Hello!

When booting, after loading the initrd and progressing with device detection, the kernel will usually stop continuing and instead repeatedly output (with varying type and page parameters):
mptbase: ioc0: WARNING - Issuing Reset from mpt_config!!, doorbell=0x24000000
mptbase: ioc0: Attempting Retry Config request type 0x1, page 0x1, action 0
mptbase: ioc0: WARNING - Issuing Reset from mpt_config!!, doorbell=0x24000000
mptbase: ioc0: Initiating recovery

It will not recover from that state. It appears that if I let the kernel continue until it reaches:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 17 at /usr/src/linux-3.12.8-gentoo/mm/page_alloc.c:2483 
__alloc_pages_nodemask+0x460/0x1180()
[...]
scsi target2:0:0: mptspi: ioc0: dma_alloc_coherent for parameters failed

(the SCSI devices will still not be accessible) and then hard-reset the machine, it will successfully boot on the next try.


[4.] Kernel information
[4.1.] Kernel version:
The latest version that shows the problem is 3.12.8.

[4.2.] Kernel .config file:
Please find the config for 3.12.8-gentoo attached.
The same issue appears with all vanilla kernels in the range I tested, so I am confident the Gentoo patches are not causing this.


[5.] Most recent kernel version which did not have the bug:
Both problems first appeared with Linux 3.9.10 after updating from 3.8.10.
Since then I tested 3.10.8 and onward and 3.12.2 and newer and all suffer from this problem.


[6.] Output of Oops:
Please find the complete boot logs (and configs) for version 3.9.10 at following bugreports:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60566
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60567

The boot log for a hang situation with 3.12.8-gentoo is attached.


[8.] Environment
[8.1.] Software:
# /usr/src/linux-3.12.8-gentoo/scripts/ver_linux
Linux maroon 3.12.8-gentoo #1 SMP Mon Jan 20 19:23:32 CET 2014 ia64 McKinley GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
 
Gnu C                  4.7.3
Gnu make               3.82
binutils               2.23.2
util-linux             2.22.2
mount                  debug
module-init-tools      15
e2fsprogs              1.42.7
Linux C Library        2.17
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.17
Procps                 3.3.8
Net-tools              1.60_p20120127084908
Kbd                    1.15.5
Sh-utils               8.21
Modules Loaded         nfsd auth_rpcgss oid_registry nfs_acl lockd sunrpc veth bridge stp llc iptable_mangle ipt_REJECT iptable_filter ipt_MASQUERADE xt_nat iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat ip_tables xt_tcpudp xt_comment ip6t_REJECT xt_LOG nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables ipmi_watchdog ipmi_poweroff ipmi_devintf rtc_efi ipv6 tg3 ptp pps_core processor thermal ohci_pci libphy ohci_hcd thermal_sys ipmi_si ipmi_msghandler e100 hwmon mii button efivarfs ext3 mbcache jbd sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_common ata_generic pata_cmd64x libata ehci_pci ehci_hcd mptspi scsi_transport_spi mptscsih usbcore mptbase scsi_mod usb_common dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod unix

Please note that due to another bug, I had to compile the kernel with GCC 4.5.4 instead of version 4.7.3, which ver_linux mentions.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54251

[8.2.] Processor information:
# cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor  : 0
vendor     : GenuineIntel
arch       : IA-64
family     : 31
model      : 0
model name : McKinley
revision   : 7
archrev    : 0
features   : branchlong
cpu number : 0
cpu regs   : 4
cpu MHz    : 900.000
itc MHz    : 900.000000
BogoMIPS   : 1345.12
siblings   : 1
physical id: 0

processor  : 1
vendor     : GenuineIntel
arch       : IA-64
family     : 31
model      : 0
model name : McKinley
revision   : 7
archrev    : 0
features   : branchlong
cpu number : 0
cpu regs   : 4
cpu MHz    : 900.000
itc MHz    : 900.000000
BogoMIPS   : 1345.12
siblings   : 1
physical id: 3

