linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 00/23] ata: sata_dwc

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Date:	Sat, 23 Apr 2016 11:44:22 -0400
From:	Julian Margetson <runaway@...dw.ms>
To:	Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/23] ata: sata_dwc_460ex: make it working again

On 4/23/2016 8:02 AM, Julian Margetson wrote:
> On 4/22/2016 7:06 AM, Christian Lamparter wrote:
>> On Friday, April 22, 2016 06:50:44 AM Julian Margetson wrote:
>>> On 4/21/2016 4:25 PM, Christian Lamparter wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, April 21, 2016 09:15:21 PM Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>>> The last approach in the commit 8b3444852a2b ("sata_dwc_460ex: 
>>>>> move to generic
>>>>> DMA driver") to switch to generic DMA engine API wasn't tested on 
>>>>> bare metal.
>>>>> Besides that we expecting new board support coming with the same 
>>>>> SATA IP but
>>>>> with different DMA.
>>>>>
>>>>> The driver has been tested myself on Sam460ex and WD MyBookLive 
>>>>> (apollo3g)
>>>>> boards. In any case I ask Christian, Måns, and Julian to 
>>>>> independently test and
>>>>> provide Tested-by tag or error report.
>>>> I did a test run on my WD MyBook Live. I applied all the patches in
>>>> this series on top of the topic/dw branch of Vinod Koul:
>>>> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/vkoul/slave-dma.git/>
>>>>
>>>> Tested-by: Christian Lamparter<chunkeey@...glemail.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> results for my old ST3808110AS HDD. filesystem is ext4.
>>>>
>>>> # hdparm -t /dev/sda
>>>>
>>>> /dev/sda:
>>>>    Timing buffered disk reads: 204 MB in  3.02 seconds = 67.51 MB/sec
>>>>
>>>> # bonnie++ -u mbl
>>>> Using uid:1000, gid:1000.
>>>> Writing a byte at a time...done
>>>> Writing intelligently...done
>>>> Rewriting...done
>>>> Reading a byte at a time...done
>>>> Reading intelligently...done
>>>> start 'em...done...done...done...done...done...
>>>> Create files in sequential order...done.
>>>> Stat files in sequential order...done.
>>>> Delete files in sequential order...done.
>>>> Create files in random order...done.
>>>> Stat files in random order...done.
>>>> Delete files in random order...done.
>>>> Version  1.97       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential 
>>>> Input- --Random-
>>>> Concurrency   1     -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- 
>>>> --Block-- --Seeks--
>>>> Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec 
>>>> %CP  /sec %CP
>>>> mbl            496M    98  99 26011  21 17589  20   538  99 80138  
>>>> 39 208.9   8
>>>> Latency             95267us    1409ms     295ms   26947us 9644us    
>>>> 1787ms
>>>> Version  1.97       ------Sequential Create------ --------Random 
>>>> Create--------
>>>> mbl                 -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- 
>>>> --Read--- -Delete--
>>>>                 files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec 
>>>> %CP  /sec %CP
>>>>                    16  6959  78 +++++ +++  5197  40  7250 79 +++++ 
>>>> +++  4718  37
>>>> Latency               149ms    6742us     212ms 177ms     767us     
>>>> 217ms
>>>> 1.97,1.97,mbl,1,1461269771,496M,,98,99,26011,21,17589,20,538,99,80138,39,208.9,8,16,,,,,6959,78,+++++,+++,5197,40,7250,79,+++++,+++,4718,37,95267us,1409ms,295ms,26947us,9644us,1787ms,149ms,6742us,212ms,177ms,767us,217ms 
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Again on copy partitions .
>> Ok, here's the copy from my mail off-list.
>>
>> Well, a unrelated driver "m41t80" caused a crash:
>> [   12.912739] Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#3]
>> [   12.912743] PREEMPT Canyonlands
>> [   12.912753] CPU: 0 PID: 1413 Comm: irq/45-m41t80 Tainted: G      
>> D         4.6.0-rc4-next-20160421-sam460ex-jm #1
>> [   12.912757] task: ea9834e0 ti: eea6c000 task.ti: eea6c000
>> [   12.912760] NIP: c0224480 LR: c0023494 CTR: c0042508
>> [   12.912764] REGS: eea6daf0 TRAP: 0300   Tainted: G D          
>> (4.6.0-rc4-next-20160421-sam460ex-jm)
>> [   12.912774] MSR: 00029000 <CE,EE,ME>  CR: 24008282 XER: 00000000
>> [   12.912825] DEAR: 00000008 ESR: 00000000
>> [...]
>> [   12.912927] --- interrupt: 300 at mutex_lock+0x0/0x1c
>> [   12.912927]     LR = m41t80_handle_irq+0x28/0xac
>> [   12.912932] [eea6de40] [00000000]   (null) (unreliable)
>> [   12.912938] [eea6de60] [c004ffac] irq_thread_fn+0x2c/0x48
>> [   12.912944] [eea6de80] [c00501cc] irq_thread+0xc4/0x160
>> [   12.912951] [eea6ded0] [c003a3f8] kthread+0xc8/0xcc
>> [   12.912957] [eea6df40] [c000aee8] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64
>> [   12.912960] Instruction dump:
>> [   12.912974] 80010014 7fc3f378 bbc10008 7c0803a6 38210010 4be24ca8 
>> 9421ffd0 7c0802a6
>> [   12.912987] bf210014 90010034 3b4302d8 812302ec <83890008> 
>> 812302d8 7f9a4840 419e011c
>> [   12.912995] Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!
>>                   ^^^ "reboot is needed!"
>>
>> Another thing that came to my mind: Have you checked if your hard drive
>> and the cables are ok? Are there any pending sectors or suspicious smart
>> values? Has the drive passed the extended offline test?
>>   Otherwise, I can't reproduce the error with my MyBook system. I've 
>> tested
>> your kernel and it worked on the device without crashing. (I 
>> copied/dd'ed
>> 80GB from and back to the hard-drive. It was long and boring, but I 
>> didn't
>> encounter any issues and the crc32 matched).
>>
>> Sorry, but I can't help you if I can't reproduce it... And short of 
>> sending
>> your box to test, I see no efficient way to debug it. However, what I 
>> can
>> do, if you are interested: I have a few "build your own" My Book Live 
>> kits.
>> It just needs a 3.5" hard-drive and 12v power adapter. If you are 
>> interested
>> PM me off-list, this way you can verify that the kernels you build do 
>> work,
>> just in case this error is due to a hardware issue (zapped controller,
>> bad ram/drive/cable?) with your sam460ex box.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christian
>>
>>
> My Hardware seems ok.
> I have swapped cables and drives between the SII3512 pci controller 
> and the DWC controller.
> No issues when connected to the SII3512 pci controller .
> The DWC controller works ok under AmigaOS 4.1FE so that does not 
> appear to be a problem.
>
> Regards
> Julian
>
>
>
>
>
>
Test with kernel compiled with no other sata controllers included.
Freshly formatted harddrive  with one ntfs partition. MS-DOS partition 
table.
Booted from USB thumb drive.
Keyboard and mouse freeze as soon as gparted is run.


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