Re: [regression drm/noveau] suspend to ram -> BOOM: exception RIP: drm_calc_vbltimestamp_from_scanoutpos+335

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Jul 14 2017 - 12:10:43 EST


On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 05:58:18PM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-07-14 at 17:50 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > Urgh, is for some mysterious reason the __bug_table section of modules
> > ending up in RO memory?
> >
> > I forever get lost in that link magic :/
>
> +1
>
> drm.ko
>  20 __bug_table   00000630  0000000000000000  0000000000000000  0004bff3  2**0
>                   CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, READONLY, DATA
> vmlinux
> 15 __bug_table 0000ba84 ffffffff81af26c0 0000000001af26c0 00cf26c0 2**0
> CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, DATA
>
> Danged if I know... um um RELOC business mucks things up?

Argh, it shouldn't be READONLY for vmlinux either, but apparently that
is working for mysterious reasons.

Some architectures were in fact complaining that I broke that, and hence
patch:

b5effd3815cc ("debug: Fix __bug_table[] in arch linker scripts")

I think we need professional help with this linking stuff, but who to
ask?