Re: lockup when C1E and high-resolution timers enabled

Daniel J Blueman
2015-06-14T07:54:16Z

On 14 June 2015 at 12:39, Christoph Fritz <chf.fritz@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-06-14 at 11:13 +0800, Daniel J Blueman wrote:
>> On Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 4:00:06 AM UTC+8, Christoph Fritz wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > on following computer configuration, I do get hard lockup under heavy
>> > IO-Load (using rsync):
>> >
>> > - CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
>> > - CPU: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor (family 0x15 model 0x2)
>> > - Motherboard: 'GA-970A-UD3P (rev. 1.0)' AMD 970/SB950
>> > - BIOS: C1E enabled (on 'GA-970A-UD3P' there is no disable option)
>> > - Kernels: 4.1.0-rc6, 4.0.x, 3.16.x
>> >
>> > Tests:
>> > - add kernel parameter "idle=halt" -> system runs fine
>> > - disable CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS -> system runs fine
>> > - change motherboard and disable C1E -> system runs fine
>> > - change CPU to AMD Phenom II X6 Processor -> system runs fine
>> [..]
>>
>> C1E disconnects HyperTransport links when all cores enter C1 (halt)
>> for a period of time; this is all at the platform level, so isn't due
>> to the kernel. The AMD AGESA code which controls the setup of this
>> mechanism is updated in the F2g BIOS:
>> http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4717#bios
>>
>> Did you try both BIOS releases with defaults?
>
> Yes, rechecked both versions: Same bad behaviour.
>
>> If still issues, also try with the current family 10h microcode from
>> http://www.amd64.org/microcode/amd-ucode-latest.tar.bz2
>
> Don't you mean family 15h for 'AMD FX(tm)-8350' ?
>
> already using latest microcode:

As a workaround, you can probably just disable message triggered C1E
(see the BKDG p399 [1]):

val=0x$(setpci -s 00:18.4 0xd4.l) # read D18F3xD4
val=$((val &~(1 << 13))) # clear bit13 (MTC1eEn)
setpci -d 1022:1604 0xd4.l=$(printf %x $val) # write back

The chipset setup and behaviour is quite complex, so it's likely
Gigabyte haven't done their homework. The alternative is coreboot of
course.

Thanks,
Daniel

[1] http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/42301_15h_Mod_00h-0Fh_BKDG.pdf
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Daniel J Blueman