linux-kernel - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 14003] New: Infinite loop on bootup while handling DMAR

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Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:26:34 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Cc:	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, bero@...linux.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 14003] New: Infinite loop on bootup while
 handling DMAR


(switched to email.  Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
bugzilla web interface).

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:54:22 GMT bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14003
> 
>            Summary: Infinite loop on bootup while handling DMAR

That's a box-killing post-2.6.30 regression.

>            Product: Drivers
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.31-rc6
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: PCI
>         AssignedTo: drivers_pci@...nel-bugs.osdl.org
>         ReportedBy: bero@...linux.org
>         Regression: Yes
> 
> 
> Booting 64bit 2.6.31-rc6 on a hp xw4600 results in an infinite loop of
> 
> DMAR:[DMA READ] Request device [ff:1f.7] fault addr fffffffffffff000
> DMAR:[fault reason 255] Unknown
> 
> even with iommu=soft (2.6.30 could boot with iommu=soft, but would result in
> the same error with hardware iommu enabled).
> 
> 2.6.30 reports this about the DMAR ACPI tables:
> 
> ACPI: DMAR 00000000defc247f 00158 (v01 COMPAQ BEARLX38 00000001      00000000)
> DMAR:Host address width 36
> DMAR:DRHD (flags: 0x00000000)base: 0x00000000fed90000
> DMAR:DRHD (flags: 0x00000001)base: 0x00000000fed93000
> DMAR:RMRR base: 0x00000000defd0000 end: 0x00000000defd0fff
> DMAR:RMRR base: 0x00000000defd1000 end: 0x00000000defd1fff
> DMAR:RMRR base: 0x00000000defd2000 end: 0x00000000defd2fff
> DMAR:RMRR base: 0x00000000defd3000 end: 0x00000000defd3fff
> DMAR:RMRR base: 0x00000000defd4000 end: 0x00000000defd4fff
> DMAR:RMRR base: 0x00000000defd5000 end: 0x00000000defd5fff
> DMAR:RMRR base: 0x00000000defd6000 end: 0x00000000defd6fff
> DMAR:RMRR base: 0x00000000defd7000 end: 0x00000000defd7fff
> Not all IO-APIC's listed under remapping hardware
> 
> Device ff:1f.7 doesn't actually exist, lspci -n says
> 
> 00:00.0 0600: 8086:29e0
> 00:01.0 0604: 8086:29e1
> 00:1a.0 0c03: 8086:2937 (rev 02)
> 00:1a.1 0c03: 8086:2938 (rev 02)
> 00:1a.2 0c03: 8086:2939 (rev 02)
> 00:1a.7 0c03: 8086:293c (rev 02)
> 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:293e (rev 02)
> 00:1c.0 0604: 8086:2940 (rev 02)
> 00:1c.4 0604: 8086:2948 (rev 02)
> 00:1c.5 0604: 8086:294a (rev 02)
> 00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2934 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2935 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:2936 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:293a (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev 92)
> 00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2916 (rev 02)
> 00:1f.2 0106: 8086:2922 (rev 02)
> 01:00.0 0300: 1002:7187
> 01:00.1 0380: 1002:71a7
> 10:0b.0 0c00: 11c1:5811 (rev 61)
> 3f:00.0 0200: 14e4:167b (rev 02)
> 

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