rao Bagalkote wrote: > Hi, > > We are seeing random userspace crashes while building the kernel on > ppc64le when running recent upstream/mainline or linux-next kernels. > > The failures occur in different userspace programs, but the crash > signature is consistently inside ld64.so.2. > > Environment > ----------- > > Architecture: >   ppc64le > > Platform: >   IBM Power systems (LPAR) > > Userspace: >   RHEL userspace > > Workload: >   Kernel build > >     make -j32 -s && make modules_install && make install > > > gcc version 14.3.1 20251022 (Red Hat 14.3.1-4) (GCC) > > GNU ld version 2.41-63.el10 > ldd (GNU libc) 2.39 > > > > > Observation > ----------- > > The issue is observed when the system is booted with recent upstream > kernels. > > The same LPAR, userspace, toolchain, and source tree are able to build > successfully when booted with the base OS kernel. > > Typical failures include: > >   sh >   fixdep >   make > > The source file being compiled when the failure occurs varies from run > to run. > > Examples > -------- > > Example 1: > > [ 1277.872746] fixdepsegfault (11) at 29ac0 > [ 1277.872746] fixdep[122982]: nip 3fffbebd8214 lr 3fffbebd7358 > [ 1277.872746] fixdep[122982]: code 1 in ld64.sofffbeba1000+50000] > > [ 1277.872793] fixdepcode: > f90104a8 7ce903a6 f9410060 f9490008 > f9490010 f9490018 39290020 f9490000 > > [ 1277.872805] fixdep[122982[37214,3fffbeba1000+50000 f9490018 > 7e731050 f9410030 fa610020 > > cripts/Makefile.build:289: > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../pm/powerplay/smumgr/vegam_smumgr.o] > Error 139 > > Example 2: > > [Sun Aug 2 12:36:38 2026] sh[115552]: segfaultbcd0 > nip 3fffbd73d004 lr 3fffbd73c148 code 1 in > ld64.so.2[35004,3fffbd708000+4d000] > > Example 3: > > [Sun Aug 2 12:40:08 2026] fixdep[134469]: segfault (11) at > 2bcd0c3ca004 lr 3fff8c3c9148 code 1 in > ld64.so.2[35004,3fff8c395000+4d000] > > Example 4: > > [Mon Aug 3 05:44:20 2026] make[600291]: segfault (11) ip 3fffaf3b5004 > lr 3fffaf3b4148 code 1 in > ld64.so.2[35004,3fffaf380000+4d000] > > Notes > ----- > > - The crashing executable varies (sh, fixdep, make, etc.). > - The object file being compiled also varies. > - The crash always appears to occur in ld64.so.2. > - The issue has been observed on more than one system. > - A fresh OS installation with ample free memory reproduces the issue. > > Let me know, if any more info is needed. > > If you happen to fix this issue, please add below tag. > > Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote > > > As part of debugging and suggested by Maddy, I reverted the following commit:   263e5159e00a ("powerpc: Fix exit_flags field placement in pt_regs for ptrace") and rebuilt/booted linux-next with only that change reverted. After booting the reverted kernel, I rebuilt the latest upstream kernel using the same userspace and toolchain. The build completed successfully and I did not observe any of the ld64.so.2 userspace segfaults that were previously seen during kernel compilation. Kernel used for testing:   7.2.0-rc5-next-20260731-00001-g79d9c1ce90a9 Top of tree:   commit 79d9c1ce90a9873422ca4d6d0124a1d1c10a098c   Revert "powerpc: Fix exit_flags field placement in pt_regs for ptrace" The upstream kernel build completed successfully:   INSTALL /lib/modules/7.2.0-rc7/kernel/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.ko   DEPMOD  /lib/modules/7.2.0-rc7   INSTALL /boot Based on this testing, reverting commit 263e5159e00a appears to eliminate the random userspace crashes observed during kernel builds, suggesting that the issue may be related to that change. > > > Thanks, > Venkat.