Re: [linux-pm] Invalid opcode on resume from STR on Asus P4P800-VM

[Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>]

On Tuesday 27 April 2010 03:07:35 Robert Hancock wrote:
> On 04/26/2010 02:34 PM, Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> >> On Monday 26 April 2010 21:17:27 Alan Stern wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>> I'm trying to debug oops on resume from suspend-to-RAM on Asus
> >>>> P4P800-VM mainboard. It crashes with invalid opcode (see below). The
> >>>> kernel is 2.6.32-trunk from Debian but the same problem is present
> >>>> with vanilla kernels - both newer and older (but screen remains blank
> >>>> most of the time, only keyboard LEDs blink indicating an oops).
> >>>>
> >>>> What can cause this problem?
> >>>>
> >>>>       8.000339  invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
> >>>>       8.003529  last sysfs file: /sys/power/state
> >>>>       8.004265  Modules linked in: sco bridge stp bnep l2cacp crc16
> >>>> bluetooth rfkill loop i2c_i801 snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec shpchp
> >>>> ac97_bus parport_pc parport
> >>>> rng_core pci_hotplug snd_pcsp snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore psmouse
> >>>> snd_page_alloc serio_raw evdev processor ext3 jbd mbcache ide_gd_mod
> >>>> ata_generic libata scsi_mod
> >>>> ide_pci_generic i915 drm_kms_helper uhci_hcd drm i2c_algo_bit piix
> >>>> i2c_core ehci_hcd intel_agp e100 video ide_core mii floppy agpgart
> >>>> output usbcore nls_base button
> >>>> thermal fan thermal_sys [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> >>>> [  148.004265]
> >>>> [  148.004265] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.32-trunk-686 #1)
> >>>> To Be Filled By O.E.M. [  148.004265] EIP: 0060:[<c1008ff3>] EFLAGS:
> >>>> 00010086 CPU: 0
> >>>> [  148.004265] EIP is at mwait_idle+0x4e/0x6c
> >>>
> >>> I had exactly the same problem (on an HP computer with an Intel
> >>> chipset).  As far as anyone could figure out, it is caused by a bug in
> >>> the BIOS.  It's not entirely clear that this is the complete answer,
> >>> but nothing else turned up.  See
> >>>
> >>> 	http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15385
> >>>
> >>> for the complete record.  The best solution I could find was to boot
> >>> with "idle=halt" on the command line.  You might check to see if any
> >>> BIOS updates are available.
> >>
> >> Thanks, it does not crash with "idle=halt" or "idle=poll". According to
> >> this: http://siyobik.info/index.php?module=x86&id=215
> >> the MWAIT instruction can be enabled/disabled in IA32_MISC_ENABLES MSR.
> >> Kernel probably should enable it at boot and also on resume.
> >> Here's some more info:
> >> http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/showthread.php?t=63654
> >
> > That could be the answer.  Clearly this should be handled by the
> > arch-specific boot/setup code.  I don't know enough about it, but other
> > people do.
>
> It looks like idle=nomwait should be the workaround with the least
> impact at the moment..

It does not work for me.

-- 
Ondrej Zary