linux-kernel - Re: REGRESSION: no console on current -git

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Message-ID: <017a1df5-e08b-44c5-9e4e-f61a9ce49e8d@kernel.dk>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:22:50 -0700
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: Helge Deller <deller@....de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 "regressions@...ts.linux.dev" <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
 dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
 Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: avier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
 Mirsad Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>
Subject: Re: REGRESSION: no console on current -git

On 1/19/24 2:14 PM, Helge Deller wrote:
> On 1/19/24 22:01, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 1/19/24 1:55 PM, Helge Deller wrote:
>>> Adding Mirsad Todorovac (who reported a similar issue).
>>>
>>> On 1/19/24 19:39, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>> My trusty R7525 test box is failing to show a console, or in fact anything,
>>>> on current -git. There's no output after:
>>>>
>>>> Loading Linux 6.7.0+ ...
>>>> Loading initial ramdisk ...
>>>>
>>>> and I don't get a console up. I went through the bisection pain and
>>>> found this was the culprit:
>>>>
>>>> commit df67699c9cb0ceb70f6cc60630ca938c06773eda
>>>> Author: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
>>>> Date:   Wed Jan 3 11:15:11 2024 +0100
>>>>
>>>>       firmware/sysfb: Clear screen_info state after consuming it
>>>>
>>>> Reverting this commit, and everything is fine. Looking at dmesg with a
>>>> buggy kernel, I get no frame or fb messages. On a good kernel, it looks
>>>> ilke this:
>>>>
>>>> [    1.416486] efifb: probing for efifb
>>>> [    1.416602] efifb: framebuffer at 0xde000000, using 3072k, total 3072k
>>>> [    1.416605] efifb: mode is 1024x768x32, linelength=4096, pages=1
>>>> [    1.416607] efifb: scrolling: redraw
>>>> [    1.416608] efifb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
>>>> [    1.449746] fb0: EFI VGA frame buffer device
>>>>
>>>> Happy to test a fix, or barring that, can someone just revert this
>>>> commit please?
>>>
>>> I've temporarily added a revert patch into the fbdev for-next tree for now,
>>> so people should not face the issue in the for-next series:
>>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/linux-fbdev.git/commit/?h=for-next
>>> I'd like to wait for Thomas to return on monday to check the issue
>>> as there are some other upcoming patches in this area from him.
>>
>> Given the issue (and that I'm not the only one reporting it), can we
>> please just get that pushed so it'll make -rc1? It can always get
>> re-introduced in a fixed fashion. I don't run -next here, I rely on
>> mainline working for my testing.
> 
> I agree, it would be good to get it fixed for -rc1.
> So, it's ok for me, but I won't be able to test the revert short time right now.
> If you can assure that the revert fixes it, and builds in git-head,
> I can now prepare the pull request for Linus now (or he just reverts
> commit df67699c9cb0 manually).

I already tested a revert on top of the current tree, and it builds just
fine and boots with a working console. So reverting it does work and
solves the issue.

-- 
Jens Axboe