[REGRESSION] iommu/amd: "Fix premature break in init_iommu_one()" causes early boot hang

From: Andreas Juch

Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 17:17:16 EST


Hello,

I noticed that one of my NixOS sytems failed to boot with kernel 6.18.40. The
older 6.18.39 booted fine. A full git bisect of v6.18.39..v6.18.40 identified
the following commit as the first bad commit:

  dc266f6c4e2628576ab33042b6b2a12480220026
  iommu/amd: Fix premature break in init_iommu_one()

The visible symptom is a black screen immediately after systemd-boot. The
machine also remains unreachable over SSH and leaves no persistent journal entry
for the failed boot. A reset or power cycle is required.

I reverted that single commit, built the kernel again and the machine booted, so
I'm quite sure that I found the right commit.

System information:

ASRockRack B550D4-4L
BIOS P1.10 (06/28/2021)

I'm no expert at all, but my research found that the following information might
be relevant:

  journalctl -W -b -k --no-pager | rg -i 'AMD-Vi|AMD IOMMU|IOMMU|IVRS|IVHD'
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: ACPI: IVRS 0x00000000BB062000 0000D0 (v02 AMD    AmdTable 00000001 AMD  00000001)
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: ACPI: Reserving IVRS table memory at [mem 0xbb062000-0xbb0620cf]
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: AMD-Vi: Using global IVHD EFR:0x0, EFR2:0x0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: iommu: Default domain type: Translated
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: iommu: DMA domain TLB invalidation policy: lazy mode
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:01.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:01.2: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:02.0: Adding to iommu group 1
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:03.0: Adding to iommu group 2
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:04.0: Adding to iommu group 3
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:05.0: Adding to iommu group 4
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:07.0: Adding to iommu group 5
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:07.1: Adding to iommu group 6
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:08.0: Adding to iommu group 7
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:08.1: Adding to iommu group 8
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:14.0: Adding to iommu group 9
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:14.3: Adding to iommu group 9
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:18.0: Adding to iommu group 10
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:18.1: Adding to iommu group 10
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:18.2: Adding to iommu group 10
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:18.3: Adding to iommu group 10
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:18.4: Adding to iommu group 10
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:18.5: Adding to iommu group 10
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:18.6: Adding to iommu group 10
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:00:18.7: Adding to iommu group 10
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:02:00.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:02:00.1: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:02:00.2: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:20:00.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:20:01.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:20:02.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:20:03.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:20:04.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:20:08.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:20:09.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:21:00.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:22:00.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:23:00.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:24:00.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:25:00.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:29:00.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:2a:00.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:2b:00.0: Adding to iommu group 0
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:2c:00.0: Adding to iommu group 11
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:2d:00.0: Adding to iommu group 12
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:2d:00.1: Adding to iommu group 13
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:2d:00.3: Adding to iommu group 14
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: pci 0000:2d:00.4: Adding to iommu group 15
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: AMD-Vi: Extended features (0x58f77e022294881, 0x0): PreF GA GA_vAPIC
  Aug 21 22:24:17 kernel: AMD-Vi: Interrupt remapping enabled

And the output of the decoded IVRS table, captured by `acpidump -n IVRS -b`:

  00000000  49 56 52 53 d0 00 00 00  02 e2 41 4d 44 20 20 00 |IVRS......AMD  .|
  00000010  41 6d 64 54 61 62 6c 65  01 00 00 00 41 4d 44 20 |AmdTable....AMD |
  00000020  01 00 00 00 41 30 20 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |....A0 .........|
  00000030  10 b0 48 00 02 00 40 00  00 00 50 fd 00 00 00 00 |..H...@...P.....|
  00000040  00 00 00 00 2e 8f 04 80  03 08 00 00 04 fe ff 00 |................|
  00000050  43 00 ff 00 00 a5 00 00  04 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 |C...............|
  00000060  48 00 00 00 00 a0 00 02  48 00 00 d7 0d a0 00 01 |H.......H.......|
  00000070  48 00 00 00 0e 01 00 01  11 b0 58 00 02 00 40 00 |H.........X...@.|
  00000080  00 00 50 fd 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 02 04 00 |..P.............|
  00000090  5a 4a 29 22 ef 77 8f 05  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |ZJ)".w..........|
  000000a0  03 08 00 00 04 fe ff 00  43 00 ff 00 00 a5 00 00 |........C.......|
  000000b0  04 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00  48 00 00 00 00 a0 00 02 |........H.......|
  000000c0  48 00 00 d7 0d a0 00 01  48 00 00 00 0e 01 00 01 |H.......H.......|
  000000d0

The relevant part (after decoding with `iasl -d ivrs.dat`):

  [090h 0144 008h]                   EFR Image : 058F77EF22294A5A

I'll provide any required details and test patches!

Thanks for your work, it's very appreciated!

Andreas