I have not tried your patch yet. Actually just read the email. Jack Steiner did point out that booting with force_pal_cache_flush on the command line will get it to boot. I will try your patch shortly and send you output. Thanks, Robin On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 09:08:51AM -0600, Alex Chiang wrote: > Hi Robin, > > * Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx>: > > I bisected to this commit 3463a93def55c309f3c0d0a8aaf216be3be42d64 > > > > 3463a93def55c309f3c0d0a8aaf216be3be42d64 is first bad commit > > commit 3463a93def55c309f3c0d0a8aaf216be3be42d64 > > Author: Alex Chiang <achiang@xxxxxx> > > Date: Wed Jun 11 17:29:27 2008 -0600 > > > > [IA64] Update check_sal_cache_flush to use platform_send_ipi() > > ... > > > > This fails to boot on any sn2 ia64 with the sn2_defconfig. > > > > Here is the output from that boot. > > > > fs0:\efi\SuSE> elilo net0:holt/v1 root=/dev/sda7 console=ttySG0 > > ELILO > > Uncompressing Linux... done > > Linux version 2.6.26-rc5-00223-g3463a93 (holt@attica) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070115 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #14 SMP Tue Jun 24 07:27:34 CDT 2008 > > EFI v1.10 by INTEL: SALsystab=0x6002c25f10 ACPI 2.0=0x6002c26000 > > console [sn_sal0] enabled > > ACPI: RSDP 6002C26000, 0024 (r2 SGI) > > ACPI: XSDT 6002C297F0, 0044 (r1 SGI XSDTSN2 10001 7C) > > ACPI: APIC 6002C26870, 032C (r1 SGI APICSN2 10001 1) > > ACPI: SRAT 6002C26BB0, 06B0 (r1 SGI SRATSN2 10001 1) > > ACPI: SLIT 6002C27270, 012C (r1 SGI SLITSN2 10001 1) > > ACPI: FACP 6002C27400, 00F4 (r3 SGI FACPSN2 30001 1) > > ACPI: DSDT 6002C2AAF0, 0024 (r2 SGI DSDTSN2 20001 AAC) > > ACPI: FACS 6002C273B0, 0040 > > Number of logical nodes in system = 16 > > Number of memory chunks in system = 16 > > SAL 3.2: SGI SN2 version 1.50 > > SAL Platform features: ITC_Drift > > SAL: AP wakeup using external interrupt vector 0x12 > > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference (address 00000000000044b8) > > swapper[0]: Oops 8813272891392 [1] > > Modules linked in: > > > > Pid: 0, CPU 0, comm: swapper > > psr : 00001010084a2010 ifs : 8000000000000491 ip : [<a000000100087020>] Not tainted (2.6.26-rc5-00223-g3463a93) > > ip is at sn2_send_IPI+0x80/0x240 > > unat: 0000000000000000 pfs : 0000000000000491 rsc : 0000000000000003 > > rnat: 000000000000afc8 bsps: 000000000001003e pr : 65691ba55aa68599 > > ldrs: 0000000000000000 ccv : 0000000000ff03ff fpsr: 0009804c8a70433f > > csd : 0000000000000000 ssd : 0000000000000000 > > b0 : a000000100942870 b6 : 00000000ff5423b0 b7 : e000000001fffc00 > > f6 : 1003e0000000000000000 f7 : 1003e0000000000000001 > > f8 : 1003e0000000000000000 f9 : 1003e0000000000000000 > > f10 : 100068fffffffff700000 f11 : 1003e0000000000000090 > > r1 : a000000100e8bd10 r2 : 00000000000044b8 r3 : 0000000000000000 > > r8 : 0000000000000000 r9 : 0000000000000000 r10 : ffffffffffff6298 > > r11 : 0000000000000000 r12 : a000000100adfc30 r13 : a000000100ad0000 > > r14 : 0000000000000000 r15 : e000006003106298 r16 : e000006003110000 > > r17 : a000000100d0dce8 r18 : a000000100d0dce8 r19 : a000000100d0dce8 > > r20 : 0000000000000000 r21 : ffffffffffff0420 r22 : 0000000000000800 > > r23 : 0000000000000007 r24 : e0000060030b0000 r25 : 000000000004ffff > > r26 : a00000010097c460 r27 : e0000060030b0010 r28 : e0000060030b0000 > > r29 : e0000060030b0020 r30 : 0000000000000000 r31 : 00000000000007ff > > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference (address 0000000000000000) > > swapper[0]: Oops 8813272891392 [2] > > Modules linked in: > > > > Pid: 0, CPU 0, comm: swapper > > psr : 0000101008022018 ifs : 800000000000038c ip : [<a000000100175b30>] Not tainted (2.6.26-rc5-00223-g3463a93) > > ip is at kmem_cache_alloc+0x70/0x180 > > unat: 0000000000000000 pfs : 0000000000000610 rsc : 0000000000000003 > > rnat: 0000000000000000 bsps: 0000000000000000 pr : 65691ba55aa69aa5 > > ldrs: 0000000000000000 ccv : 0000000000000000 fpsr: 0009804c8a70033f > > csd : 0000000000000000 ssd : 0000000000000000 > > b0 : a000000100040bc0 b6 : a000000100040e00 b7 : a00000010000b730 > > f6 : 1003e45b3373c16c02344 f7 : 