On Friday, 29 of August 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > Bisection turned up commit a2bd7274b47124d2fc4dfdb8c0591f545ba749dd as the culprit: > > > > commit a2bd7274b47124d2fc4dfdb8c0591f545ba749dd > > Author: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Mon Aug 25 00:56:08 2008 -0700 > > > > x86: fix HPET regression in 2.6.26 versus 2.6.25, check hpet against BAR, v3 > > > > Reverting this commit helps. > > Heh, interesting, since we were talking about reverting that one for other > reasons entirely. > > See the thread "x86: split e820 reserved entries record to late" (yeah, I > know that subject isn't very grammatical or sensible) for some patches > worth trying _after_ you've reverted that one. > > Anyway, clearly that commit needs to be reverted regardless, so I'll do > the revert. Can you please test the appended test-patch by Yinghai on top > of the revert? > > (This is not the final version, but it should be sufficient to be tested) This works, thanks. > And if you have the whole dmesg, that would be useful. dmesg from -rc5 with the offending commit reverted and with the patch below applied is at: http://www.sisk.pl/kernel/debug/mainline/2.6.27-rc5/2.6.27-rc5-git.log Thanks, Rafael > --- > From: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH] x86: split e820 reserved entries record to late v3 > Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:41:29 -0700 > > so could let BAR res register at first, or even pnp? > > v2: insert e820 reserve resources before pnp_system_init > v3: fix merging problem in tip/x86/core > please drop the one in tip/x86/core use this one instead > > Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- > arch/x86/pci/i386.c | 3 +++ > include/asm-x86/e820.h | 1 + > 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > @@ -1271,13 +1271,15 @@ static inline const char *e820_type_to_s > /* > * Mark e820 reserved areas as busy for the resource manager. > */ > +struct resource __initdata *e820_res; > void __init e820_reserve_resources(void) > { > int i; > - struct resource *res; > u64 end; > + struct resource *res; > > res = alloc_bootmem_low(sizeof(struct resource) * e820.nr_map); > + e820_res = res; > for (i = 0; i < e820.nr_map; i++) { > end = e820.map[i].addr + e820.map[i].size - 1; > #ifndef CONFIG_RESOURCES_64BIT > @@ -1291,7 +1293,8 @@ void __init e820_reserve_resources(void) > res->end = end; > > res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY; > - insert_resource(&iomem_resource, res); > + if (e820.map[i].type != E820_RESERVED || res->start < (1ULL<<20)) > + insert_resource(&iomem_resource, res); > res++; > } > > @@ -1303,6 +1306,19 @@ void __init e820_reserve_resources(void) > } > } > > +void __init e820_reserve_resources_late(void) > +{ > + int i; > + struct resource *res; > + > + res = e820_res; > + for (i = 0; i < e820.nr_map; i++) { > + if (e820.map[i].type == E820_RESERVED && res->start >= (1ULL<<20)) > + insert_resource(&iomem_resource, res); > + res++; > + } > +} > + > char *__init default_machine_specific_memory_setup(void) > { > char *who = "BIOS-e820"; > Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/pci/i386.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/pci/i386.c > +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/pci/i386.c > @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ > #include <linux/bootmem.h> > > #include <asm/pat.h> > +#include <asm/e820.h> > > #include "pci.h" > > @@ -230,6 +231,8 @@ void __init pcibios_resource_survey(void > pcibios_allocate_bus_resources(&pci_root_buses); > pcibios_allocate_resources(0); > pcibios_allocate_resources(1); > + > + e820_reserve_resources_late(); > } > > /** > Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-x86/e820.h > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-x86/e820.h > +++ linux-2.6/include/asm-x86/e820.h > @@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ extern void e820_register_active_regions > extern u64 e820_hole_size(u64 start, u64 end); > extern void finish_e820_parsing(void); > extern void e820_reserve_resources(void); > +extern void e820_reserve_resources_late(void); > extern void setup_memory_map(void); > extern char *default_machine_specific_memory_setup(void); > extern char *machine_specific_memory_setup(void); > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
