linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.23-rc6-mm1: failure to boot on HP nx6325, no sound when booted, USB-related WARNING

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <1190299841.3481.37.camel@chaos>
Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:50:40 +0200
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...e.cz>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc6-mm1: failure to boot on HP nx6325, no sound when
	booted, USB-related WARNING

On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 16:47 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:53, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 16:12 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > Vs. the suspend / resume wreckage of rc6-mm1 / rc6-hrt2: 
> > > 
> > > ie. the one on the Vaio (I assume).
> > > 
> > > > I'm still fishing in rather dark water. Depending on the added
> > > > instrumentation points the problem mutates up to the point where it
> > > > vanishes completely. The hang, which requires key strokes again, happens
> > > > consistently at the same place:
> > > > 
> > > > The notifier call in kernel/cpu.c::_cpu_up()
> > > > 
> > > >        ret = __raw_notifier_call_chain(&cpu_chain, CPU_UP_PREPARE | mod, hcpu,
> > > >                                                         -1, &nr_calls);
> > > > 
> > > > does not return, but _all_ registered notifiers are called and reach
> > > > their return statement. This reminds me on:
> > > > 
> > > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/9/46
> > > > 
> > > > Sigh. I have no clue where to dig further.
> > > 
> > > Well, the above may affect SMP systems, but the Vaio is UP.  Hmm?
> > 
> > My jinxed VAIO variant is SMP, but it looks like the same mysterious
> > error.
> 
> Hm.  Have you tried
> 
> # echo test > /sys/power/disk
> # echo disk > /sys/power/state
> 
> (should suspend devices and disable the nonboot CPUs, wait for 5 sec. and
> restore everything)?

Works fine, but I need to reboot into a non debug kernel to verify.

	tglx



-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/