1003e9e3779b97f4a7c16 > > f8 : 1003e0a00000010001426 f9 : 10006c7fffffffd73ea5c > > f10 : 100068fffffffff700000 f11 : 1003e0000000000000090 > > r1 : a000000100e8bd10 r2 : a000000100bae950 r3 : a000000100bac860 > > r8 : 0000000000000000 r9 : 0000000000000000 r10 : a000000100ad0c54 > > r11 : 0000000000000000 r12 : a000000100adf100 r13 : a000000100ad0000 > > r14 : 0000000000000014 r15 : a000000100adf190 r16 : a000000100adf198 > > r17 : a000000100ca1480 r18 : a000000100adf17c r19 : a000000100adf170 > > r20 : 0000000000000000 r21 : 0000000000000000 r22 : a000000100adf170 > > r23 : a000000100adf174 r24 : 000000000000000c r25 : a000000100adf180 > > r26 : a000000100adf174 r27 : 0000000000000000 r28 : 0000000000000000 > > r29 : a000000100adf178 r30 : 000000007fffffff r31 : 000000000000000c > > Here's the disassembly of sn2_send_IPI: > > (gdb) disass sn2_send_IPI > Dump of assembler code for function sn2_send_IPI: > 0xa000000100633f80 <sn2_send_IPI+0>: [MMI] alloc r39=ar.pfs,17,9,0 > 0xa000000100633f81 <sn2_send_IPI+1>: adds r12=-160,r12 > 0xa000000100633f82 <sn2_send_IPI+2>: mov r38=b0 > 0xa000000100633f90 <sn2_send_IPI+16>: [MMI] addl r19=-1557544,r1 > 0xa000000100633f91 <sn2_send_IPI+17>: mov r40=r1 > 0xa000000100633f92 <sn2_send_IPI+18>: sxt4 r20=r32 > 0xa000000100633fa0 <sn2_send_IPI+32>: [MMI] mov r21=-64480 > 0xa000000100633fa1 <sn2_send_IPI+33>: nop.m 0x0 > 0xa000000100633fa2 <sn2_send_IPI+34>: mov r10=-33312 > 0xa000000100633fb0 <sn2_send_IPI+48>: [MMI] nop.m 0x0;; > 0xa000000100633fb1 <sn2_send_IPI+49>: ld8 r16=[r21] > 0xa000000100633fb2 <sn2_send_IPI+50>: shladd r8=r20,2,r0 > 0xa000000100633fc0 <sn2_send_IPI+64>: [MII] mov r18=r19 > 0xa000000100633fc1 <sn2_send_IPI+65>: adds r41=48,r12;; > 0xa000000100633fc2 <sn2_send_IPI+66>: add r17=r8,r18;; > 0xa000000100633fd0 <sn2_send_IPI+80>: [MII] ld4.acq r11=[r17] > 0xa000000100633fd1 <sn2_send_IPI+81>: nop.i 0x0;; > 0xa000000100633fd2 <sn2_send_IPI+82>: sxt4 r37=r11;; > 0xa000000100633fe0 <sn2_send_IPI+96>: [MMI] add r15=r10,r16;; > 0xa000000100633fe1 <sn2_send_IPI+97>: ld8 r9=[r15] > 0xa000000100633fe2 <sn2_send_IPI+98>: nop.i 0x0;; > 0xa000000100633ff0 <sn2_send_IPI+112>: [MII] nop.m 0x0 > 0xa000000100633ff1 <sn2_send_IPI+113>: add r3=r8,r9;; > 0xa000000100633ff2 <sn2_send_IPI+114>: addl r2=17592,r3;; > 0xa000000100634000 <sn2_send_IPI+128>: [MMI] ld2 r3=[r2];; > > Looks like we're dying on this access above ^^ > > 0xa000000100634001 <sn2_send_IPI+129>: nop.m 0x0 > 0xa000000100634002 <sn2_send_IPI+130>: sxt2 r14=r3;; > 0xa000000100634010 <sn2_send_IPI+144>: [MIB] mov r32=r14 > 0xa000000100634011 <sn2_send_IPI+145>: cmp4.eq p7,p6=-1,r14 > > My guess something bad is happening when we try this: > > nasid = cpuid_to_nasid(cpuid); > > And include/asm-ia64/sn/sn_cpuid.h says: > > #define cpuid_to_nasid(cpuid) (sn_nodepda->phys_cpuid[cpuid].nasid) > > Are we calling sn2_send_IPI too early? Do we have to do some sort > of special initialization before sn_nodepda is valid? It all > *looks* like we should be fine because we do > > cpu_init() > platform_cpu_init() > sn_cpu_init() > > Before calling check_sal_cache_flush()... Very curious. > > Can you try the debug patch included below? > > Thanks. > > /ac > > diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c > index bb1d249..a6a0be5 100644 > --- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c > +++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c > @@ -627,13 +627,18 @@ void __cpuinit sn_cpu_init(void) > nodepdaindr[i]->phys_cpuid[cpuid].nasid = nasid; > nodepdaindr[i]->phys_cpuid[cpuid].slice = slice; > nodepdaindr[i]->phys_cpuid[cpuid].subnode = subnode; > + printk(KERN_INFO "nodepdaindr[%d]->phys_cpuid[%d] - nasid %d slice %d subnode %d\n", i, cpuid, nasid, slice, subnode); > } > } > > cnode = nasid_to_cnodeid(nasid); > > + printk(KERN_INFO "cnode %d\n", cnode); > + > sn_nodepda = nodepdaindr[cnode]; > > + printk(KERN_INFO "sn_nodepda 0x%p\n", sn_nodepda); > + > pda->led_address = > (typeof(pda->led_address)) (LED0 + (slice << LED_CPU_SHIFT)); > pda->led_state = LED_ALWAYS_SET; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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