Created attachment 295399 [details] journalctl from the failed boot The affected system is a Dell Latitude E5570 running ArchLinux with latest firmware/UEFI/etc. The system boots to a general protection fault screen (see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69702 - there is an attached screenshot in the first comment). I've also just tested with linux-next from 20210222 - the problem persists. Blacklisting 'dell_wmi_sysman' is the only solution for reaching a working system. Tell me if I can be of any help.
Created attachment 295461 [details] journalctl from the failed boot - DELL E5470
Panic reproduced also on Dell Latitude E5470/0MT53G, BIOS 1.23.3 08/04/2020 with kernel 5.11.1. First log lines about WMI are: wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:01: WQBC data block query control method not found acpi PNP0C14:02: duplicate WMI GUID 05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910 (first instance was on PNP0C14:01) acpi PNP0C14:03: duplicate WMI GUID 05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910 (first instance was on PNP0C14:01) and then boot goes on for a second. Several processes cause stack traces to be printed, pointing all over the place. Blacklisting the module workarounds the problem.
So if it's 5.11.1 as well as linux-next then you have https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman?h=linux-5.11.y&id=215164bfb7144c5890dd8021ff06e486939862d4 already applied then. > 5570/5470? These are quite old right - like they came out in 2015/2016 time frame. I would expect they don't support this interface, but they should have bailed more gracefully too. Can you please test https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/2/18/748 It needs to be re-spun from maintainer feedback, but I think it will fix the issue for you. If it works for you, i'll respin it soon and you can test the new one as well hopefully.
Created attachment 295547 [details] journalctl from 5.11.2 + the patch by Mario
There is no change in the behavior with the above patch.