linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 17/17] powerpc/32s: Enable CONFIG_VMAP

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Date:   Fri, 7 Feb 2020 07:13:37 +0100
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, dja@...ens.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 17/17] powerpc/32s: Enable CONFIG_VMAP_STACK



Le 06/02/2020 à 21:31, Guenter Roeck a écrit :
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 08:32:38AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> A few changes to retrieve DAR and DSISR from struct regs
>> instead of retrieving them directly, as they may have
>> changed due to a TLB miss.
>>
>> Also modifies hash_page() and friends to work with virtual
>> data addresses instead of physical ones. Same on load_up_fpu()
>> and load_up_altivec().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
> 
> This patch results in qemu boot failures (mac99 with pmac32_defconfig).
> Images fail silently; there is no console output. Reverting the patch
> fixes the problem. Bisect log is attached below.
> 
> Assuming this was tested on real hardware, am I correct to assume that qemu
> for ppc32 (more specifically, qemu's mac99 and g3beige machines) no longer
> works with the upstream kernel ?

Before submitting the series, I successfully tested:
- Real HW with powerpc 8xx
- Real HW with powerpc 832x
- Qemu's mac99

I'll re-check the upstream kernel.

In the mean time, you can still unselect CONFIG_VMAP_STACK in your config.

Christophe