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From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
To: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Bisected regression (Was Re: current -git fails to boot on	nehalem-ex)
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:42:00 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B2140F8.3020201@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B213F1F.2020305@kernel.org>

Yinghai Lu wrote:
> Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 10 2009, Yinghai wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 10, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> * Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 10 2009, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As written in the subject, it just hard hangs before writing  
>>>>>> anything on
>>>>>> the console. With earlyprintk, I captured the failure, see below.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll try and bisect this, but it takes some time (since the bios and
>>>>>> post process takes forever). I just updated the firmware on the  
>>>>>> box as
>>>>>> well, but it did boot 2.6.32 (and RHEL5 boots fine too). Of course  
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> doesn't rule out a BIOS bug.
>>>>> Results are persistent, git bisect points to:
>>>>>
>>>>> commit b24c2a925a9837cccf54d50aeac22ba0cbc15455
>>>>> Author: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
>>>>> Date:   Tue Nov 24 02:48:18 2009 -0800
>>>>>
>>>>>    x86: Move find_smp_config() earlier and avoid bootmem usage
>>>>>
>>>>> which appears consistent with the panic(). Reverting that does indeed
>>>>> make current -git boot properly.
>>>> Thanks. Yinghai, do you have any ideas, or should we revert it?
>>>>
>>> Let find the root cause
>>>
>>> Jen
>> Jens :-)
>>
>>> Can you boot with earlyconsole or earlyprintk and debug?
>> The original report already included oops output from earlyprintk, it's
>> below as well.
>>
>> kernel  /vmlinuz-2.6 root=/dev/sda3 ro console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 earlyp 
>> rintk=serial,ttyS0,115200
>>    [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3200, size=0x298f90]
>>
>>
>>                [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.32 (axboe@nehalem) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Debian 4.3.2-1.1) ) #35 SMP Thu Dec 10 09:47:51 CET 2009            *    
>> [    0.000000] Command line: root=/dev/sda3 ro console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 earlyprintk=serial,ttyS0,115200                                           *    
>> [    0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:                             *    
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009a400 (usable)    *    
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000000009a400 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)  *    
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)***    
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000078c75000 (usable)         
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000078c75000 - 0000000078e89000 (ACPI NVS)       
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000078e89000 - 000000007924e000 (ACPI data)      
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000007924e000 - 00000000792c2000 (reserved)       
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000792c2000 - 00000000792d2000 (ACPI data)      
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000792d2000 - 00000000792e7000 (reserved)       
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000792e7000 - 0000000079301000 (ACPI data)      
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079301000 - 0000000079303000 (reserved)      
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079303000 - 0000000079305000 (ACPI data)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079305000 - 0000000079310000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079310000 - 0000000079314000 (ACPI data)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079314000 - 0000000079319000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079319000 - 0000000079336000 (ACPI data)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079336000 - 0000000079358000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079358000 - 0000000079388000 (ACPI data)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079388000 - 00000000793c9000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000793c9000 - 000000007968f000 (ACPI data)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000007968f000 - 00000000796bb000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000796bb000 - 00000000799d8000 (ACPI data)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000799d8000 - 0000000079bd8000 (ACPI NVS)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079bd8000 - 0000000079dc7000 (ACPI data)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079dc7000 - 0000000079dcb000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079dcb000 - 0000000079e1c000 (ACPI data)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079e1c000 - 0000000079e87000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000079e87000 - 000000007bd5f000 (ACPI data)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000007bd5f000 - 000000007be4f000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000007be4f000 - 000000007bf87000 (ACPI data)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000007bf87000 - 000000007bfcf000 (ACPI NVS)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000007bfcf000 - 000000007bfff000 (ACPI data)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000007bfff000 - 0000000090000000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000fc000000 - 00000000fd000000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000fed1c000 - 00000000fed20000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000ff000000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
>> [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 0000001080000000 (usable)
>> [    0.000000] bootconsole [earlyser0] enabled
>> [    0.000000] NX (Execute Disable) protection: active
>> [    0.000000] DMI 2.5 present.
>> [    0.000000] last_pfn = 0x1080000 max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000
>> [    0.000000] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
>> [    0.000000] last_pfn = 0x78c75 max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000
>> [    0.000000] init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-0000000078c75000
>> [    0.000000] init_memory_mapping: 0000000100000000-0000001080000000
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 00000000000f0410 00024 (v02 QUANTA)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: XSDT 000000007bffe120 000BC (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000000      01000013)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: FACP 000000007bffd000 000F4 (v04 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000000 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: DSDT 000000007bfe3000 19BAD (v02 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000003 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: FACS 000000007bf87000 00040
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: APIC 000000007bfe2000 003E4 (v02 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000000 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: MSCT 000000007bfe1000 00090 (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000001 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: MCFG 000000007bfe0000 0003C (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000001 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: HPET 000000007bfdf000 00038 (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000001 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: SLIT 000000007bfde000 0003C (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000001 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: SRAT 000000007bfdd000 00930 (v02 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000001 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: SPCR 000000007bfdc000 00050 (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000000 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: WDDT 000000007bfdb000 00040 (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000000 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 000000007bf4a000 3CFA4 (v02 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00004000 INTL 20061109)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 000000007bfda000 00174 (v02 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00004000 INTL 20061109)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: PMCT 000000007bfd9000 00064 (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000000 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: MIGT 000000007bfd8000 00040 (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000000 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: TCPA 000000007bfd5000 00032 (v00 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000000      00000000)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: HEST 000000007bfd4000 005D0 (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000001 INTL 00000001)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: BERT 000000007bfd3000 00030 (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000001 INTL 00000001)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: ERST 000000007bfd2000 00230 (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000001 INTL 00000001)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: EINJ 000000007bfd1000 00130 (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000001 INTL 00000001)
>> [    0.000000] ACPI: DMAR 000000007bfd0000 00350 (v01 QUANTA QSSC-S4R 00000001 MSFT 0100000D)
>> [    0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000fdd80] fdd80
>> [    0.000000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Overlapping early reservations 12-f011 MP-table mpc to 0-fff BIOS data page
> 
> mptable mpc is [12 - f011]
> 
> what a BIOS !
> 
> can you check if it works with 2.6.32 + "acpi=off"?
> 

