On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:45:04 +1100 Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au> wrote:
> Thanks. Yeah text is generally better, it archives better and can be > grepped etc. but in this case I was going a bit mad trying to make sense > of the oops :) > > In hindsight the bug is an obvious boot time ordering problem, can you > confirm this fixes it. That should apply on top of Linus' current > master. > > cheers > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c > b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c > index 2f1026fba00d..71f16fb32ceb 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c > @@ -948,6 +948,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) > > /* Parse memory topology */ > mem_topology_setup(); > + set_max_mapnr(max_pfn); > > /* > * Release secondary cpus out of their spinloops at 0x60 now that > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c > index 8b121df7b08f..07e8f4f1e07f 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c > @@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void) > #endif > > high_memory = (void *) __va(max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE); > - set_max_mapnr(max_pfn); > > kasan_late_init(); > Yes, this fix actually does the trick. v6.6-rc6 booting up fine now (dmesg attached) on the G5. Patch also applies on 6.5.7 with seemingly no side effects . Many thanks to all involved! I'll check whether this also helps on a older memory related bug I bisected recently. And post the bug if not. ;) Regards, Erhard
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