----- Original Message ----- > Hi! > > > We ran automated tests on a recent commit from this kernel tree: > > > > > > Kernel repo: > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git > > > Commit: cc9917b40848 - mdio_bus: Fix init if > > > CONFIG_RESET_CONTROLLER=n > > > > > > The results of these automated tests are provided below. > > > > > > Overall result: FAILED (see details below) > > > Merge: OK > > > Compile: OK > > > Tests: FAILED > > > > > > All kernel binaries, config files, and logs are available for download > > > here: > > > > > > https://artifacts.cki-project.org/pipelines/309848 > > > > > > One or more kernel tests failed: > > > > > > ppc64le: > > > ??? LTP > > > > I see a slew of syscalls failures here for LTP: > > https://artifacts.cki-project.org/pipelines/309848/logs/ppc64le_host_1_LTP_resultoutputfile.log > > https://artifacts.cki-project.org/pipelines/309848/logs/ppc64le_host_1_LTP_syscalls.run.log > > There are a few syslog failures, which does not seem to be related to > the kernel commit at all. The commit above seems to touch error handling > in a mdio bus which is used to configure network hardware. I would say > that this is connected to the rest of the unexplained failures on > ppc64le that seems to happen randomly. I think this is different. Test is spam-ing serial console with: preadv203 (765613): drop_caches: 3 which leads to RCU stall: [ 4338.611873] rcu: INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: [ 4517.198118] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: State 'stop-watchdog' timed out. Terminating. [ 4518.688311] rcu: INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: [ 4518.688318] rcu: 0-...0: (2 ticks this GP) idle=7da/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=208692/208696 fqs=11772 [ 4518.688321] (detected by 3, t=24007 jiffies, g=280901, q=430) [ 4518.688324] Sending NMI from CPU 3 to CPUs 0: [ 4524.259240] CPU 0 didn't respond to backtrace IPI, inspecting paca. [ 4524.259243] irq_soft_mask: 0x01 in_mce: 0 in_nmi: 0 current: 765613 (preadv203) [ 4524.259245] Back trace of paca->saved_r1 (0xc000000029b47990) (possibly stale): [ 4524.259246] Call Trace: [ 4524.259250] [c000000029b47990] [0000000000000001] 0x1 (unreliable) [ 4524.259255] [c000000029b47a00] [c0000000007e8b28] hvterm_raw_put_chars+0x48/0x70 [ 4524.259257] [c000000029b47a20] [c0000000007eb174] hvc_console_print+0x124/0x2c0 [ 4524.259260] [c000000029b47ab0] [c0000000001b2238] console_unlock+0x588/0x760 [ 4524.259262] [c000000029b47b90] [c0000000001b4a8c] vprintk_emit+0x22c/0x330 [ 4524.259264] [c000000029b47c00] [c0000000001b5d28] vprintk_func+0x78/0x1b0 [ 4524.259266] [c000000029b47c50] [c0000000001b5294] printk+0x40/0x54 [ 4524.259269] [c000000029b47c70] [c0000000004e6c7c] drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0x14c/0x170 [ 4524.259271] [c000000029b47ce0] [c000000000512390] proc_sys_call_handler+0x230/0x240 [ 4524.259273] [c000000029b47d60] [c000000000432098] __vfs_write+0x38/0x70 [ 4524.259275] [c000000029b47d80] [c0000000004363c8] vfs_write+0xd8/0x250 [ 4524.259277] [c000000029b47dd0] [c000000000436798] ksys_write+0x78/0x130 [ 4524.259280] [c000000029b47e20] [c00000000000bae4] system_call+0x5c/0x70 Maybe we could temporarily lower printk level during this test. Test also fails to release loop device and subsequent tests fail because they try to use same one.
