linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.39.1 immediately reboots/resets on EFI system

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:17:50 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Maarten Lankhorst <m.b.lankhorst@...il.com>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Jim Bos <jim876@...all.nl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.39.1 immediately reboots/resets on EFI system

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 08:14:10PM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> Op 13-06-11 20:00, Matthew Garrett schreef:
> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 07:52:42PM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> >>> +		 */
> >>> +
> >>> +		if ((start <= virt_to_phys(_etext)-1 && end >= virt_to_phys(_text)) ||
> >>> +		    (start <= virt_to_phys(_edata)-1 && end >= virt_to_phys(_etext)) ||
> >> _etext -> _sdata perhaps?
> > _etext is used for the resource allocation earlier, which seems like 
> > it's probably the relevant thing to be copying.
> I meant the second comparison, start <= edata && end >= _etext

I know:

        data_resource.start = virt_to_phys(_etext);
        data_resource.end = virt_to_phys(_edata)-1;

(from kernel/setup.c)

> >>>  		memblock_x86_reserve_range(start, start + size, "EFI Boot");
> >>>  	}
> >>>  }
> >> Will test though. It might also be appropriate to put a WARN when that condition happens.
> > That'd end up triggering even in cases that are absolutely safe (ie, the 
> > firmware doesn't have this bug). The amount of suck here is incredible.
> Still a crapload of swapper BUGs in free_init_pages, maybe you should just give up on this approach,
> and call SetVirtualAddressMap before anything of importance runs. :-/

Not straightforward, sadly. Can I have the dmesg and iomem?

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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