On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Levente Kurusa <levex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2013-10-01 06:25 keltezéssel, Robert Hancock írta:
>> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Levente Kurusa <levex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 2013-09-28 06:55 keltezéssel, Robert Hancock írta:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Levente Kurusa <levex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2013-09-25 08:31 keltezéssel, Robert Hancock írta:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 1:13 AM, Levente Kurusa <levex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2013-09-21 19:04 keltezéssel, Robert Hancock írta:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 1:35 AM, Levente Kurusa <levex@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The following dmesg is stuck in an infinite loop.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dmesg:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata3: lost interrupt (Status 0x50)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> frozen
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata3.00: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Emask
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 0x4
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (timeout)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata3: soft resetting link
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata3.00: configured for UDMA/33 (no error)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata3.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata3: EH complete
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Patch that fixes the infinite loop:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> index f9476fb..eeedf80 100644
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -2437,6 +2437,14 @@ static void ata_eh_link_report(struct
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata_link
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *link)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ehc->i.action, frozen,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tries_buf);
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if (desc)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata_dev_err(ehc->i.dev, "%s\n",
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> desc);
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + ehc->i.dev->exce_cnt ++;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + ata_dev_warn(ehc->i.dev, "Number of exceptions:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> %d\n",
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ehc->i.dev->exce_cnt);
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + /**
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + * The device is failing terribly,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + * disable it to prevent damage.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + */
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + if(ehc->i.dev->exce_cnt > 2)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + ata_dev_disable(ehc->i.dev);
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> } else {
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ata_link_err(link, "exception Emask 0x%x
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "SAct 0x%x SErr 0x%x action
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 0x%x%s%s\n",
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> index eae7a05..fa52ee6 100644
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --- a/include/linux/libata.h
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/include/linux/libata.h
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -660,7 +660,8 @@ struct ata_device {
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> u8
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> devslp_timing[ATA_LOG_DEVSLP_SIZE];
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /* error history */
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - int spdn_cnt;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + int spdn_cnt; /* Number of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> speed_downs
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> */
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + int exce_cnt; /* Number of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exceptions
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happenned */
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /* ering is CLEAR_END, read comment above
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CLEAR_END
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> */
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> struct ata_ering ering;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This doesn't seem like a very good fix. It may prevent the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> apparent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> infinite loop but will just prevent that device from functioning
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It would be better if we could figure out what was actually
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrong.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have tested the problem with three different computers, all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> switched
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to legacy/IDE/compatibility mode, and they didn't have this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> problem.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> course, they could have been set to AHCI mode, and there the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kernel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> boot normally. Feels strange, but so far I was only able to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reproduce
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> problem with a Toshiba MK8052GSX. On the topic of my patch, I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> see why a device which fails so terribly that it reports 3
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exceptions
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shouldn't be disabled. Like in this case, it could cause infinite
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> loops.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The problem is that this could happen in some cases when you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>> want to disable the device, like an error that just happens
>>>>>>>>>>>>> sporadically and works on retry, or a device you're trying to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> recover
>>>>>>>>>>>>> data from.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> What do you think if I edit the patch in a way, that when an
>>>>>>>>>>>> operation
>>>>>>>>>>>> successfully completes, it resets exce_cnt to zero. Might as well
>>>>>>>>>>>> add
>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>> module_param, which can set the maximum value of exce_cnt, while
>>>>>>>>>>>> having
>>>>>>>>>>>> zero
>>>>>>>>>>>> as an option to never disable the device. Please don't think me
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrong,
>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>> don't want to force this patch, I just want to learn how all this
>>>>>>>>>>>> works,
>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>> in the process try to make it better. :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That would be better, but I think you're still going to have an
>>>>>>>>>>> issue
>>>>>>>>>>> with what magic number to pick to avoid disabling devices
>>>>>>>>>>> inappropriately.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Conceptually, disabling the device doesn't really make sense anyway.
>>>>>>>>>>> If someone in userspace wants to keep trying to read from that
>>>>>>>>>>> device,
>>>>>>>>>>> why would you stop them because of some arbitrary judgement? The
>>>>>>>>>>> kernel itself isn't "locked up" during this process, anything not
>>>>>>>>>>> blocked on I/O to that device should be able to continue running, so
>>>>>>>>>>> that process is only hurting itself. If the system fails to boot
>>>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>>>> another device due to this, this would likely point out some kind of
>>>>>>>>>>> problem in userspace or the distro boot process being overly
>>>>>>>>>>> serialized.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have been booting up with the initramfs from ubuntu 13.04,
>>>>>>>>>> and I have also tried to boot with the ubuntu install cd. They
>>>>>>>>>> couldn't
>>>>>>>>>> continue the boot process. I'm gonna spend the weekend trying to
>>>>>>>>>> figure
>>>>>>>>>> out where and why the interrupts don't happen. Whether it be a
>>>>>>>>>> routing
>>>>>>>>>> or a hardware issue, which I highly doubt due to the fact that
>>>>>>>>>> Windows
>>>>>>>>>> XP SP2 was able to boot up without errors.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are you able to get out full dmesg output from a boot attempt and the
>>>>>>>>> contents of /proc/interrupts?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As I said before, I am not able to get to the shell, without my
>>>>>>>> 'symptom
>>>>>>>> cure'. With my patch I get the following dmesg output, with
>>>>>>>> some of my debug messages turned off:
>>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/5eb5G3Dx
>>>>>>>> /proc/interrupts is here:
>>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/84CJey2D
>>>>>>>> After yesterday's research, I have come to ata_piix.c . That file looks
>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>> the real culprit, as my netbook's controller is an Intel ICH7M one,
>>>>>>>> The values I am getting from the device are very different than those
>>>>>>>> that are expected.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Things I have noticed, but ignored in dmesg:
>>>>>>>> There is a stack dump, because nobody cared about IRQ#20. I have
>>>>>>>> ignored
>>>>>>>> this because it is the EHCI IRQ, and I suppose it has nothing to do
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> ata. The problem is with ata3 or /dev/sdc, while the IRQ happens
>>>>>>>> with /dev/sda, which works fine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think it is likely related to the problem. The kernel thinks this
>>>>>>> controller is on IRQ 16, but apparently something is raising
>>>>>>> un-acknowledged interrupts on IRQ 20 and nothing is coming in on IRQ
>>>>>>> 16. It seems quite likely that this is actually the ATA controller.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You mentioned that Windows XP was able to work in this mode. I wonder
>>>>>>> if it was using the IOAPIC, as if not then the IRQ routing is
>>>>>>> different which might mask the problem. Do you know what IRQ Device
>>>>>>> Manager reported for this controller in Windows? And was it using any
>>>>>>> IRQs over 15 (which would indicate the IOAPIC was in use)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hmm, according to WinXP's Device manager for this controller,
>>>>>> it listens to IRQ# 20, and therefore it is using the I/O APIC.