please check if this one could workaround it.

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index d17d482..f60acec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ struct early_res {
 	char overlap_ok;
 };
 static struct early_res early_res[MAX_EARLY_RES] __initdata = {
-	{ 0, PAGE_SIZE, "BIOS data page" },	/* BIOS data page */
+	{ 0, PAGE_SIZE, "BIOS data page", 1 },	/* BIOS data page */
 	{}
 };
 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-12-10 18:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-10  9:10 current -git fails to boot on nehalem-ex Jens Axboe
2009-12-10 10:39 ` Bisected regression (Was Re: current -git fails to boot on nehalem-ex) Jens Axboe
2009-12-10 16:06   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-10 17:26     ` Yinghai
2009-12-10 18:07       ` Jens Axboe
2009-12-10 18:34         ` Yinghai Lu
2009-12-10 18:41           ` Bisected regression Roland Dreier
2009-12-10 18:44             ` Jens Axboe
2009-12-10 19:13               ` Yinghai Lu
2009-12-10 18:44             ` Yinghai Lu
2009-12-10 18:42           ` Yinghai Lu [this message]
2009-12-10 18:45             ` Bisected regression (Was Re: current -git fails to boot on nehalem-ex) Jens Axboe
2009-12-10 19:07               ` Jens Axboe
2009-12-10 19:19                 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-12-10 19:26                   ` Jens Axboe
2009-12-10 19:34                     ` Bisected regression Roland Dreier
2009-12-10 21:07                     ` Bisected regression (Was Re: current -git fails to boot on nehalem-ex) Yinghai Lu
2009-12-10 21:15                       ` Jens Axboe
2009-12-10 22:39                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-12-10 22:45                         ` Yinghai Lu
2009-12-10 22:54                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-12-10 22:47                         ` Bisected regression Roland Dreier
2009-12-10 22:50                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-12-11  8:19                       ` Bisected regression (Was Re: current -git fails to boot on nehalem-ex) Jens Axboe
2009-12-11  8:32                         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-11  8:55                       ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Use find_e820() instead of hard coded trampoline address tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2009-12-10 19:28                   ` Bisected regression Roland Dreier
2009-12-10 19:33                     ` Yinghai Lu
2009-12-10 19:36                       ` Roland Dreier
2009-12-10 19:50                         ` Yinghai Lu
2009-12-10 22:44                           ` H. Peter Anvin

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