Re: Multiple problems with the Linux kernel on an AMD desktop
From: RogÃrio Brito
Date: Fri Nov 25 2016 - 11:53:18 EST
Hi, Clemens and Borislav.
On Nov 25 2016, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> RogÃrio Brito wrote:
> > * I have never been able to boot this computer of mine without the option
> > irqpoll---otherwise, I get the nobody cared message.
>
> The "nobody cared" message indicates that there were too many interrupts
> that no driver felt responsible for, so the kernel has disabled that
> interrupt vector. The irqpoll option is a workaround to get the devices
> on that interrupt vector to work, but it's not perfect.
Ah, great to know. I don't know if this is related or not, but I read
somewhere (don't remember where) that the machine may have performance
slightly reduced when irqpoll is used.
> It's possible that most of your problems are caused by the irqpoll option.
Excellent to know.
> What IRQ is the problematic one (see the "nobody cared" message)? What
> devices are connected to it (see /proc/interrupts)?
>From the dmesg log, the interrupt is 18.
Here is part from /proc/interrupts that contains interrupt 18 *without* irqpoll:
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CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3
0: 47 0 0 0 IO-APIC 2-edge timer
1: 0 0 0 2 IO-APIC 1-edge i8042
7: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 7-edge parport0
8: 0 0 0 1 IO-APIC 8-edge rtc0
9: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 9-fasteoi acpi
10: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 10-edge radeon
12: 0 0 0 4 IO-APIC 12-edge i8042
16: 0 96 4 990 IO-APIC 16-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb3, ohci_hcd:usb4, snd_hda_intel:card0
17: 0 2457 1 140 IO-APIC 17-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1
18: 1 11 43 99947 IO-APIC 18-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb5, ohci_hcd:usb6, ohci_hcd:usb7
19: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 19-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2
22: 0 22169 139 8731 IO-APIC 22-fasteoi ahci[0000:00:11.0]
25: 0 0 11 753 PCI-MSI 1048576-edge eth0
(...)
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Here is part from /proc/interrupts that contains interrupt 18 *with* irqpoll:
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CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3
0: 46 0 0 0 IO-APIC 2-edge timer
1: 0 0 0 2 IO-APIC 1-edge i8042
7: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 7-edge parport0
8: 0 0 0 1 IO-APIC 8-edge rtc0
9: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 9-fasteoi acpi
10: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 10-edge radeon
12: 0 0 0 4 IO-APIC 12-edge i8042
16: 0 103 6 983 IO-APIC 16-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb3, ohci_hcd:usb4, snd_hda_intel:card0
17: 0 588 0 144 IO-APIC 17-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1
18: 0 0 0 705 IO-APIC 18-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb5, ohci_hcd:usb6, ohci_hcd:usb7
19: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 19-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2
22: 0 18049 4 8540 IO-APIC 22-fasteoi ahci[0000:00:11.0]
25: 0 0 0 327 PCI-MSI 1048576-edge eth0
(...)
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I'm attaching both files to this message.
> Does the problem go away when you prevent the corresponding driver(s) from
> loading?
Since the OHCI_HCD driver is built-in (as opposed to a module), I don't know
how to disable it. I can try to recompile the kernel with it as a module and
rename it as some garbage, so that it doesn't get loaded...
Thanks a lot,
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CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3
0: 47 0 0 0 IO-APIC 2-edge timer
1: 0 0 0 2 IO-APIC 1-edge i8042
7: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 7-edge parport0
8: 0 0 0 1 IO-APIC 8-edge rtc0
9: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 9-fasteoi acpi
10: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 10-edge radeon
12: 0 0 0 4 IO-APIC 12-edge i8042
16: 0 96 4 990 IO-APIC 16-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb3, ohci_hcd:usb4, snd_hda_intel:card0
17: 0 2457 1 140 IO-APIC 17-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1
18: 1 11 43 99947 IO-APIC 18-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb5, ohci_hcd:usb6, ohci_hcd:usb7
19: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 19-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2
22: 0 22169 139 8731 IO-APIC 22-fasteoi ahci[0000:00:11.0]
25: 0 0 11 753 PCI-MSI 1048576-edge eth0
NMI: 0 1 0 1 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 21775 27088 24588 25944 Local timer interrupts
SPU: 0 0 0 0 Spurious interrupts
PMI: 0 1 0 1 Performance monitoring interrupts
IWI: 7478 8807 8179 9891 IRQ work interrupts
RTR: 0 0 0 0 APIC ICR read retries
RES: 33580 59725 52413 52928 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 1391 1549 1382 1159 Function call interrupts
TLB: 339 433 357 391 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 0 0 0 0 Thermal event interrupts
THR: 0 0 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
DFR: 0 0 0 0 Deferred Error APIC interrupts
MCE: 0 0 0 0 Machine check exceptions
MCP: 2 2 2 2 Machine check polls
ERR: 1
MIS: 0
PIN: 0 0 0 0 Posted-interrupt notification event
PIW: 0 0 0 0 Posted-interrupt wakeup event
CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3
0: 46 0 0 0 IO-APIC 2-edge timer
1: 0 0 0 2 IO-APIC 1-edge i8042
7: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 7-edge parport0
8: 0 0 0 1 IO-APIC 8-edge rtc0
9: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 9-fasteoi acpi
10: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 10-edge radeon
12: 0 0 0 4 IO-APIC 12-edge i8042
16: 0 103 6 983 IO-APIC 16-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb3, ohci_hcd:usb4, snd_hda_intel:card0
17: 0 588 0 144 IO-APIC 17-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1
18: 0 0 0 705 IO-APIC 18-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb5, ohci_hcd:usb6, ohci_hcd:usb7
19: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC 19-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2
22: 0 18049 4 8540 IO-APIC 22-fasteoi ahci[0000:00:11.0]
25: 0 0 0 327 PCI-MSI 1048576-edge eth0
NMI: 0 0 0 0 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 9375 12257 9554 10339 Local timer interrupts
SPU: 0 0 0 0 Spurious interrupts
PMI: 0 0 0 0 Performance monitoring interrupts
IWI: 2630 3597 2754 2847 IRQ work interrupts
RTR: 0 0 0 0 APIC ICR read retries
RES: 21855 39899 46373 29822 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 1355 1484 1388 1067 Function call interrupts
TLB: 293 580 313 364 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 0 0 0 0 Thermal event interrupts
THR: 0 0 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
DFR: 0 0 0 0 Deferred Error APIC interrupts
MCE: 0 0 0 0 Machine check exceptions
MCP: 1 1 1 1 Machine check polls
ERR: 1
MIS: 0
PIN: 0 0 0 0 Posted-interrupt notification event
PIW: 0 0 0 0 Posted-interrupt wakeup event