linux-kernel - Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFH] qemu-2.6 memory corruption with OVMF and linux-4.9

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Date:   Sun, 18 Jun 2017 19:27:56 +0100
From:   "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
To:     Philipp Hahn <hahn@...vention.de>
Cc:     Laszlo Ersek <lersek@...hat.com>, qemu-devel@...gnu.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFH] qemu-2.6 memory corruption with OVMF and
 linux-4.9

* Philipp Hahn (hahn@...vention.de) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Am 17.06.2017 um 18:51 schrieb Laszlo Ersek:
> > (I also recommend using the "vbindiff" tool for such problems, it is
> > great for picking out patterns.)
> > 
> >           ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **   8  9 ** ** ** 13 14 15
> >           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> > 00000000  01 e8 00 00 00 00 00 00  8c 5e 00 00 00 10 ff f1
> > 00000010  5b 78 8a 3e 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > 00000020  8c 77 00 00 00 12 00 02  18 f0 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > 00000030  00 1e 00 00 00 00 00 00  8c 8c 00 00 00 12 00 02
> > 00000040  07 70 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 14 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > 00000050  8c 9c 00 00 00 12 00 02  22 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > 00000060  00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00  8c ac 00 00 00 10 ff f1
> > 
> > 00000000  01 e8 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 3c 00 00 00 17 00 00
> > 00000010  5b 78 8a 3e 00 00 00 00  00 3c 00 00 00 07 00 00
> > 00000020  8c 77 00 00 00 12 00 02  00 3c 00 00 00 07 00 00
> > 00000030  00 1e 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 3c 00 00 00 17 00 00
> > 00000040  07 70 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 3c 00 00 00 07 00 00
> > 00000050  8c 9c 00 00 00 12 00 02  00 3c 00 00 00 07 00 00
> > 00000060  00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 3c 00 00 00 17 00 00
> >           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> >           ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **   8  9 ** ** ** 13 14 15
> > 
> > The columns that I marked with "**" are identical between "good" and
> > "bad". (These are columns 0-7, 10-12.)
> > 
> > Column 8 is overwritten by zeros (every 16th byte).
> > 
> > Column 9 is overwritten by 0x3c (every 16th byte).
> > 
> > Column 13 is super interesting. The most significant nibble in that
> > column is not disturbed. And, in the least significant nibble, the least
> > significant three bits are turned on. Basically, the corruption could be
> > described, for this column (i.e., every 16th byte), as
> > 
> >   bad = good | 0x7
> > 
> > Column 14 is overwritten by zeros (every 16th byte).
> > 
> > Column 15 is overwritten by zeros (every 16th byte).
> > 
> > My take is that your host machine has faulty RAM. Please run memtest86+
> > or something similar.
> 
> I will do so, but for me very unlikely:
> - it never happens with BIOS, only with OVMF
> - for each test I start q new QEMU process, which should use a different
> memory region
> - it repeatedly hits e1000 or libata.ko
> 
> After updating from OVMF to 0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1 from
> (0~20160813.de74668f-2 it has not yet happened again.
> 
> Anyway, thank you for your help.

What host CPU are you using?

Dave

> 
> Philipp
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