Re: v5.9-rc1 commit reliably breaks pci nvme detection

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu Aug 20 2020 - 11:35:43 EST


On 8/17/20 9:58 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 8/17/20 8:56 AM, Keith Busch wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 03:50:11PM +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Below v5.9-rc1 commit reliably breaks my boot on a Thinkpad e480
>>> laptop. PCI nvme detection fails, and the kernel becomes not able
>>> anymore to find the rootfs / parse "root=".
>>>
>>> Bisecting v5.8=>v5.9-rc1 blames that commit. Reverting it *reliably*
>>> fixes the problem and makes me able to boot v5.9-rc1.
>>
>> The fix is staged in the nvme tree here:
>>
>> http://git.infradead.org/nvme.git/commit/286155561ecd13b6c85a78eaf2880d3baea03b9e
>
> That would have been nice to have in -rc1...

And now we're getting very close to shipping items for -rc2, and it's still
not in. Can we please get the nvme pull request out for -rc2?

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Jens Axboe