Re: Boot stall regression from "printk for 5.19" merge

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

[TLDR: I'm adding this regression report to the list of tracked
regressions; all text from me you find below is based on a few templates
paragraphs you might have encountered already already in similar form.]

Hi, this is your Linux kernel regression tracker.

On 19.06.22 20:49, Marek Behún wrote:
> Hello Linus, Petr, John,
> 
> the series
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/YouKQw72H7y9EJQK@alley/
> merged by commit 537e62c865dc ("Merge tag 'printk-for-5.19' of
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux")
> 
> and in particular the commit 09c5ba0aa2fc ("printk: add kthread console
> printers")
> 
> causes a regression on arm64 (Marvell CN9130-CRB board) where the
> system boot freezes in most cases (and is unusable until restarted by
> watchdog), or, in some cases boots, but the console output gets mangled
> for a while (the serial console spits garbage characters).
> 
> The stall example:
> 
>   ...
>   [    1.108141] io scheduler mq-deadline registered
>   [    1.108143] io scheduler kyber registered
>   [    1.163484] armada-ap806-pinctrl f06f4000.system-controller:pinctrl: registered pinctrl driver
>   [
> 
> Or another:
> 
>   ...
>   [    1.108155] io scheduler mq-deadline registered
>   [    1.108156] io scheduler kyber registered
>   [    1.162991] armada-ap806-pinctrl f06f4000.system-controller:pinctrl: registered pinctrl driver
>   [    1.163361] armada-cp110-pinctrl f2440000.system-controller:pinctrl: registered pinctrl driver
>   [    1.180827] mv_xor_v2 f0400000.xor: Marvell Version 2 XOR driver
>   [  
> 
> The garbage example:
> 
>   ...
>   [    0.920951] raid6: using neon recovery algorithm
>   [    0.921228] iommu: Default domain type: Translated
>   %
> 
>           gb@k+cFL/[    4.954974] DSA: tree 0 setup
>   [    4.955286] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
> 
> I did not have time to look at the contents of the commit yet to try to
> fix it myself, and won't have time for another two weeks. But I thought
> I should let you know now.

CCing the regression mailing list, as it should be in the loop for all
regressions, as explained here:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/reporting-issues.html

Thanks for the report. To be sure below issue doesn't fall through the
cracks unnoticed, I'm adding it to regzbot, my Linux kernel regression
tracking bot:

#regzbot ^introduced v5.18..v5.19-rc3
#regzbot ignore-activity

This isn't a regression? This issue or a fix for it are already
discussed somewhere else? It was fixed already? You want to clarify when
the regression started to happen? Or point out I got the title or
something else totally wrong? Then just reply -- ideally with also
telling regzbot about it, as explained here:
https://linux-regtracking.leemhuis.info/tracked-regression/

Reminder for developers: When fixing the issue, add 'Link:' tags
pointing to the report (the mail this one replies to), as explained for
in the Linux kernel's documentation; above webpage explains why this is
important for tracked regressions.

Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)

P.S.: As the Linux kernel's regression tracker I deal with a lot of
reports and sometimes miss something important when writing mails like
this. If that's the case here, don't hesitate to tell me in a public
reply, it's in everyone's interest to set the public record straight.