>>>>>> Now, one question remains where is the error that mismaps
>>>>>> controller?
>>>>>> I have created a simple patch which seems to fix this:
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> @@ -1704,6 +1767,8 @@ static int piix_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>>>>>> const
>>>>>> struct pci_device_id *ent)
>>>>>> hpriv->map = piix_init_sata_map(pdev, port_info,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> piix_map_db_table[ent->driver_data]);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> + if(pdev->vendor == 0x8086 && pdev->device == 0x27C4)
>>>>>> + pdev->irq = 20;
>>>>>> rc = ata_pci_bmdma_prepare_host(pdev, ppi, &host);
>>>>>> if (rc)
>>>>>> return rc;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, I am more than sure that this is not the way
>>>>>> to solve this problem. Do you have any idea on where
>>>>>> the ideal place would be to implement a fix?
>>>>>> According to specs of ICH7M, which is essentially the
>>>>>> same as ICH6M, we need to check on what interrupt pin
>>>>>> is the SATA controller, and after that check which IRQ line
>>>>>> is connected to the I/O APIC and decide the IRQ's number
>>>>>> on those findings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Specs of ICH7:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.intel.com/content/dam/doc/datasheet/i-o-controller-hub-7-datasheet.pdf
>>>>>> Device 31 Interrupt Route Register: Chapter 7.1.46
>>>>>> Device 31 Interrupt Pin Register: Chapter 7.1.41
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The SATA controller is always Device 31.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It would appear that something is messing up with the ACPI IRQ routing
>>>>> on this machine that's causing us to think the controller is on the
>>>>> wrong IRQ. CCing the linux-acpi list to see if anyone has some
>>>>> additional debugging suggestions. I suspect that dumping the DSDT is
>>>>> likely the first step though. If you can get IASL installed, you can
>>>>> do something like:
>>>>>
>>>>> cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT > dsdt.aml
>>>>> iasl -d dsdt.aml
>>>>>
>>>>> That should spit out a dsdt.dsl file which would hopefully have the
>>>>> info needed to figure out what's going on.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here is the disassembled DSDT table:
>>>> http://pastebin.com/LWNVht9H
>>>> The SATA controller is at line 5206.
>>>> I also disassembled the SSDT, but nothing interesting was there:
>>>> http://pastebin.com/fus5sxU8
>>>>
>>>> I disabled the usage of ACPI for IRQs with acpi=noirq,
>>>> and it successfully booted up setting itself to IRQ#3.
>>>> This makes me think that this is the BIOS's fault.
>>>> I think it would be possible to create a DMI check
>>>> and forcibly set the irq to 20 if the DMI matches.
>>>> Any comments on this?
>>>
>>> The BIOS may be doing something funky, but since Windows apparently
>>> can figure out it's on IRQ 20, Linux presumably should be able to as
>>> well. DMI checks should be the last resort - Windows almost certainly
>>> doesn't have any machine-specific logic here, and it's hard to tell
>>> what other machine models could be affected. With ACPI stuff, we
>>> generally just need to do the same thing Windows does for things to
>>> work reliably, and DMI checks are more of a hack workaround than a
>>> real fix.
>>>
>>> I'll try and have a look at the DSDT within the next few days and see
>>> if I can figure anything out, unless someone beats me to it.
>>
>> I haven't gone into too much detail, but one thing I noticed with the
>> DSDT is that there appear to be some _OSI checks for Windows 2006
>> (i.e. Vista) that seem to affect various things, including potentially
>> the PCI IRQ routing table. It's possible that their IRQ routing table
>> is broken for legacy mode with an ACPI OS supporting Vista (as current
>> Linux versions do). Could be this slipped through testing if they only
>> tested AHCI mode with Vista installed.
>>
>> You can try booting with the kernel parameters
>>
>> acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2001 SP3"
>>
>> That should make the BIOS think we are Windows XP and bypass the Vista
>> code path. If that works, then you might want to check for a BIOS
>> update on this machine.
>>
>
> First of all, sorry for the late reply. I was kinda busy.
>
> I tried what you suggested but unfortunately the problem persists.
> This makes me believe that Windows XP does have somekind of DMI check here.
> Of course, while a BIOS update may solve this, I would prefer that Linux
> should also be able to boot up with this broken BIOS as well.
>
> If you are certain that WinXP doesn't use DMI checks,
> it could be that WinXP's driver of ICH7M's SATA controller applies
> a quirk and sets that irq line to #20.
Can you post the dmesg output from a bootup attempt with those options?
You may also want to try adding just: acpi_osi=!
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