https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cailca/linux-mm/master/arm64.config Booting an arm64 ThunderX2 server with page_alloc.shuffle=1 [1] + CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y results in hanging. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/154899811208.3165233.17623209031065121886.s tgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ ... [ 125.142689][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.2.auto: option mask 0x2 [ 125.149687][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.2.auto: ias 44-bit, oas 44-bit (features 0x0000170d) [ 125.165198][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.2.auto: allocated 524288 entries for cmdq [ 125.239425][ [ 125.251484][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.3.auto: option mask 0x2 [ 125.258233][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.3.auto: ias 44-bit, oas 44-bit (features 0x0000170d) [ 125.282750][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.3.auto: allocated 524288 entries for cmdq [ 125.320097][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.3.auto: allocated 524288 entries for evtq [ 125.332667][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.4.auto: option mask 0x2 [ 125.339427][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.4.auto: ias 44-bit, oas 44-bit (features 0x0000170d) [ 125.354846][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.4.auto: allocated 524288 entries for cmdq [ 125.375295][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.4.auto: allocated 524288 entries for evtq [ 125.387371][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.5.auto: option mask 0x2 [ 125.393955][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.5.auto: ias 44-bit, oas 44-bit (features 0x0000170d) [ 125.522605][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.5.auto: allocated 524288 entries for cmdq [ 125.543338][ T1] arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.5.auto: allocated 524288 entries for evtq [ 126.694742][ T1] EFI Variables Facility v0.08 2004-May-17 [ 126.799291][ T1] NET: Registered protocol family 17 [ 126.978632][ T1] zswap: loaded using pool lzo/zbud [ 126.989168][ T1] kmemleak: Kernel memory leak detector initialized [ 126.989191][ T1577] kmemleak: Automatic memory scanning thread started [ 127.044079][ T1335] pcieport 0000:0f:00.0: Adding to iommu group 0 [ 127.388074][ T1] Freeing unused kernel memory: 22528K [ 133.527005][ T1] Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found [ 133.533474][ T1] Run /init as init process [ 133.727196][ T1] systemd[1]: System time before build time, advancing clock. [ 134.576021][ T1587] modprobe (1587) used greatest stack depth: 27056 bytes left [ 134.764026][ T1] systemd[1]: systemd 239 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA -APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD +IDN2 -IDN +PCRE2 default- hierarchy=legacy) [ 134.799044][ T1] systemd[1]: Detected architecture arm64. [ 134.804818][ T1] systemd[1]: Running in initial RAM disk. <...hang...> Fix it by either set page_alloc.shuffle=0 or CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=n which allow it to continue successfully. [ 121.093846][ T1] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <hpe-apollo-cn99xx>. [ 123.157524][ T1] random: systemd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read) [ 123.168562][ T1] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket. [ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket. [ 123.203932][ T1] random: systemd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read) [ 123.212813][ T1] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Kernel Socket. [ OK ] Listening on udev Kernel Socket. ...