Re: [PATCH] arch/{mips,sparc,microblaze,powerpc}: Don't enable pagefault/preempt twice

From: Ira Weiny
Date: Thu Jun 04 2020 - 02:43:40 EST


On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 09:18:05AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 03, 2020 at 04:44:17PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On 6/3/20 2:14 PM, Ira Weiny wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 03, 2020 at 01:57:36PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >> On Thu, 21 May 2020 10:42:50 -0700 Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Actually it occurs to me that the patch consolidating kmap_prot is odd for
> > >>>>> sparc 32 bit...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Its a long shot but could you try reverting this patch?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 4ea7d2419e3f kmap: consolidate kmap_prot definitions
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> That is not easy to revert, unfortunately, due to several follow-up patches.
> > >>>
> > >>> I have gotten your sparc tests to run and they all pass...
> > >>>
> > >>> 08:10:34 > ../linux-build-test/rootfs/sparc/run-qemu-sparc.sh
> > >>> Build reference: v5.7-rc4-17-g852b6f2edc0f
> > >>>
> > >>> Building sparc32:SPARCClassic:nosmp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:SPARCbook:nosmp:scsi:cd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:LX:nosmp:noapc:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:SS-4:nosmp:initrd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:SS-5:nosmp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:SS-10:nosmp:scsi:cd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:SS-20:nosmp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:SS-600MP:nosmp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:Voyager:nosmp:noapc:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:SS-4:smp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:SS-5:smp:scsi:cd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:SS-10:smp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:SS-20:smp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:SS-600MP:smp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
> > >>> Building sparc32:Voyager:smp:noapc:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
> > >>>
> > >>> Is there another test I need to run?
> > >>
> > >> This all petered out, but as I understand it, this patchset still might
> > >> have issues on various architectures.
> > >>
> > >> Can folks please provide an update on the testing status?
> > >
> > > I believe the tests were failing for Guenter due to another patch set...[1]
> > >
> > > My tests with just this series are working.
> > >
> > >>From my understanding the other failures were unrelated.[2]
> > >
> > > <quote Mike Rapoport>
> > > I've checked the patch above on top of the mmots which already has
> > > Ira's patches and it booted fine. I've used sparc32_defconfig to build
> > > the kernel and qemu-system-sparc with default machine and CPU.
> > > </quote>
> > >
> > > Mike, am I wrong? Do you think the kmap() patches are still causing issues?
>
> sparc32 UP and microblaze work for me with next-20200603, but I didn't
> test other architectures.
>
> > For my part, all I can say is that -next is in pretty bad shape right now.
> > The summary of my tests says:
> >
> > Build results:
> > total: 151 pass: 130 fail: 21
> > Qemu test results:
> > total: 430 pass: 375 fail: 55
> >
> > sparc32 smp images in next-20200603 still crash for me with a spinlock
> > recursion.
>
> I think this is because Will's fixes [1] are not yet in -next.
>
> > s390 images hang early in boot. Several others (alpha, arm64,
> > various ppc) don't even compile. I can run some more bisects over time,
> > but this is becoming a full-time job :-(.
> >
> > Guenter
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200526173302.377-1-will@xxxxxxxxxx

I abandoned the bisect and tested with this fix.[1] It passes. Guenter, on
the original thread we had microblaze and ppc working with my fix.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200519194215.GA71941@xxxxxxxxxxxx/

Sounds like the current failures above are from something much newer in the
tree.

Ira

[1]
23:26:24 > /home/iweiny/dev/linux-build-test/rootfs/sparc/run-qemu-sparc.sh
Build reference: next-20200603-3-gf5afe92a2135

Building sparc32:SPARCClassic:nosmp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:SPARCbook:nosmp:scsi:cd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:LX:nosmp:noapc:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:SS-4:nosmp:initrd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:SS-5:nosmp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:SS-10:nosmp:scsi:cd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:SS-20:nosmp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:SS-600MP:nosmp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:Voyager:nosmp:noapc:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:SS-4:smp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:SS-5:smp:scsi:cd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:SS-10:smp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:SS-20:smp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:SS-600MP:smp:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed
Building sparc32:Voyager:smp:noapc:scsi:hd ... running ......... passed


> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.