On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 08:51:33PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64
> Version: 2.6.26-1
> Severity: important
>
> Hi,
>
> it seems that 2.6.26 (whether the debian package or the kernel.org
> kernel) locks up after a while on Debian's DL385G1 systems.
>
> After a while, sooner with more disk IO/filesystem load, the system
> hangs: it continues to do stuff but everything involving disk hangs
> forever.
>
> The systems work just fine on a 2.6.25.10 kernel.
>
> The servers have Opterons like this:
> cpu family : 15
> model : 33
>
> so http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0808.0/0882.html might
> explain it.
hey Peter,
This is readily reproducible - a simple kernel compile was all it
took. git bisecting suggests that this issue was introduced by [1]
and unmasked by [2] during 2.6.26 devlopment. It was later fixed
during 2.6.27 development by [3].
Can you confirm that the attached backport of [3] fixes the problem
for you?
[1] 35605a1027ac630f85a1b95684f7e86b82498cd6
[2] 8d539108560ec121d59eee05160236488266221c
[3] 8004dd965b13b01a96def054d420f6df7ff22d53
--
dann frazier
commit 8004dd965b13b01a96def054d420f6df7ff22d53
Author: Yinghai Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon May 12 17:40:39 2008 -0700
x86: amd opteron TOM2 mask val fix
there is a typo in the mask value, need to remove that extra 0,
to avoid 4bit clearing.
Signed-off-by: Yinghal Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Backported to Debian's 2.6.26 by dann frazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff -urpN linux-source-2.6.26.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
linux-source-2.6.26/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
--- linux-source-2.6.26.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c 2008-08-11
22:55:59.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-source-2.6.26/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c 2008-08-11
22:57:13.000000000 -0600
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ void __init get_mtrr_state(void)
tom2 = hi;
tom2 <<= 32;
tom2 |= lo;
- tom2 &= 0xffffff8000000ULL;
+ tom2 &= 0xffffff800000ULL;
}
if (mtrr_show) {
int high_width;
diff -urpN linux-source-2.6.26.orig/arch/x86/pci/k8-bus_64.c
linux-source-2.6.26/arch/x86/pci/k8-bus_64.c
--- linux-source-2.6.26.orig/arch/x86/pci/k8-bus_64.c 2008-08-11
22:55:59.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-source-2.6.26/arch/x86/pci/k8-bus_64.c 2008-08-11
22:57:13.000000000 -0600
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int __init early_fill_mp_bus_info
/* need to take out [0, TOM) for RAM*/
address = MSR_K8_TOP_MEM1;
rdmsrl(address, val);
- end = (val & 0xffffff8000000ULL);
+ end = (val & 0xffffff800000ULL);
printk(KERN_INFO "TOM: %016lx aka %ldM\n", end, end>>20);
if (end < (1ULL<<32))
update_range(range, 0, end - 1);
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static int __init early_fill_mp_bus_info
/* TOP_MEM2 */
address = MSR_K8_TOP_MEM2;
rdmsrl(address, val);
- end = (val & 0xffffff8000000ULL);
+ end = (val & 0xffffff800000ULL);
printk(KERN_INFO "TOM2: %016lx aka %ldM\n", end, end>>20);
update_range(range, 1ULL<<32, end - 1);
}
