On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 7:54 AM Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:23 PM > To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Douglas Miller <dougmill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: kernel 5.15 does not boot with 3ware card (never had this issue <= 5.14) - scsi 0:0:0:0: WARNING: (0x06:0x002C) : Command (0x12) timed out, resetting card > > On 11/3/21 9:18 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote: > > Thanks!-- Has anyone else reading run into this issue and/or are there > > any suggestions how I can troubleshoot this further (as all -rc's have > > the same issue)? > > How about bisecting this issue > (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/bug-bisect.html)? > > [ .. ] > > I was having some issues finding a list of changes with git bisect, so I started checking the kernel .config and boot parameters: > > I found the option that was causing the system not to boot (tested with 5.15.0 and latest linux-git as of 6 NOV 2021) > append="3w-sas.use_msi=1" > > 3w-sas.use_msi defaults to 0 (so now it is using IR-IO-APIC instead of MSI but now the machine boots using 5.15) > https://lwn.net/Articles/358679/ > > Something between 5.14 and 5.15 changed regarding x86_64's handling of Message Signaled Interrupts. > ... which causes the kernel to no longer boot when 3w-sas.use_msi=1 is specified starting with 5.15. This only partially fixes the issues, trying to reboot also results in a hard lockup on cpu 1 (this is semi-reproducible) https://installkernel.tripod.com/5.15-reboot-lockup.jpg Back to 5.14.x for now... Justin.
