Re: [BUG] powerpc/pseries: WARN in __replay_soft_interrupts() during SMP bringup on Power11 (7.2.0-rc5)

From: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 02:04:20 EST


On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 09:04:34PM +0530, Venkat Rao Bagalkote wrote:
> Hi Shrikanth,
>
>
> On 04/08/26 12:06 pm, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
> > hi venkat,
> >
> > On 8/4/26 11:39 AM, Venkat Rao Bagalkote wrote:
> > > Greetings!!
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm seeing a reproducible warning during early boot on a Power11
> > > pSeries LPAR with Linux 7.2.0-rc5.
> > >
> > > The kernel starts booting normally and reaches SMP initialization,
> > > but then begins emitting continuous warnings from
> > > __replay_soft_interrupts().The warnings continue indefinitely and
> > > the system never completes boot.
> > >
[...]

Hey,

Seems like this is because of some code movement. I need to look deeper
into it. I'll take a look.

Thanks for reporting.

Regards,
Mukesh