Hi Anup, On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 10:41 AM Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The PLIC driver does not require very early initialization so convert > it into a platform driver. > > After conversion, the PLIC driver is probed after CPUs are brought-up > so setup cpuhp state after context handler of all online CPUs are > initialized otherwise PLIC driver crashes for platforms with multiple > PLIC instances. > > Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks for your patch, which is now commit 8ec99b033147ef3b ("irqchip/sifive-plic: Convert PLIC driver into a platform driver") in v6.9. It looks like this conversion is causing issues on BeagleV Starlight Beta. After updating esmil/visionfive to v6.10-rc1, the kernel usually fails to boot. Adding "earlycon keep_bootcon" reveals these differences: -riscv-plic c000000.interrupt-controller: mapped 133 interrupts with 2 handlers for 4 contexts. +------------[ cut here ]------------ +WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c:373 plic_handle_irq+0xf2/0xf6 +Modules linked in: +CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc1-starlight-02342-g0ba4c76ca0e8-dirty #323 +Hardware name: BeagleV Starlight Beta (DT) +epc : plic_handle_irq+0xf2/0xf6 + ra : generic_handle_domain_irq+0x1c/0x2a +epc : ffffffff8033f994 ra : ffffffff8006319a sp : ffffffc800003f50 + gp : ffffffff812d63f0 tp : ffffffd8800b8000 t0 : 0000000000000040 + t1 : 0000000000000000 t2 : 0000000000001000 s0 : ffffffc800003fa0 + s1 : 0000000000000009 a0 : ffffffd880183600 a1 : 0000000000000009 + a2 : 0000000000000000 a3 : 0000000000000000 a4 : 0000000000000000 + a5 : 0000000000000000 a6 : ffffffd880400248 a7 : ffffffd8804002b8 + s2 : ffffffd9f8fac458 s3 : 0000000000000004 s4 : 0000000000000000 + s5 : ffffffff81293f58 s6 : ffffffd88014ac00 s7 : 0000000000000004 + s8 : ffffffc800013b2c s9 : ffffffc800013b34 s10: 0000000000000006 + s11: ffffffd9f8fc1458 t3 : 0000000000000002 t4 : 0000000000000402 + t5 : ffffffd8800610c0 t6 : ffffffd8800610e0 +status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: ffffffd9f8fac458 cause: 0000000000000003 +[<ffffffff8033f994>] plic_handle_irq+0xf2/0xf6 +[<ffffffff8006319a>] generic_handle_domain_irq+0x1c/0x2a +[<ffffffff8033d7aa>] riscv_intc_irq+0x26/0x60 +[<ffffffff806c92ee>] handle_riscv_irq+0x4a/0x74 +[<ffffffff806d2346>] call_on_irq_stack+0x32/0x40 +---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- +Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000004 +Oops [#1] +Modules linked in: +CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 6.10.0-rc1-starlight-02342-g0ba4c76ca0e8-dirty #323 +Hardware name: BeagleV Starlight Beta (DT) +epc : plic_handle_irq+0x66/0xf6 + ra : generic_handle_domain_irq+0x1c/0x2a +epc : ffffffff8033f908 ra : ffffffff8006319a sp : ffffffc800003f50 + gp : ffffffff812d63f0 tp : ffffffd8800b8000 t0 : 0000000000000040 + t1 : 0000000000000000 t2 : 0000000000001000 s0 : ffffffc800003fa0 + s1 : 0000000000000009 a0 : ffffffd880183600 a1 : 0000000000000009 + a2 : 0000000000000000 a3 : 0000000000000000 a4 : 0000000000000000 + a5 : ffffffff8033d72a a6 : ffffffd880400248 a7 : ffffffd8804002b8 + s2 : ffffffd9f8fac458 s3 : 0000000000000004 s4 : ffffffd880183630 + s5 : ffffffff81293f58 s6 : ffffffff812948a0 s7 : ffffffff80c4e660 + s8 : ffffffff80d9eea0 s9 : ffffffc800013b34 s10: 0000000000000006 + s11: ffffffd9f8fc1458 t3 : 0000000000000002 t4 : 0000000000000402 + t5 : ffffffd8800610c0 t6 : ffffffd8800610e0 +status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: 0000000000000004 cause: 000000000000000d +[<ffffffff8033f908>] plic_handle_irq+0x66/0xf6 +[<ffffffff8006319a>] generic_handle_domain_irq+0x1c/0x2a +[<ffffffff8033d7aa>] riscv_intc_irq+0x26/0x60 +[<ffffffff806c92ee>] handle_riscv_irq+0x4a/0x74 +[<ffffffff806d2346>] call_on_irq_stack+0x32/0x40 +Code: 8b93 d70b 5b17 00f5 0b13 fa8b fc17 00a5 0c13 5a0c (a783) 0009 +---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- +Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt +SMP: stopping secondary CPUs +---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt ]--- As "mapped 133 interrupts" is no longer printed, it looks like an unexpected early interrupt comes in while still in plic_probe(). Esmil suggested reverting all of: a7fb69ffd7ce438a irqchip/sifive-plic: Avoid explicit cpumask allocation on stack abb7205794900503 irqchip/sifive-plic: Improve locking safety by using irqsave/irqrestore 95652106478030f5 irqchip/sifive-plic: Parse number of interrupts and contexts early in plic_probe() a15587277a246c38 irqchip/sifive-plic: Cleanup PLIC contexts upon irqdomain creation failure 6c725f33d67b53f2 irqchip/sifive-plic: Use riscv_get_intc_hwnode() to get parent fwnode b68d0ff529a939a1 irqchip/sifive-plic: Use devm_xyz() for managed allocation 25d862e183d4efeb irqchip/sifive-plic: Use dev_xyz() in-place of pr_xyz() 8ec99b033147ef3b irqchip/sifive-plic: Convert PLIC driver into a platform driver After this, the PLIC is initialized earlier again, and this indeed seems to fix the issue for me. Before, the kernel booted fine in only ca. 1 out of 5 tries. After the reverts, it booted 5/5. Do you know what's going on? Is there a simpler fix? Thanks! Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds