Re: linux-next: Tree for Apr 9 (x86 boot problem)

Mike Rapoport
2021-04-12T17:03:11Z

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 08:49:49AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 4/11/21 11:14 PM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > Hi Randy,
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 07:41:37PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >> On 4/9/21 4:51 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> Changes since 20210408:
> >>>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I cannot boot linux-next 20210408 nor 20210409 on an antique
> >> x86_64 laptop (Toshiba Portege).
> >>
> >> After many failed tests, I finally resorted to git bisect,
> >> which led me to:
> >>
> >> # bad: [4c674481dcf9974834b96622fa4b079c176f36f9] x86/setup: Merge several reservations of start of memory
> >> git bisect bad 4c674481dcf9974834b96622fa4b079c176f36f9
> >>
> >>
> >> I reverted both of these patches and the laptop boots successfully:
> >>
> >> commit a799c2bd29d19c565f37fa038b31a0a1d44d0e4d
> >> Author: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
> >> Date: Tue Mar 2 12:04:05 2021 +0200
> >>
> >> x86/setup: Consolidate early memory reservations
> >>
> >> &&
> >>
> >> commit 4c674481dcf9974834b96622fa4b079c176f36f9
> >> Author: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
> >> Date: Tue Mar 2 12:04:06 2021 +0200
> >>
> >> x86/setup: Merge several reservations of start of memory
> >>
> >>
> >> There is no (zero, nil) console display when I try to boot
> >> next 0408 or 0409. I connected a USB serial debug cable and
> >> booted with earlyprintk=dbgp,keep and still got nothing.
> >>
> >> The attached boot log is linux-next 20210409 minus the 2 patches
> >> listed above.
> >>
> >> Mike- what data would you like to see?
> >
> > Huh, with no console this would be fun :)
> > For now the only idea I have is to "bisect" the changes and move
> > reservations one by one back to their original place until the system boots
> > again.
> >
> > I'd start with trim_snb_memory() since it's surely needed on your laptop
> > and quite likely it is a NOP on other systems.
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> > index 776fc9b3fafe..dfca9d6b1aa6 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> > @@ -746,8 +746,6 @@ static void __init early_reserve_memory(void)
> >
> > reserve_ibft_region();
> > reserve_bios_regions();
> > -
> > - trim_snb_memory();
> > }
> >
> > /*
> > @@ -1081,6 +1079,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
> >
> > reserve_real_mode();
> >
> > + trim_snb_memory();
> > +
> > init_mem_mapping();
> >
> > idt_setup_early_pf();
> >
> >> --

Hi Randy,

> Hi Mike,
> That works fine.
> Can you provide another/next step?

I thought about adding some prints to see what's causing the hang, the
reservations or their absence. Can you replace the debug patch with this
one:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 776fc9b3fafe..a10ac252dbcc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -600,10 +600,13 @@ static bool __init snb_gfx_workaround_needed(void)
return false;

vendor = read_pci_config_16(0, 2, 0, PCI_VENDOR_ID);
+ devid = read_pci_config_16(0, 2, 0, PCI_DEVICE_ID);
+
+ pr_info("%s: vendor: %x, device: %x\n", __func__, vendor, device);
+
if (vendor != 0x8086)
return false;

- devid = read_pci_config_16(0, 2, 0, PCI_DEVICE_ID);
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(snb_ids); i++)
if (devid == snb_ids[i])
return true;
@@ -747,7 +750,7 @@ static void __init early_reserve_memory(void)
reserve_ibft_region();
reserve_bios_regions();

- trim_snb_memory();
+ pr_info("%s: snb_gfx: %d\n", __func__, snb_gfx_workaround_needed());
}

/*
@@ -1081,6 +1084,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)

reserve_real_mode();

+ trim_snb_memory();
+
init_mem_mapping();

idt_setup_early_pf();

> If not, I'll try a few things.

Sure :)

> thanks.
> --
> ~Randy
>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.