linux-kernel - Re: [REGRESSION] Platforms supporting SGX fail to kexec due to 96c6b8f212a ("memblock: report failures when memblock_can

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Message-ID: <20231230094828.GAZY/nbBwBCP58RuxX@fat_crate.local>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 10:48:28 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
	Song Shuai <songshuaishuai@...ylab.org>,
	Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	regressions@...ts.linux.dev, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] Platforms supporting SGX fail to kexec due to
 96c6b8f212a ("memblock: report failures when memblock_can_resize is not
 set")

On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 04:33:49PM -0800, Ashok Raj wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> 96c6b8f212a ("memblock: report failures when memblock_can_resize is not set")
> 
> Causes kexec failure. Backing out this change, kexec succeeds. Symptom is
> it appears to hang, possibly hung at the panic. Although I have the
> earlyprintk enabled, I don't see any console messages when new kernel
> boots. 
> 
> Also tested turning off CONFIG_X86_SGX, the kernel with this commit
> included also kexec's fine.
> 
> Booting from warm/cold reset has no issues. Only kexec to new kernel with
> this change included and CONFIG_X86_SGX=y causes the kexec failure.
> 
> #regzbot introduced: 96c6b8f212a

Leaving in the whole mail for the people who you should have CCed. Lemme
CC them.

$ git show 96c6b8f212a
fatal: ambiguous argument '96c6b8f212a': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.

/me greps a bit.

Ah, you've dropped the first char of the sha1 - an 'e':

$ git show e96c6b8f212a
commit e96c6b8f212a510c9b22362de519f6e1d7920de5
Author: Song Shuai <songshuaishuai@...ylab.org>
Date:   Sat Jun 24 11:26:07 2023 +0800

    memblock: report failures when memblock_can_resize is not set

...

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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