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Message-Id: <201011092132.45442.maciej.rutecki@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 9 Nov 2010 21:32:45 +0100
From:	Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@...il.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: AMD boot freeze bisected to b126b4703afa4010b161784a43650337676dd03b

I created a Bugzilla entry at 
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22552
for your bug report, please add your address to the CC list in there, thanks!

On wtorek, 2 listopada 2010 o 18:03:35 Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Hi Bjorn,
> 
> I am testing 37-rc1 on a quad-socket MCM system (48 cores) and it
> freezes during boot with the messages below:
> 
> ...
> [    5.590748] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 14 devices
> [    5.595386] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
> [    5.600412] system 00:01: [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff] has been reserved
> [    5.607422] system 00:01: [mem 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff] could not be
> reserved [    5.614772] system 00:01: [mem 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff] has been
> reserved [    5.621773] system 00:01: [mem 0xc8000000-0xc8007fff] could
> not be reserved [    5.629129] system 00:08: [io  0x0220-0x022f] has been
> reserved [    5.635432] system 00:08: [io  0x040b] has been reserved
> [    5.641125] system 00:08: [io  0x04d0-0x04d1] has been reserved
> [    5.647427] system 00:08: [io  0x04d6] has been reserved
> [    5.653123] system 00:08: [io  0x0530-0x0537] has been reserved
> [    5.659433] system 00:08: [io  0x0c00-0x0c01] has been reserved
> [    5.665742] system 00:08: [io  0x0c14] has been reserved
> [    5.671439] system 00:08: [io  0x0c50-0x0c52] has been reserved
> [    5.677744] system 00:08: [io  0x0c6c] has been reserved
> [    5.683438] system 00:08: [io  0x0c6f] has been reserved
> [    5.689134] system 00:08: [io  0x0ca0-0x0caf] has been reserved
> [    5.695434] system 00:08: [io  0x0cd0-0x0cd1] has been reserved
> [    5.701744] system 00:08: [io  0x0cd2-0x0cd3] has been reserved
> [    5.708055] system 00:08: [io  0x0cd4-0x0cd5] has been reserved
> [    5.714364] system 00:08: [io  0x0cd6-0x0cd7] has been reserved
> [    5.720664] system 00:08: [io  0x0cd8-0x0cdf] has been reserved
> [    5.726965] system 00:08: [io  0x2000-0x205f] has been reserved
> [    5.733268] system 00:08: [io  0x2100-0x21ff window] has been reserved
> [    5.740184] system 00:08: [io  0x2200-0x22ff window] has been reserved
> [    5.747099] system 00:08: [io  0x0f40-0x0f47] has been reserved
> [    5.753402] system 00:08: [io  0x087f] has been reserved
> [    5.759101] system 00:09: [mem 0xfff00000-0xffffffff] has been reserved
> [    5.766100] system 00:09: [mem 0xfec10000-0xfec1001f] has been reserved
> [    5.773106] system 00:0d: [mem 0xd8000000-0xd8007fff] could not be
> reserved [    5.802579] pci 0000:00:04.0: BAR 9: assigned [mem
> 0xc9e00000-0xc9ffffff pref] [    5.810513] pci 0000:00:03.0: BAR 9:
> assigned [mem 0xc9d00000-0xc9dfffff pref] [    5.818433] pci 0000:01:00.0:
> BAR 6: assigned [mem 0xc9dc0000-0xc9dfffff pref] [    5.826354] pci
> 0000:00:03.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
> [    5.831962] pci 0000:00:03.0:   bridge window [io  0x3000-0x3fff]
> [    5.838446] pci 0000:00:03.0:   bridge window [mem
> 0xc8100000-0xc81fffff] [    5.845624] pci 0000:00:03.0:   bridge window
> [mem 0xc9d00000-0xc9dfffff pref] [    5.853547] pci 0000:02:00.0: BAR 6:
> assigned [mem 0xc9e00000-0xc9ffffff pref] [    5.861465] pci 0000:00:04.0:
> PCI bridge to [bus 02-02]
> [    5.867075] pci 0000:00:04.0:   bridge window [io  0x4000-0x4fff]
> [    5.873558] pci 0000:00:04.0:   bridge window [mem
> 0xc8200000-0xc82fffff] [    5.880732] pci 0000:00:04.0:   bridge window
> [mem 0xc9e00000-0xc9ffffff pref] [    5.888649] pci 0000:00:09.0: PCI
> bridge to [bus 03-03]
> [    5.894260] pci 0000:00:09.0:   bridge window [io  disabled]
> [    5.900304] pci 0000:00:09.0:   bridge window [mem
> 0xca000000-0xcdffffff] [    5.907480] pci 0000:00:09.0:   bridge window
> [mem pref disabled] <EOF>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bisecting the kernel gave the following results and reverting
> b126b4703afa4010b161784a43650337676dd03b does really fix booting. Let me
> know what info you'd need/patches tested for debugging this.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> b126b4703afa4010b161784a43650337676dd03b is the first bad commit
> commit b126b4703afa4010b161784a43650337676dd03b
> Author: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
> Date:   Tue Oct 26 15:41:39 2010 -0600
> 
>     PCI: allocate bus resources from the top down
> 
>     Allocate space from the highest-address PCI bus resource first, then
> work downward.
> 
>     Previously, we looked for space in PCI host bridge windows in the order
>     we discovered the windows.  For example, given the following windows
>     (discovered via an ACPI _CRS method):
> 
>         pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
>         pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000c0000-0x000effff]
>         pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000f0000-0x000fffff]
>         pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0xbff00000-0xf7ffffff]
>         pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0xff980000-0xff980fff]
>         pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0xff97c000-0xff97ffff]
>         pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0xfed20000-0xfed9ffff]
> 
>     we attempted to allocate from [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff] first, then
>     [mem 0x000c0000-0x000effff], and so on.
> 
>     With this patch, we allocate from [mem 0xff980000-0xff980fff] first,
> then [mem 0xff97c000-0xff97ffff], [mem 0xfed20000-0xfed9ffff], etc.
> 
>     Allocating top-down follows Windows practice, so we're less likely to
>     trip over BIOS defects in the _CRS description.
> 
>     On the machine above (a Dell T3500), the [mem 0xbff00000-0xbfffffff]
> region doesn't actually work and is likely a BIOS defect.  The symptom is
> that we move the AHCI controller to 0xbff00000, which leads to "Boot has
> failed, sleeping forever," a BUG in ahci_stop_engine(), or some other boot
> failure.
> 
>     Reference: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16228#c43
>     Reference: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620313
>     Reference: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=629933
>     Reported-by: Brian Bloniarz <phunge0@...mail.com>
>     Reported-and-tested-by: Stefan Becker <chemobejk@...il.com>
>     Reported-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
>     Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
> 
> :040000 040000 234ddafeeb942c78dbfc36825706c00cc5c9a06f
> :a6beefdad2b794afd9ddef066664afa695afc5eb M      drivers

-- 
Maciej Rutecki
http://www.maciek.unixy.pl
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