Re: Broken sata_nv since 4.19

[Pali RohÃr]

On Tuesday 24 December 2019 18:35:29 Pali RohÃr wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I upgraded machine with NVIDIA SATA controller (nforce4 chipse) from
> Debian Stretch to Debian Buster and SATA disks started to have problems.
> I booted back to Debian Stretch kernel version (having userspace
> untouched in Buster) and everything was like before, so problem is 100%
> kernel related. Problematic is APM support (it does not work at all),
> HPA support (kernel show warnings at boot time) and whole booting is
> delayed by 10 seconds. Also broken is disk speed test.
> 
> SATA controller is using sata_nv.ko kernel driver and in lspci is
> identified as:
> 
>   00:07.0 IDE interface [0101]: NVIDIA Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller [10de:0054] (rev f3)
>   00:08.0 IDE interface [0101]: NVIDIA Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller [10de:0055] (rev f3)
> 
> Debian Stretch has kernel version (which is working fine):
> 
>   4.9.0-11-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.189-3+deb9u2 (2019-11-11) x86_64
> 
> Debian Buster has kernel version (which is problematic):
> 
>   4.19.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2+deb10u2 (2019-11-11) x86_64
> 
> So kernel regression happened somewhere between 4.9 and 4.19 versions.
> 
> APM on Stretch:
> 
>   $ sudo hdparm -B /dev/sda
> 
>   /dev/sda:
>    APM_level      = not supported
> 
>   $ sudo hdparm -B /dev/sdb
> 
>   /dev/sdb:
>    APM_level      = off
> 
> APM on Buster:
> 
>   $ sudo hdparm -B /dev/sda
> 
>   /dev/sda:
>   SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]:  f0 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 aa 55 40 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>    APM_level      = not supported
> 
> 
>   $ sudo hdparm -B /dev/sdb
> 
>   /dev/sdb:
>   SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]:  f0 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 aa 55 40 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>    APM_level      = not supported
> 
> /dev/sda does not support APM, but /dev/sdb supports. I do not
> understand what above SG_IO error means, but because it works fine on
> older kernel version, it is not hardware problem.
> 
> Disk speed test on Stretch:
> 
>   $ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
> 
>   /dev/sda:
>    Timing cached reads:   118 MB in  2.00 seconds =  58.91 MB/sec
>    Timing buffered disk reads: 116 MB in  3.09 seconds =  37.54 MB/sec
> 
>   $ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sdb
> 
>   /dev/sdb:
>    Timing cached reads:   1242 MB in  2.00 seconds = 620.93 MB/sec
>    Timing buffered disk reads: 388 MB in  3.00 seconds = 129.31 MB/sec
> 
> Disk speed test on Buster:
> 
>   $ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
> 
>   /dev/sda:
>   read() hit EOF - device too small
>   SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]:  f0 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 aa 55 40 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>    Timing buffered disk reads: read() hit EOF - device too small
> 
>   $ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sdb
> 
>   /dev/sdb:
>   read() hit EOF - device too small
>   SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]:  f0 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 aa 55 40 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>    Timing buffered disk reads: read() hit EOF - device too small
> 
> As can be seen disk speed test is completely broken on new kernel
> version and hdparm returns same error as for APM.
> 
> dmesg output on Stretch:
> 
> [    1.716970] sata_nv 0000:00:07.0: version 3.5
> [    1.717309] sata_nv 0000:00:07.0: Using ADMA mode
> [    1.717358] sata_nv 0000:00:07.0: Using MSI
> [    1.717810] scsi host0: sata_nv
> [    1.717954] scsi host1: sata_nv
> [    1.718016] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9f0 ctl 0xbf0 bmdma 0xd000 irq 20
> [    1.718024] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x970 ctl 0xb70 bmdma 0xd008 irq 20
> [    1.718308] sata_nv 0000:00:08.0: Using ADMA mode
> [    1.718345] sata_nv 0000:00:08.0: Using MSI
> [    1.718757] scsi host2: sata_nv
> [    1.718886] scsi host3: sata_nv
> [    2.192111] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> [    2.194691] ata1.00: HPA detected: current 976771055, native 976773168
> [    2.194701] ata1.00: ATA-8: WDC WD5000AADS-00S9B0, 01.00A01, max UDMA/133
> [    2.194709] ata1.00: 976771055 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
