Bug 10872

Summary: x86_64 boot hang when CONFIG_NUMA=n
Product: Platform Specific/Hardware Reporter: Rafael J. Wysocki (rjw)
Component: x86-64Assignee: platform_x86_64 (platform_x86_64)
Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA    
Severity: normal CC: randy.dunlap, yhlu.kernel
Priority: P1    
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Kernel Version: 2.6.26-rc[2345] Subsystem:
Regression: Yes Bisected commit-id:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 10492    

Description Rafael J. Wysocki 2008-06-06 07:56:08 UTC
Subject    : x86_64 boot hang when CONFIG_NUMA=n
Submitter  : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date       : 2008-06-05 21:50
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121270308607116&w=4
Handled-By : "Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>

This entry is being used for tracking a regression from 2.6.25.  Please don't
close it until the problem is fixed in the mainline.
Comment 1 Rafael J. Wysocki 2008-06-13 07:14:02 UTC
Problem confirmed to be present in 2.6.26-rc5-git2.
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/11/355
Comment 2 Rafael J. Wysocki 2008-06-15 10:29:39 UTC
On Sunday, 15 of June 2008, you wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:12:04 +0200 (CEST) Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > of recent regressions.
> > 
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > from 2.6.25.  Please verify if it still should be listed.
> > 
> > 
> > Bug-Entry   : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10872
> > Subject             : x86_64 boot hang when CONFIG_NUMA=n
> > Submitter   : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
> > Date                : 2008-06-05 21:50 (10 days old)
> > References  : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121270308607116&w=4
> >               http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/11/355
> > Handled-By  : Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
> 
> Yes, still happens for me on 2.6.26-rc6-git2.
Comment 3 Rafael J. Wysocki 2008-06-16 06:15:15 UTC
Regressions list annotation:
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/15/117
Comment 4 Rafael J. Wysocki 2008-06-25 15:13:50 UTC
On Wednesday, 25 of June 2008, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:54:46 +0200 (CEST) Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > of recent regressions.
> > 
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > from 2.6.25.  Please verify if it still should be listed.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Bug-Entry   : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10872
> > Subject             : x86_64 boot hang when CONFIG_NUMA=n
> > Submitter   : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
> > Date                : 2008-06-05 21:50 (18 days old)
> > References  : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121270308607116&w=4
> >               http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/11/355
> >               http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/15/117
> > Handled-By  : Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
Comment 5 Rafael J. Wysocki 2008-07-05 15:18:19 UTC
On Saturday, 5 of July 2008, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:18:43 +0200 (CEST) Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > of recent regressions.
> > 
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > from 2.6.25.  Please verify if it still should be listed.
> 
> Yes, boot still hangs in 2.6.26-rc8-git4 when CONFIG_NUMA=n.
> CONFIG_NUMA=y boots OK.
> 
> > 
> > Bug-Entry   : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10872
> > Subject             : x86_64 boot hang when CONFIG_NUMA=n
> > Submitter   : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
> > Date                : 2008-06-05 21:50 (25 days old)
> > References  : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121270308607116&w=4
> >               http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/11/355
> >               http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/15/117
> > Handled-By  : Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
Comment 6 Rafael J. Wysocki 2008-07-07 15:26:24 UTC
The issue is reported to be present in 2.6.26-rc9.
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121287638527452&w=2
Comment 7 Rafael J. Wysocki 2008-07-09 07:35:35 UTC
On Wednesday, 9 of July 2008, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue,  8 Jul 2008 23:37:43 +0200 (CEST) Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> > Unresolved regressions
> > ----------------------
> > 
> > Bug-Entry   : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10872
> > Subject             : x86_64 boot hang when CONFIG_NUMA=n
> > Submitter   : Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
> > Date                : 2008-06-05 21:50 (34 days old)
> > References  : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121270308607116&w=4
> >               http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/11/355
> >               http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/15/117
> >               http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121287638527452&w=2
> > Handled-By  : Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
> 
> I've spent quite some time trying to bisect this problem, but to no avail.
> I don't expect to spend more time on it, so I suppose you can just mark it as
> dead.