On 11/05/2013 04:49 AM, Tushar Behera wrote: > Hi, > > We are having a boot-time kernel panic on Samsung's Exynos5250-based > Arndale board with next-20131105. Bisect points to following commit. > > <<< > commit febca1baea1cfe2d7a0271385d89b03d5fb34f94 > Author: Chris Mason <chris.mason@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu Oct 31 13:32:42 2013 -0600 > > block: setup bi_vcnt on clones > > commit 9fc6286f347d changed the cloning code to make clones cheaper for > the case where we don't need to clone the iovec array. But, > the new clone needs the bi_vnct from the original. > > Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> > > Reverting above commit, Arndale is able to boot again. > > Excerpts from the boot log (just in case, it helps in debugging). > > [ 1.972062] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual > address 025e63a0 > [ 1.981164] pgd = c0004000 > [ 1.982375] [025e63a0] *pgd=00000000 > [ 1.985875] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM > [ 1.991086] Modules linked in: > [ 1.994076] CPU: 0 PID: 1178 Comm: mmcqd/0 Not tainted > 3.12.0-rc5-00051-gfebca1b #21 > [ 2.001683] task: ef3530c0 ti: ee82e000 task.ti: ee82e000 > [ 2.006981] PC is at dma_cache_maint_page+0x84/0x174 > [ 2.011842] LR is at 0x6 > > [ 2.043532] Flags: NzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM > Segment kernel > [ 2.050708] Control: 10c5387d Table: 4000406a DAC: 00000015 > [ 2.056342] Process mmcqd/0 (pid: 1178, stack limit = 0xee82e240) > [ 2.062321] Stack: (0xee82fd58 to 0xee830000) > > [ ... ] > > [ 2.275352] [<c0015768>] (dma_cache_maint_page+0x84/0x174) from > [<c0015880>] (__dma_page_cpu_to_dev+0x28/0xa0) > [ 2.285170] [<c0015880>] (__dma_page_cpu_to_dev+0x28/0xa0) from > [<c00159a4>] (arm_dma_map_page+0x6c/0x70) > [ 2.294565] [<c00159a4>] (arm_dma_map_page+0x6c/0x70) from > [<c0015d28>] (arm_dma_map_sg+0x74/0xec) > [ 2.303366] [<c0015d28>] (arm_dma_map_sg+0x74/0xec) from > [<c02bf534>] (dw_mci_pre_dma_transfer.isra.16+0x124/0x15c) > [ 2.313614] [<c02bf534>] > (dw_mci_pre_dma_transfer.isra.16+0x124/0x15c) from [<c02bf8d4>] > (dw_mci_pre_req+0x44/0x50) > [ 2.323863] [<c02bf8d4>] (dw_mci_pre_req+0x44/0x50) from > [<c02a8970>] (mmc_start_req+0x3c/0x39c) > [ 2.332486] [<c02a8970>] (mmc_start_req+0x3c/0x39c) from > [<c02b606c>] (mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq+0xbc/0xa9c) > [ 2.341625] [<c02b606c>] (mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq+0xbc/0xa9c) from > [<c02b6c14>] (mmc_blk_issue_rq+0x1c8/0x498) > [ 2.351106] [<c02b6c14>] (mmc_blk_issue_rq+0x1c8/0x498) from > [<c02b75d4>] (mmc_queue_thread+0xa4/0x144) > [ 2.360331] [<c02b75d4>] (mmc_queue_thread+0xa4/0x144) from > [<c0038614>] (kthread+0xb4/0xb8) > [ 2.368616] [<c0038614>] (kthread+0xb4/0xb8) from [<c000e2f8>] > (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c) > [ 2.376556] Code: 17e81051 10822181 e592c000 e3ccc003 (e79c2007) > [ 2.382570] ---[ end trace df06b64b1b7fa443 ]--- > > [ ... ] > > Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... done. > Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems: > - Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) > - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?) > - Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?) > - Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev) > ALERT! /dev/mmcblk1p3 does not exist. Dropping to a shell! > FATAL: Could not load > /lib/modules/3.12.0-rc5-00051-gfebca1b/modules.dep: No such file or > directory > FATAL: Could not load > /lib/modules/3.12.0-rc5-00051-gfebca1b/modules.dep: No such file or > directory Very weird! What file system is being used? -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html