linux-kernel - Re: 4.18-rc* regression: x86-32 troubles (with timers?)

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 11:32:44 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
Cc:     Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: 4.18-rc* regression: x86-32 troubles (with timers?)

On Wed 2018-07-04 14:41:08, Meelis Roos wrote:
> I tried 4.18.0-rc1-00023-g9ffc59d57228 and now 
> 4.18.0-rc3-00113-gfc36def997cf on a 32-bit server and then some other 
> 32-bit machines, and got half-failed bootup - kernel and userspace come 
> up but some services fail to start, including network and 
> systemd-journald:
> 
> systemd-journald[85]: Assertion 'clock_gettime(map_clock_id(clock_id), &ts) == 0' failed at ../src/basic/time-util.c:53, function now(). Aborting.
> 
> I then tried multiple other machines. All x86-64 machines seem 
> unaffected, some x86-32 machines are affected (Athlon with AMD750 
> chipset, Fujitsu RX100-S2 with P4-3.4, and P4 with Intel 865 chipset), 
> some very similar x86-32 machines are unaffected. I have different 
> customized kernel configuration on them, so far I have not pinpointed 
> any configuration option to be at fault.
> 
> All machines run Debian unstable.
> 
> 4.17.0 was working fine.
> 
> Will continue with bisecting between 4.17.0 and 
> 4.18.0-rc1-00023-g9ffc59d57228.

Details of my tests (.config, dmesg, versions) can be found in

https://github.com/pavelmachek/missy/tree/master/db/notebook/lenovo/thinkpad/x60/pavel/2018.3648830947643

(and nearby directories).

									Pavel
									
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