[8.3.] Module information:
# cat /proc/modules                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
nfsd 600368 13 - Live 0xa000000202478000
auth_rpcgss 116103 1 nfsd, Live 0xa000000202380000
oid_registry 3779 1 auth_rpcgss, Live 0xa000000202340000
nfs_acl 6783 1 nfsd, Live 0xa000000202328000
lockd 144103 1 nfsd, Live 0xa0000002022ec000
sunrpc 442419 22 nfsd,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl,lockd, Live 0xa000000202224000
veth 9367 0 - Live 0xa000000202174000
bridge 234513 0 - Live 0xa0000002020fc000
stp 3357 1 bridge, Live 0xa000000202098000
llc 8825 2 bridge,stp, Live 0xa000000202080000
iptable_mangle 3024 0 - Live 0xa00000020204c000
ipt_REJECT 5977 7 - Live 0xa000000202024000
iptable_filter 2560 1 - Live 0xa000000201fe4000
ipt_MASQUERADE 3394 1 - Live 0xa000000201fbc000
xt_nat 3129 5 - Live 0xa000000201fa4000
iptable_nat 6126 1 - Live 0xa000000201f84000
nf_conntrack_ipv4 16040 38 - Live 0xa000000201f6c000
nf_defrag_ipv4 2379 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4, Live 0xa000000201f50000
nf_nat_ipv4 8008 1 iptable_nat, Live 0xa000000201f38000
nf_nat 25960 4 ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_nat,iptable_nat,nf_nat_ipv4, Live 0xa000000201f1c000
ip_tables 25159 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_filter,iptable_nat, Live 0xa000000201ef8000
xt_tcpudp 4031 59 - Live 0xa000000201ec8000
xt_comment 1147 86 - Live 0xa000000201eb0000
ip6t_REJECT 7236 7 - Live 0xa000000201e98000
xt_LOG 24166 11 - Live 0xa000000201e7c000
nf_conntrack_ipv6 17003 18 - Live 0xa000000201e58000
nf_defrag_ipv6 32193 1 nf_conntrack_ipv6, Live 0xa000000201e38000
xt_conntrack 6225 55 - Live 0xa000000201dfc000
nf_conntrack 136043 7 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_nat_ipv4,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_conntrack, Live 0xa000000201dbc000
ip6table_filter 2396 1 - Live 0xa000000201d68000
ip6_tables 25131 1 ip6table_filter, Live 0xa000000201d4c000
x_tables 29127 13 iptable_mangle,ipt_REJECT,iptable_filter,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_nat,ip_tables,xt_tcpudp,xt_comment,ip6t_REJECT,xt_LOG,xt_conntrack,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables, Live 0xa000000201d28000
ipmi_watchdog 27631 0 - Live 0xa000000201b58000
ipmi_poweroff 13273 0 - Live 0xa000000201b34000
ipmi_devintf 16041 0 - Live 0xa000000201b18000
rtc_efi 5066 0 - Live 0xa000000201afc000
ipv6 703198 80 bridge,ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_defrag_ipv6, Live 0xa000000201a2c000
tg3 399565 0 - Live 0xa00000020184c000
ptp 19724 1 tg3, Live 0xa00000020172c000
pps_core 18816 1 ptp, Live 0xa0000002016e4000
processor 40773 0 - Live 0xa0000002016b4000
thermal 18760 0 - Live 0xa0000002016a0000
ohci_pci 5320 0 - Live 0xa000000201658000
libphy 45865 1 tg3, Live 0xa000000201608000
ohci_hcd 55066 1 ohci_pci, Live 0xa0000002015a8000
thermal_sys 45028 2 processor,thermal, Live 0xa000000201560000
ipmi_si 100422 1 - Live 0xa000000201538000
ipmi_msghandler 77925 4 ipmi_watchdog,ipmi_poweroff,ipmi_devintf,ipmi_si, Live 0xa0000002014bc000
e100 76192 0 - Live 0xa000000201430000
hwmon 2281 2 tg3,thermal_sys, Live 0xa0000002013f8000
mii 9163 1 e100, Live 0xa000000201388000
button 9619 0 - Live 0xa000000201370000
efivarfs 13525 0 [permanent], Live 0xa000000201354000
ext3 308485 10 - Live 0xa0000002012bc000
mbcache 14827 1 ext3, Live 0xa00000020123c000
jbd 129221 1 ext3, Live 0xa000000201200000
sd_mod 85888 5 - Live 0xa000000201164000
crc_t10dif 1711 1 sd_mod, Live 0xa0000002010f4000
crct10dif_common 1420 1 crc_t10dif, Live 0xa0000002010c4000
ata_generic 6122 0 - Live 0xa0000002010a4000
pata_cmd64x 12658 0 - Live 0xa000000201088000
libata 367183 2 ata_generic,pata_cmd64x, Live 0xa000000201000000
ehci_pci 7864 0 - Live 0xa000000200ff0000
ehci_hcd 101847 1 ehci_pci, Live 0xa000000200fbc000
mptspi 30807 3 - Live 0xa000000200f5c000
scsi_transport_spi 49824 1 mptspi, Live 0xa000000200ef4000
mptscsih 42354 1 mptspi, Live 0xa000000200e90000
usbcore 358114 4 ohci_pci,ohci_hcd,ehci_pci,ehci_hcd, Live 0xa000000200bb4000
mptbase 126776 2 mptspi,mptscsih, Live 0xa000000200b84000
scsi_mod 214641 5 sd_mod,libata,mptspi,scsi_transport_spi,mptscsih, Live 0xa000000200b00000
usb_common 1800 1 usbcore, Live 0xa000000200a08000
dm_mirror 32174 0 - Live 0xa0000002009ec000
dm_region_hash 16287 1 dm_mirror, Live 0xa0000002009c8000
dm_log 20860 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash, Live 0xa0000002009a8000
dm_mod 191817 32 dm_mirror,dm_log, Live 0xa000000200954000
unix 66715 59 - Live 0xa0000002008e8000

