linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Disable all outputs early, before KMS takeover

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Date:	Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:27:54 +0100
From:	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Cc:	Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com>, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Disable all outputs early, before KMS takeover

On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 17:11:56 +0300, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org> wrote:
> [    9.310010]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8168cd0c>] panic+0x91/0x19e
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffff816909ea>] oops_end+0xea/0xf0
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffff8106afbb>] no_context+0xfb/0x260
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffff8106b245>] __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x125/0x1e0
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffff8106b313>] bad_area_nosemaphore+0x13/0x20
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffff816930c0>] do_page_fault+0x310/0x4c0
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffff810ac06f>] ? up+0x2f/0x50
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffff8108652f>] ? console_unlock+0x17f/0x1d0
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffff8168fd25>] page_fault+0x25/0x30
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffffa0061628>] ? i915_handle_error+0x198/0xed0 [i915]
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffff8137d04a>] ? scsi_next_command+0x4a/0x60
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffff8137ddd6>] ? scsi_io_completion+0x2f6/0x630
> [    9.310010]  [<ffffffffa0064c62>] i915_driver_irq_handler+0x472/0x17f0 [i915]
> 
> This is the same pre-2.6.39-rc1 kernel with the two patches applied.
> I'll try latest Linus master next to see if the same problem triggers.

Hmm. Looks like we don't prevent the PGTBL_ER with those patches (or we
provoke another), and trigger the error before we can handle it.

Double ungood. Thanks,
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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