Re: [PATCH] powerpc/powernv: delay rng of node creation until later in boot

["Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>]

Hi Benjamin, Paul,

On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 07:24:05PM +0530, Sachin Sant wrote:
> > On 30-Jun-2022, at 5:46 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:
> > 
> > The of node for the rng must be created much later in boot. Otherwise it
> > tries to connect to a parent that doesn't yet exist, resulting on this
> > splat:
> > 
> > [    0.000478] kobject: '(null)' ((____ptrval____)): is not initialized, yet kobject_get() is being called.
> > [    0.002925] [c000000002a0fb30] [c00000000073b0bc] kobject_get+0x8c/0x100 (unreliable)
> > [    0.003071] [c000000002a0fba0] [c00000000087e464] device_add+0xf4/0xb00
> > [    0.003194] [c000000002a0fc80] [c000000000a7f6e4] of_device_add+0x64/0x80
> > [    0.003321] [c000000002a0fcb0] [c000000000a800d0] of_platform_device_create_pdata+0xd0/0x1b0
> > [    0.003476] [c000000002a0fd00] [c00000000201fa44] pnv_get_random_long_early+0x240/0x2e4
> > [    0.003623] [c000000002a0fe20] [c000000002060c38] random_init+0xc0/0x214
> > 
> > This patch fixes the issue by doing the of node creation inside of
> > machine_subsys_initcall.
> > 
> > Fixes: f3eac426657d ("powerpc/powernv: wire up rng during setup_arch")
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
> > Reported-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@linux.ibm.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
> > ---
> 
> Thanks Jason for the patch. This fixes the reported problem for me.
> 
> Tested-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@linux.ibm.com>
> 
> - Sachin

It sounds like Michael is on vacation for a few weeks. Think you could
queue this up so we can get POWER8 booting again?

Sorry I broke things before :-(

Jason