RE: kernel 5.15 does not boot with 3ware card (never had this issue <= 5.14) - scsi 0:0:0:0: WARNING: (0x06:0x002C) : Command (0x12) timed out, resetting card

[Justin Piszcz]

-----Original Message-----
From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> 
Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:23 PM
To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Douglas Miller <dougmill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: kernel 5.15 does not boot with 3ware card (never had this issue <= 5.14) - scsi 0:0:0:0: WARNING: (0x06:0x002C) : Command (0x12) timed out, resetting card

On 11/3/21 9:18 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Thanks!-- Has anyone else reading run into this issue and/or are there
> any suggestions how I can troubleshoot this further (as all -rc's have
> the same issue)?

How about bisecting this issue
(https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/bug-bisect.html)?

[ .. ]

I was having some issues finding a list of changes with git bisect, so I started checking the kernel .config and boot parameters:

I found the option that was causing the system not to boot (tested with 5.15.0 and latest linux-git as of 6 NOV 2021)
append="3w-sas.use_msi=1"

3w-sas.use_msi defaults to 0 (so now it is using IR-IO-APIC instead of MSI but now the machine boots using 5.15)
https://lwn.net/Articles/358679/

Something between 5.14 and 5.15 changed regarding x86_64's handling of Message Signaled Interrupts.
... which causes the kernel to no longer boot when 3w-sas.use_msi=1 is specified starting with 5.15.

Regards,

Justin.