Re: [PATCH v6 2/8] hugetlb: restructure pool allocations

[Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>]

On 10/09/23 23:09, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/9/23 17:15, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> > On 10/09/23 08:04, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> > > On 10/09/23 12:11, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> > > > On 9.10.2023 05:29, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> > > > > On 10/06/23 15:35, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> > > > > > On 10/06/23 23:39, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> > > > > > > On 6.10.2023 05:08, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> > > > > > > > On 10/02/23 11:57, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On 9/29/23 22:57, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > On 09/27/23 13:26, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On 26.09.2023 01:48, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I managed to get a boot log:
> > > > 
> > > > https://pastebin.com/GwurpCw9
> > > > 
> > > > This is using arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8550-mtp.dts for reference
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Early on in boot log before the panic, I see this in the log:
> > > 
> > > [    0.000000] efi: UEFI not found.
> > > [    0.000000] [Firmware Bug]: Kernel image misaligned at boot, please fix your bootloader!
> > > 
> > > Isn't that misalignment pretty serious?  Or, is is possible to run with that?
> > > 
> > > There are no hugetlb pages allocated at boot time:
> > > 
> > > [    0.000000] Kernel command line: PMOS_NO_OUTPUT_REDIRECT console=ttyMSM0 earlycon clk_ignore_unused pd_ignore_unused androidboot.bootdevice=1d84000.ufshc androidboot.fstab_suffix=default androidboot.boot_devices=soc/1d84000.ufshc androidboot.serialno=ab855d8d androidboot.baseband=msm
> > > 
> > > So, the routine where we are panic'ing (gather_bootmem_prealloc) should be a
> > > noop.  The first thing it does is:
> > > list_for_each_entry(m, &huge_boot_pages, list) {
> > > ...
> > > }
> > > 
> > > However, huge_boot_pages should be empty as initialized here:
> > > __initdata LIST_HEAD(huge_boot_pages);
> > > 
> > > At the end of the routine, we call prep_and_add_bootmem_folios to
> > > process the local list created withing that above loop:
> > > 
> > > LIST_HEAD(folio_list);
> > > 
> > > This should also be empty and a noop.
> > > 
> > > Is it possible that the misaligned kernel image could make these lists
> > > appear as non-empty?
> > 
> > Actually, just saw this:
> > 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231009145605.2150897-1-usama.arif@bytedance.com/
> > 
> > Will take a look, although as mentioned above prep_and_add_bootmem_folios on
> > an empty list should be a noop.
> I'll try it out atop the series tomorrow or so.

I just replied to Usama's patch.  This may have more to do with IRQ enablement.

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Mike Kravetz