[8.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem)
# cat /proc/ioports                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
00000000-000003af : PCI Bus 0000:00
000003b0-000003df : PCI Bus 0000:e0
  000003c0-000003df : vga+
000003e0-00001fff : PCI Bus 0000:00
  00000d00-00000d3f : 0000:00:03.0
    00000d00-00000d3f : e100
  00000d40-00000d4f : 0000:00:02.0
  00000d50-00000d57 : 0000:00:02.0
  00000d58-00000d5f : 0000:00:02.0
  00000d60-00000d63 : 0000:00:02.0
  00000d64-00000d67 : 0000:00:02.0
00002000-00002fff : PCI Bus 0000:20
  00002000-000020ff : 0000:20:01.1
    00002000-000020ff : mpt
  00002100-000021ff : 0000:20:01.0
    00002100-000021ff : mpt
00003000-00005fff : PCI Bus 0000:40
00006000-00007fff : PCI Bus 0000:60
00008000-0000bfff : PCI Bus 0000:80
0000c000-0000dfff : PCI Bus 0000:c0
0000e000-0000ffff : PCI Bus 0000:e0
  0000e000-0000e0ff : 0000:e0:02.0

# cat /proc/iomem
00000000-00000fff : System RAM
00001000-0009ffff : System RAM
000a0000-000fffff : PCI Bus 0000:e0
  000c0000-000fffff : reserved
00100000-03ffffff : System RAM
04000000-04dcefff : System RAM
  04000000-047618bf : Kernel code
  047618c0-04b284af : Kernel data
  04b284b0-04dce0d7 : Kernel bss
04dcf000-3f5e3fff : System RAM
3f5e4000-3fabffff : reserved
3fac0000-3fafffff : reserved
3fb00000-3fb0ffff : System RAM
3fb10000-3fb2bfff : System RAM
3fb2c000-3fb37fff : reserved
3fb38000-3fffffff : reserved
80000000-8fffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00
  80000000-8001ffff : 0000:00:03.0
    80000000-8001ffff : e100
  80020000-80020fff : 0000:00:03.0
    80020000-80020fff : e100
  80021000-800210ff : 0000:00:01.2
  80022000-80022fff : 0000:00:01.1
    80022000-80022fff : ohci_hcd
  80023000-80023fff : 0000:00:01.0
    80023000-80023fff : ohci_hcd
90000000-97ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:20
  90000000-903fffff : 0000:20:01.1
  90400000-907fffff : 0000:20:01.0
  90800000-9080ffff : 0000:20:02.0
    90800000-9080ffff : tg3
  90810000-9081ffff : 0000:20:01.1
    90810000-9081ffff : mpt
  90820000-9082ffff : 0000:20:01.1
    90820000-9082ffff : mpt
  90830000-9083ffff : 0000:20:01.0
    90830000-9083ffff : mpt
  90840000-9084ffff : 0000:20:01.0
    90840000-9084ffff : mpt
98000000-afffffff : PCI Bus 0000:40
  98010000-9801ffff : 0000:40:01.0
    98010000-9801ffff : tg3
b0000000-c7ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:60
c8000000-dfffffff : PCI Bus 0000:80
e0000000-efffffff : PCI Bus 0000:c0
f0000000-fdffffff : PCI Bus 0000:e0
  f0000000-f7ffffff : 0000:e0:02.0
  f8000000-f801ffff : 0000:e0:02.0
  f8020000-f803ffff : 0000:e0:01.1
  f8040000-f804ffff : 0000:e0:02.0
  f8050000-f8050fff : 0000:e0:01.1
    f8050000-f8050007 : serial
  f8051000-f805100f : 0000:e0:01.0
