linux-kernel - Re: Unreliable hibernation on Lenovo x230 (regression)

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Date:	Fri, 3 Apr 2015 01:22:21 +0800
From:	joeyli <jlee@...e.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, rhn <kebuac.rhn@...cupinefactory.org>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	joeyli.kernel@...il.com, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Subject: Re: Unreliable hibernation on Lenovo x230 (regression)

On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 12:50:54AM +0800, joeyli wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 05:28:05PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Wed 2015-04-01 21:47:43, rhn wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > Between kernel 3.16 and 3.17, a regression has been introduced where the first hibernation after regular shutdown always fails to resume. Subsequent hibernations succeed.
> > > 
> > > The system is a Lenovo x230 with Intel i5, booting with EFI, with the hibernate partition located on a secondary SSD drive. Installed system is Fedora 20, hibernation and reboots were issued using the KDE shutdown dialog.
> > > 
> > > I have tracked the problem to first appear in the commit
> > > e67ee10190e69332f929bdd6594a312363321a66	Merge branches 'pm-sleep', 'pm-cpufreq' and 'pm-cpuidle'
> > > 
> > > The problem itself manifests in dmesg as follows (system was first
> > > restarted, then hibernated - this log is from the subsequent
> > resume):
> > 
> > Ok, can you try to disable cpufreq and cpuidle, and then try if it
> > reproduces?
> > 
> > At that point, this is the candidate:
> > 
> > commit e67ee10190e69332f929bdd6594a312363321a66
> > Merge: 21c806d 84c91b7 39c8bba 372ba8c
> > Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> > Date:   Mon Aug 11 23:19:48 2014 +0200
> > 
> >     Merge branches 'pm-sleep', 'pm-cpufreq' and 'pm-cpuidle'
> > 
> >     * pm-sleep:
> >           PM / hibernate: avoid unsafe pages in e820 reserved regions
> > 
> > ...
> > Alternatively, you can just try to revert
> > 
> > commit 84c91b7ae07c62cf6dee7fde3277f4be21331f85
> > Author: Lee, Chun-Yi <joeyli.kernel@...il.com>
> > Date:   Mon Aug 4 23:23:21 2014 +0800
> > 
> >     PM / hibernate: avoid unsafe pages in e820 reserved regions
> > 
> >     When the machine doesn't well handle the e820 persistent when
> >     hibernate
> >         resuming, then it may cause page fault when writing image to
> >     snapshot
> >         buffer:
> > 
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 									Pavel
> 
> Before revert 84c91b7ae patch, please check does there have log similar as
> following in dmesg when hibernate resume fail?
> 
> [   24.349777] PM: 0xab9bc000 in e820 nosave region: [mem 0xab9bc000-0xab9c2fff]
> 
> The address may different, by you should see "e820 nosave region" log. Otherwise
> we got another problem.
>

Forgot to mention, please add "debug no_console_suspend=1 loglevel=9" to kernel
parameter then try to reproduce issue and look at dmesg.


Thanks a lot!
Joey Lee 
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