Bug 209869
| Summary: | Kernel 5.10-rc1 fails to boot on a PowerMac G4 3,6 at an early stage | ||
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| Product: | Platform Specific/Hardware | Reporter: | Erhard F. (erhard_f) |
| Component: | PPC-32 | Assignee: | platform_ppc-32 |
| Status: | CLOSED CODE_FIX | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | christophe.leroy, michael |
| Priority: | P1 | ||
| Hardware: | PPC-32 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Kernel Version: | 5.10-rc1 | Subsystem: | |
| Regression: | Yes | Bisected commit-id: | |
| Attachments: |
kernel .config (5.10-rc1, PowerMac G4 DP)
kernel .config (5.10-rc1 + KASAN, PowerMac G4 DP) dmesg (5.10-rc1 + patch reverted + KASAN, PowerMac G4 DP) kernel .config (5.9.3 + KASAN, PowerMac G4 DP) dmesg (5.9.3 + KASAN, PowerMac G4 DP) |
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Could you try reverting commit https://github.com/linuxppc/linux/commit/69a1593abdbcf03a76367320d929a8ae7a5e3d71 ? I got another report from someone who has the same problem and bisected it to that commit. Yes, reverting this commit (on top of -rc1) makes the G4 boot again. Did not try -rc2 though. Ok, thanks for the verification. I'm still having hard time understand what the problem can be. That commit sets up at all time the early hash table that was previously only set up when CONFIG_KASAN was set. As far as I remember, you tried KASAN many times. Could you test whether CONFIG_KASAN works: - on 5.10-rc1 with that commit reverted ? - on 5.9 ? If CONFIG_KASAN is already broken on 5.9, are you able to find the last kernel version on which CONFIG_KASAN works ? Thanks Christophe (In reply to Christophe Leroy from comment #3) > Could you test whether CONFIG_KASAN works: > - on 5.10-rc1 with that commit reverted ? > - on 5.9 ? KASAN works in both cases. I'll attach kernel dmesg and config. Created attachment 293495 [details]
kernel .config (5.10-rc1 + KASAN, PowerMac G4 DP)
Created attachment 293497 [details]
dmesg (5.10-rc1 + patch reverted + KASAN, PowerMac G4 DP)
Created attachment 293499 [details]
kernel .config (5.9.3 + KASAN, PowerMac G4 DP)
Created attachment 293501 [details]
dmesg (5.9.3 + KASAN, PowerMac G4 DP)
Ok, what about 5.10-rc1 + KASAN without reverting the patch ? (In reply to Christophe Leroy from comment #9) > Ok, what about 5.10-rc1 + KASAN without reverting the patch ? Nope, does not boot. Same 5.10-rc1 .config + KASAN but without reverting the patch. Can (In reply to Erhard F. from comment #10) > (In reply to Christophe Leroy from comment #9) > > Ok, what about 5.10-rc1 + KASAN without reverting the patch ? > Nope, does not boot. Same 5.10-rc1 .config + KASAN but without reverting the > patch. Can you test patch at https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/patch/9e225a856a8b22e0e77587ee22ab7a2f5bca8753.1604740029.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu/ I can confirm the patch fixes booting 5.10-rc1 on my G4, with and without KASAN. Thanks! Fixed in:
01776f070ffc ("powerpc/32s: Use relocation offset when setting early hash table")
Thanks! And the fix is in mainline as of v5.10-rc6. |
Created attachment 293201 [details] kernel .config (5.10-rc1, PowerMac G4 DP) With current 5.10-rc1 my PowerMac G4 DP fails to boot. The kernel gets decompressed but shortly afterwards the machine freezes, displaying in black letters on a white screen: done found display : /pci@f0000000/ATY,AlteracParent@10/ATY,Alterac_B@1, opening... Kernel 5.9.1 works well on this machine, the kernel .config was carried over from 5.9.1 with make oldconfig.