On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:26:26 -0700, Christoffer Dall <cdall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 02:13:55PM +0100, Andre Przywara wrote: >>> On 04/15/2013 11:52 AM, Alexander Spyridakis wrote: >>> > I've run on this problem before, while trying to run KVM guests on A7 >>> > cores. >>> > >>> > For some reason the 3rd A7 hangs in arch/arm/kvm/init.S, on the >>> > instruction that updates HSCTLR between the two isbs on __do_hyp_init >>> > (mcr p15, 4, r0, c1, c0, 0). If you boot the system with maxcpus=4 >>> > then >>> > init_hyp_mode() will not hang on the A7 cluster. Other than that from >>> > my >>> > limited testing KVM on A7 works on a usual linux guest. I also tried >>> > to >>> > only boot the 3rd A7 core to rule out any racing issues, but still the >>> > same behaviour applies. >>> >>> Could well be the same issue here. I chased it down till CPU 2 goes into >>> HYP mode to do the initialization. >>> I am running with maxcpus=3 (this increases the likelyhood that >>> kvm_target_cpu() runs on an A15), so CPU #2 is the only one A7. >>> As the HYP mode exception table is empty except for the HVC trap, it may >>> be looping here. I am trying now to get the PC of the faulty >>> instruction. >> >> Yes, it sounds like you're taking a recursive fault because the vectors >> aren't installed yet. Is there any chance you can find out what value >> you end >> up writing (or trying to write) to the HSCTLR please? >> > Actually I'm a little confused, wasn't Andre seeing a halt on an A15 > cpu, not an A7? Or is the theory that an A7 locks up and the calling > A15 hangs on the SMP call to cpu_init_hyp_mode, waiting for the A7 to > complete? Yes, A15 hanging, not A7. That's why I'm strongly opposed to this patch. I'm pretty sure the A7s only have a side effect that triggers a kernel bug on the A15 side. Before taking *any* patch around this, we should understand the issue fully, and not start patching random stuff just because Linus is going to tag 3.9. M. -- Fast, cheap, reliable. Pick two. _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/kvmarm