> [    2.199241] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
> [    2.199501] ata1: DMA mask 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, segment boundary 0xFFFFFFFF, hw segs 61
> [    2.708030] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> [    2.710442] ata2.00: ATA-8: TOSHIBA HDWD110, MS2OA8J0, max UDMA/133
> [    2.710455] ata2.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
> [    2.715066] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
> [    2.715333] ata2: DMA mask 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, segment boundary 0xFFFFFFFF, hw segs 61
> 
> dmesg output on Buster:
> 
> [    2.079293] sata_nv 0000:00:07.0: version 3.5
> [    2.133503] sata_nv 0000:00:07.0: Using ADMA mode
> [    2.137138] sata_nv 0000:00:07.0: Using MSI
> [    2.142043] scsi host0: sata_nv
> [    2.174745] scsi host2: sata_nv
> [    2.178329] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9f0 ctl 0xbf0 bmdma 0xd000 irq 20
> [    2.181675] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x970 ctl 0xb70 bmdma 0xd008 irq 20
> [    2.188680] sata_nv 0000:00:08.0: Using ADMA mode
> [    2.215676] sata_nv 0000:00:08.0: Using MSI
> [    2.219649] scsi host4: sata_nv
> [    2.226626] scsi host5: sata_nv
> [    2.657732] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> [    7.773692] ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x27)
> [    7.773738] ata1.00: failed to read native max address (err_mask=0x4)
> [    7.773785] ata1.00: HPA support seems broken, skipping HPA handling
> [    8.245678] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> [    8.248009] ata1.00: ATA-8: WDC WD5000AADS-00S9B0, 01.00A01, max UDMA/133
> [    8.248065] ata1.00: 976771055 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32)
> [    8.252593] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
> [    8.252964] ata1: DMA mask 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, segment boundary 0xFFFFFFFF, hw segs 61
> [    8.725693] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> [   13.917688] ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x27)
> [   13.920096] ata2.00: failed to read native max address (err_mask=0x4)
> [   13.922491] ata2.00: HPA support seems broken, skipping HPA handling
> [   14.393683] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> [   14.398360] ata2.00: ATA-8: TOSHIBA HDWD110, MS2OA8J0, max UDMA/133
> [   14.400813] ata2.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32)
> [   14.407722] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
> [   14.412939] ata2: DMA mask 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, segment boundary 0xFFFFFFFF, hw segs 61
> 
> As can be seen new kernel has problems with handling of both SATA
> controllers and disks HPA area. Plus before kernel prints
> "qc timeout (cmd 0x27)" there is nothing on output, seems that kernel
> waits until 5s timeout occur and it slow down booting by 10s.
> 
> Do you have any idea what is happening there? What those SG_IO errors
> or dmesg errors means?
> 
> I'm CCing all people who touched sata_nv.c file between 4.9 and 4.19
> versions, so maybe somebody would know anything about this problem.
> 
> If you need more information or other outputs, please let me know and I
> can provide it.

Now I tested also versions 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17 and
4.18. And problem appeared only in 4.18 (all previous versions work
fine) In 4.18 dmesg is:

[    8.596039] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[    8.598489] ata2: illegal qc_active transition (100000000->100000001)
[   13.792086] ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x27)
[   13.792122] ata2.00: failed to read native max address (err_mask=0x4)
[   13.792167] ata2.00: HPA support seems broken, skipping HPA handling
[   14.264041] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[   14.268756] ata2.00: ATA-8: TOSHIBA HDWD110, MS2OA8J0, max UDMA/133
[   14.271230] ata2.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32)
[   14.278161] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
[   14.283427] ata2: DMA mask 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, segment boundary 0xFFFFFFFF, hw segs 61

(There is another line "illegal qc_active transition" which is not
present in 4.19)

So this problem must have been introduced during 4.18 release cycle as
4.17 version is working fine.

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Pali RohÃr
pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx

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