On vanilla 3.9.0-rc3, I get this 100% repeatable oops after login when the user X session is coming up:
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000001 IP: [<0000000000000001>] 0x0 PGD 0 Oops: 0010 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables ...<snip>... CPU 3 Pid: 0, comm: swapper/3 Not tainted 3.9.0-rc3-xeon #rc3 Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T5400 /0RW203 RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000001>] [<0000000000000001>] 0x0 RSP: 0018:ffff8802afcc3d80 EFLAGS: 00010087 RAX: ffff88029f6e5808 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000096 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff88029f6e5808 RBP: ffff8802afcc3dc8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000004 R10: 000000000000002c R11: ffff88029e559a98 R12: ffff8802a376cb78 R13: ffff88029f6e57e0 R14: ffff88029f6e57f8 R15: ffff88029f6e5808 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8802afcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000001 CR3: 000000029fa67000 CR4: 00000000000007e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process swapper/3 (pid: 0, threadinfo ffff8802a355e000, task ffff8802a3535c40) Stack: ffffffffa0159d8a 0000000000000082 ffff88029f6e5820 0000000000000001 ffff88029f71aa00 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000004000000 0000000004000000 ffff8802afcc3e38 ffffffffa01843b5 ffff8802afcc3df8 Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffffa0159d8a>] ? nouveau_event_trigger+0xaa/0xe0 [nouveau] [<ffffffffa01843b5>] nv50_disp_intr+0xc5/0x200 [nouveau] [<ffffffff816fbacc>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2c/0x50 [<ffffffff816ff98d>] ? notifier_call_chain+0x4d/0x70 [<ffffffffa017a105>] nouveau_mc_intr+0xb5/0x110 [nouveau] [<ffffffffa01d45ff>] nouveau_irq_handler+0x6f/0x80 [nouveau] [<ffffffff810eec95>] handle_irq_event_percpu+0x75/0x260 [<ffffffff810eeec8>] handle_irq_event+0x48/0x70 [<ffffffff810f205a>] handle_fasteoi_irq+0x5a/0x100 [<ffffffff810182f2>] handle_irq+0x22/0x40 [<ffffffff8170561a>] do_IRQ+0x5a/0xd0 [<ffffffff816fc2ad>] common_interrupt+0x6d/0x6d <EOI> [<ffffffff810449b6>] ? native_safe_halt+0x6/0x10 [<ffffffff8101ea1d>] default_idle+0x3d/0x170 [<ffffffff8101f736>] cpu_idle+0x116/0x130 [<ffffffff816e2a06>] start_secondary+0x251/0x258 Code: Bad RIP value. RIP [<0000000000000001>] 0x0 RSP <ffff8802afcc3d80> CR2: 0000000000000001 ---[ end trace 907323cb8ce6f301 ]--- git bisect from 3.8.0 (good) to 3.9.0-rc3 (bad) blames (bisect log attached): 1d7c71a3e2f77336df536855b0efd2dc5bdeb41b is the first bad commit commit 1d7c71a3e2f77336df536855b0efd2dc5bdeb41b Author: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs at redhat.com> Date: Thu Jan 31 09:23:34 2013 +1000 drm/nouveau/disp: port vblank handling to event interface This removes the nastiness with the interactions between display and software engines when handling vblank semaphore release interrupts. Now, all the semantics are handled in one place (sw) \o/. Signed-off-by: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs at redhat.com> :040000 040000 fbd44f8566271415fd2775ab4b6346efef7e82fe a0730be0f35feaa1476b1447b1d65c4b3b3c0686 M drivers On this hardware: nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:02:00.0] BOOT0 : 0x084e00a2 nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:02:00.0] Chipset: G84 (NV84) nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:02:00.0] Family : NV50 nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:02:00.0] checking PRAMIN for image... nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:02:00.0] ... appears to be valid nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:02:00.0] using image from PRAMIN nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:02:00.0] BIT signature found nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:02:00.0] version 60.84.63.00.11 nouveau [ PFB][0000:02:00.0] RAM type: DDR2 nouveau [ PFB][0000:02:00.0] RAM size: 256 MiB nouveau [ PFB][0000:02:00.0] ZCOMP: 1892 tags nouveau [ DRM] VRAM: 256 MiB nouveau [ DRM] GART: 512 MiB nouveau [ DRM] BIT BIOS found nouveau [ DRM] Bios version 60.84.63.00 nouveau [ DRM] TMDS table version 2.0 nouveau [ DRM] DCB version 4.0 nouveau [ DRM] DCB outp 00: 02000300 00000028 nouveau [ DRM] DCB outp 01: 01000302 00000030 nouveau [ DRM] DCB outp 02: 04011310 00000028 nouveau [ DRM] DCB outp 03: 02011312 00000030 nouveau [ DRM] DCB conn 00: 1030 nouveau [ DRM] DCB conn 01: 2130 nouveau [ DRM] 2 available performance level(s) nouveau [ DRM] 0: core 208MHz shader 416MHz memory 100MHz voltage 1200mV fanspeed 100% nouveau [ DRM] 1: core 460MHz shader 920MHz memory 400MHz voltage 1200mV fanspeed 100% nouveau [ DRM] c: core 459MHz shader 918MHz memory 399MHz voltage 1200mV nouveau [ DRM] MM: using CRYPT for buffer copies nouveau [ DRM] allocated 1680x1050 fb: 0x60000, bo ffff88029ef50400 fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device nouveau 0000:02:00.0: fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device nouveau 0000:02:00.0: registered panic notifier [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.1.0 20120801 for 0000:02:00.0 on minor 0 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G84 [Quadro FX 570] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0474 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 52 Region 0: Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Region 3: Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M] Region 5: I/O ports at dc80 [size=128] Expansion ROM at fbd00000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [78] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <4us ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #8, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <4us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Capabilities: [100 v1] Virtual Channel Caps: LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1 Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- Ctrl: ArbSelect=Fixed Status: InProgress- VC0: Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans- Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256- Ctrl: Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=01 Status: NegoPending- InProgress- Capabilities: [128 v1] Power Budgeting <?> Capabilities: [600 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?> Kernel driver in use: nouveau Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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