    f8051000-f8051007 : serial
ff5b0ca2-ff5b0ca3 : ipmi_si
ff5c1004-ff5c1007 : ACPI PM_TMR
ff5c1008-ff5c100b : ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK
ff5c100c-ff5c100d : ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK
ff5c1010-ff5c1013 : ACPI GPE0_BLK
ff5c1014-ff5c1017 : ACPI GPE1_BLK
ff5e0000-ff5e0007 : PCI Bus 0000:20
  ff5e0000-ff5e0007 : serial
ff5e2000-ff5e2007 : PCI Bus 0000:20
  ff5e2000-ff5e2007 : serial
4040000000-40667f4fff : System RAM
40667f5000-40667f5fff : reserved
40667f6000-40be6f3fff : System RAM
40be6f4000-40be6fdfff : System RAM
  40be6f4008-40be6f4788 : EFI Memory Map
  40be6f8008-40be6f8058 : Boot parameter
40be6fe000-40be6fefff : System RAM
40be6ff000-40bef97fff : System RAM
40bef98000-40bef99fff : System RAM
40bef9a000-40bef9bfff : System RAM
40bef9c000-40bef9cfff : System RAM
40bef9d000-40beffdfff : System RAM
40beffe000-40bf2f1fff : System RAM
40bf2f2000-40bf800fff : System RAM
40bf801000-40bf805fff : System RAM
40bf806000-40bf9f9fff : System RAM
40bf9fa000-40bf9fafff : System RAM
40bf9fb000-40bf9fdfff : System RAM
40bf9fe000-40bfd67fff : System RAM
40bfd68000-40bfda3fff : reserved
40bfda4000-40bfdfdfff : System RAM
40bfdfe000-40bfe0ffff : System RAM
40bfe10000-40bfe7dfff : reserved
40bfe7e000-40bffb5fff : System RAM
40bffb6000-40bfffffff : reserved
80004000000-80103fffffe : PCI Bus 0000:00
90004000000-90103fffffe : PCI Bus 0000:20
a0004000000-a0103fffffe : PCI Bus 0000:40
b0004000000-b0103fffffe : PCI Bus 0000:60
c0004000000-c0103fffffe : PCI Bus 0000:80
e0004000000-e0103fffffe : PCI Bus 0000:c0
f0004000000-f0103fffffe : PCI Bus 0000:e0
3fffffc000000-3fffffc0eb3af : PCI Bus 0000:00 I/O Ports 00000000-000003af
3fffffc0ec3b0-3fffffc0f73df : PCI Bus 0000:e0 I/O Ports 000003b0-000003df
3fffffc0f83e0-3fffffc7fffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 I/O Ports 000003e0-00001fff
3fffffc800000-3fffffcbfffff : PCI Bus 0000:20 I/O Ports 00002000-00002fff
3fffffcc00000-3fffffd7fffff : PCI Bus 0000:40 I/O Ports 00003000-00005fff
3fffffd800000-3fffffdffffff : PCI Bus 0000:60 I/O Ports 00006000-00007fff
3fffffe000000-3fffffeffffff : PCI Bus 0000:80 I/O Ports 00008000-0000bfff
3ffffff000000-3ffffff7fffff : PCI Bus 0000:c0 I/O Ports 0000c000-0000dfff
3ffffff800000-3ffffffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:e0 I/O Ports 0000e000-0000ffff

[8.5.] PCI information:
Please find the output of lspci -vvv attached.

[8.6.] SCSI information:
There is no /proc/scsi/scsi on my system.


I hope this information is sufficient to allow you to debug and fix the problem. If not, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Should you be the wrong persons to contact about this issue, please forward me to the correct maintainers.

Best regards,
Dennis