linux-kernel - Re: applesmc oops in 3.10/3.11

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Message-ID: <20131002035156.GA566@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Tue, 1 Oct 2013 20:51:56 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Chris Murphy <bugzilla@...orremedies.com>
Cc:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>, khali@...ux-fr.org,
	lm-sensors@...sensors.org,
	"Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: applesmc oops in 3.10/3.11

On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 07:09:26PM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
> 
> On Oct 1, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 09:33:13AM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
> >> 
> >> On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 12:55:26PM +0200, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> >>>>>> Warning message triggered with 3.12.0-0.rc3.git0.1.fc21.x86_64.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> [   10.886016] applesmc: key count changed from 261 to 1174405121
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Explains the crash, but the new key count is very wrong. 1174405121 = 0x46000001.
> >>>>> Which I guess explains the subsequent memory allocation error in the log.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Henrik, any idea what might be going on ? Is it possible that the previous
> >>>>> command failure leaves some state machine in a bad state ?
> >>>> 
> >>>> I seem to recall a report on another similar state problem on newer
> >>>> machines, so maybe, yes. Older machines seem fine, I have never
> >>>> encountered the problem myself. Here is a patch to test that
> >>>> theory. It has been tested to be pretty harmless on two different
> >>>> generations.
> >>>> 
> >>>> I really really do not want to add an 'if (value is insane)' check ;-)
> >>>> 
> >>> Chris,
> >>> 
> >>> any chance you can load this patch on an affected machine so we can get
> >>> test feedback ? This one is too experimental to submit upstream without
> >>> knowing that it really fixes the problem.
> >> 
> >> Yes. What kernel.org source version should I apply it against? I'd use the non-debug config file from an equivalent version Fedora kernel, unless asked otherwise. And also should I test it on other vintages? I have here MBP4,1(2008); MBP8,2(2011), and MBP10,2(2012).
> >> 
> > Only requirement is that it also includes the previous patch, so it would be
> > optimal if you can apply it on top of the previous image.
> 
> Patch added on top of 3.12.0-0.rc3.git0.1.fc20.x86_64 and built. But after ~dozen reboots, I'm not triggering the problem. The only items in dmesg with smc in it:
> 
> [   13.799819] applesmc: key=261 fan=2 temp=14 index=14 acc=1 lux=2 kbd=1
> [   13.833402] input: applesmc as /devices/platform/applesmc.768/input/input10
> 

Hi Chris,

That only means that you did not hit the problem. There may be some secondary
trigger (cold boot ? coffee on the cpu ?).

One thing I have seen in all logs is the earlier "send_byte fail" message, so
I think that is a pre-requisite.

Thanks,
Guenter
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