Re: [BUG 2.6.31-rc1] HIGHMEM64G causes hang in PCI init on 32-bit x86

Mikael Pettersson
2009-06-29T11:57:32Z

Matthew Wilcox writes:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 01:12:05PM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > H. Peter Anvin writes:
> > > Grant Grundler wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:45:24AM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > > > ...
> > > >> fff00000-fffffffe : pnp 00:09
> > > >> 100000000-1ffffffff : System RAM
> > > >> 200000000-ffffffffffffffff : RAM buffer
> > > >>
> > > >> With 2.6.30 things look similar, except 2.6.30 does not show the
> > > >> last "200000000-ffffffffffffffff : RAM buffer" line.
> > > >
> > > > BIOS e280 table didn't report that line.
> > > > I expect it's created by arch/x86/kernel/e820.c:
> > > > 1398 /*
> > > > 1399 * Try to bump up RAM regions to reasonable boundaries to
> > > > 1400 * avoid stolen RAM:
> > > > 1401 */
> > > > 1402 for (i = 0; i < e820.nr_map; i++) {
> > > > 1403 struct e820entry *entry = &e820_saved.map[i];
> > > > 1404 resource_size_t start, end;
> > > > 1405
> > > > 1406 if (entry->type != E820_RAM)
> > > > 1407 continue;
> > > > 1408 start = entry->addr + entry->size;
> > > > 1409 end = round_up(start, ram_alignment(start));
> > > > 1410 if (start == end)
> > > > 1411 continue;
> > > > 1412 reserve_region_with_split(&iomem_resource, start,
> > > > 1413 end - 1, "RAM buffer");
> > > > 1414 }
> > > >
> > >
> > > OK, this seems more than a wee bit strange, to say the least. We
> > > shouldn't be reserving the entire address space; this is legitimate I/O
> > > space.
> > >
> > > However, the reservation suddenly being improper for the root resource
> > > would definitely make things unhappy...
> >
> > Reverting the two e820 changes in 2.6.31-rc1,
> > 5d423ccd7ba4285f1084e91b26805e1d0ae978ed and then
> > 45fbe3ee01b8e463b28c2751b5dcc0cbdc142d90,
> > but keeping the iomem_resource.end cap change, makes 2.6.31-rc1
> > work on my HIGHMEM64G machine.
> >
> > Seems the e820 and the iomem_resource.end changes are Ok in
> > isolation but break when combined.
>
> With the e820 change reverted, what does /proc/iomem look like?

00000000-0009ebff : System RAM
0009ec00-0009ffff : reserved
000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
000c0000-000ccfff : Video ROM
000e4000-000fffff : reserved
000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
00100000-7ff8ffff : System RAM
00100000-002e022e : Kernel code
002e022f-0038aaf7 : Kernel data
003d8000-003fc9f3 : Kernel bss
7ff90000-7ff9dfff : ACPI Tables
7ff9e000-7ffdffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
7ffe0000-7fffffff : reserved
88000000-880000ff : 0000:00:1f.3
bff00000-dfefffff : PCI Bus 0000:01
c0000000-cfffffff : 0000:01:00.0
e0000000-efffffff : PCI MMCONFIG 0 [00-ff]
e0000000-efffffff : pnp 00:0e
febfe000-febfec00 : pnp 00:09
fec00000-fec00fff : IOAPIC 0
fec00000-fec00fff : pnp 00:0b
fed00000-fed003ff : HPET 0
fed14000-fed19fff : pnp 00:01
fed1c000-fed1ffff : pnp 00:09
fed20000-fed8ffff : pnp 00:09
fee00000-fee00fff : Local APIC
fee00000-fee00fff : reserved
fee00000-fee00fff : pnp 00:0b
ff800000-ff8fffff : PCI Bus 0000:01
ff8c0000-ff8dffff : 0000:01:00.0
ff8e0000-ff8effff : 0000:01:00.1
ff8f0000-ff8fffff : 0000:01:00.0
ff900000-ff9fffff : PCI Bus 0000:02
ff9ffc00-ff9ffcff : 0000:02:02.0
ff9ffc00-ff9ffcff : 8139too
ffaf8000-ffafbfff : 0000:00:1b.0
ffaf8000-ffafbfff : ICH HD audio
ffaff000-ffaff3ff : 0000:00:1d.7
ffaff000-ffaff3ff : ehci_hcd
ffaff400-ffaff7ff : 0000:00:1a.7
ffaff400-ffaff7ff : ehci_hcd
ffaff800-ffafffff : 0000:00:1f.2
ffaff800-ffafffff : ahci
ffb00000-ffffffff : reserved
ffb00000-ffbfffff : pnp 00:09
fff00000-fffffffe : pnp 00:09
100000000-1ffffffff : System RAM