[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1690085]

2018-11-28 Thread owenswerk
(In reply to fin4478 from comment #445)
> (In reply to Owen Swerkstrom from comment #443)
>  I have no way to upgrade it since the upgrade tools require Windows.
> 
> Win10 is free and runs freely forever. Download the iso file from ms site.
> Mount the iso file virtually and copy files to a gparted fat32 formatted and
> bootable usb memory stick.  Make space for win10 about 30GB with gparted in
> your main drive. Boot from the usb memory and install win10, skip
> registration key dialog etc.

Thanks, I didn't know that.  But, since figuring out zenstates.py, I
appear to be set.  Fingers crossed!  (Anyway, I'd rather keep the cpu
busy than install windows. ;^)


BIOS updates should have their own boot images; how on Earth they can get away 
with requiring a specific OS is all kinds of backwards.


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Title:
  Ryzen 1800X freeze - rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks

Status in Linux:
  Confirmed
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hi,

  
  We aregetting various kernel crash on a pretty new config.
  We're using Ryzen 1800X CPU with X370 Gaming Pro Carbon MB (7A32V1) using 
latest BIOS available (1.52)

  We are running Ubuntu 17.04 (amd64), we've tried different kernel version, 
native one and releases from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ too.
  Tested kernel version:

  native 17.04 kernel
  4.10.15

  Issues are the same, we're getting random freeze on the machine.

  Here is kern.log entry when happening :

  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.186246] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls 
on CPUs/tasks:
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.187618] 0-...: (1 GPs behind) 
idle=49b/1/0 softirq=28561/28563 fqs=913449
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.188977] (detected by 12, t=1860207 
jiffies, g=10001, c=1, q=4656)
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190344] Task dump for CPU 0:
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190345] swapper/0   R  running task   
 0 0  0 0x0008
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190348] Call Trace:
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190354]  ? native_safe_halt+0x6/0x10
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190355]  ? default_idle+0x20/0xd0
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190358]  ? arch_cpu_idle+0xf/0x20
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190360]  ? default_idle_call+0x23/0x30
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190362]  ? do_idle+0x16f/0x200
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190364]  ? cpu_startup_entry+0x71/0x80
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190366]  ? rest_init+0x77/0x80
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190368]  ? start_kernel+0x464/0x485
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190369]  ? 
early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190371]  ? 
x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x26
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190372]  ? x86_64_start_kernel+0x14d/0x170
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190373]  ? start_cpu+0x14/0x14
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.188093] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls 
on CPUs/tasks:
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.189461] 0-...: (1 GPs behind) 
idle=49b/1/0 softirq=28561/28563 fqs=935027
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.190823] (detected by 14, t=1905212 
jiffies, g=10001, c=1, q=4740)
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192191] Task dump for CPU 0:
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192192] swapper/0   R  running task   
 0 0  0 0x0008
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192195] Call Trace:
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192199]  ? native_safe_halt+0x6/0x10
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192201]  ? default_idle+0x20/0xd0
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192203]  ? arch_cpu_idle+0xf/0x20
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192204]  ? default_idle_call+0x23/0x30
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192206]  ? do_idle+0x16f/0x200
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192208]  ? cpu_startup_entry+0x71/0x80
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192210]  ? rest_init+0x77/0x80
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192211]  ? start_kernel+0x464/0x485
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192213]  ? 
early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192214]  ? 
x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x26
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192215]  ? x86_64_start_kernel+0x14d/0x170
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192217]  ? start_cpu+0x14/0x14

  Depending on the kernel version, we've got NMI watchdog errors related to CPU 
stuck (mentioning the CPU core id, which is random).
  Crash is happening randomly, but in general after some hours (3-4h).

  Now, we've installed kernel 4.11.0-041100-generic #201705041534 this morning 
and waiting for crash...
  For now, the machine is not "used", at least, it's not CPU stressed...

  
  Thanks
  --- 
  ApportVers

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1690085]

2018-11-07 Thread owenswerk
I'm one of the users James mentioned early on; I don't know how to
capture kernel output when I'm greeted with a completely-locked-up or
already-rebooted machine.  If it's hardware, I don't see what the kernel
could do anyway.

I've tried all the tricks mentioned here, when applicable.  (My BIOS
doesn't expose anything like "typical current idle", etc.)

The only way I've been able to keep this system stable is to keep it
busy.  I run BOINC and donate some of this shark-style swim-or-die CPU
to medical research.  There are some nice settings for how the cores get
used, and according to htop, tasks get shuffled around to all cores, if
that matters.  I went with using at most 50% of 25% of the cores
(figures I pulled out of ...thin air).  That keeps my load average
around 2 when I'm doing nothing, but whatever - it's for a good cause.

My CPU is an AMD Ryzen 7 1800X with 8 or 16 cores depending on how one
counts, and keeping them from getting bored has, so far, let me get back
to rebooting on my terms (upgrades) rather than at random.

This comes up as a Linux problem, but it sure smells like a hardware
defect to me.  In my mind, all the self-monitoring and user-spying and
background-indexing and auto-downloading that Windows does happens to
mask this problem for most people.  (Plus who would think twice about a
randomly-hanging or -rebooting Windows box?)  Has anyone run *BSD or
FreeDOS or something else which would allow a Ryzen to get bored for
hours/days?

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Title:
  Ryzen 1800X freeze - rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks

Status in Linux:
  Confirmed
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hi,

  
  We aregetting various kernel crash on a pretty new config.
  We're using Ryzen 1800X CPU with X370 Gaming Pro Carbon MB (7A32V1) using 
latest BIOS available (1.52)

  We are running Ubuntu 17.04 (amd64), we've tried different kernel version, 
native one and releases from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ too.
  Tested kernel version:

  native 17.04 kernel
  4.10.15

  Issues are the same, we're getting random freeze on the machine.

  Here is kern.log entry when happening :

  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.186246] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls 
on CPUs/tasks:
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.187618] 0-...: (1 GPs behind) 
idle=49b/1/0 softirq=28561/28563 fqs=913449
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.188977] (detected by 12, t=1860207 
jiffies, g=10001, c=1, q=4656)
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190344] Task dump for CPU 0:
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190345] swapper/0   R  running task   
 0 0  0 0x0008
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190348] Call Trace:
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190354]  ? native_safe_halt+0x6/0x10
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190355]  ? default_idle+0x20/0xd0
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190358]  ? arch_cpu_idle+0xf/0x20
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190360]  ? default_idle_call+0x23/0x30
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190362]  ? do_idle+0x16f/0x200
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190364]  ? cpu_startup_entry+0x71/0x80
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190366]  ? rest_init+0x77/0x80
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190368]  ? start_kernel+0x464/0x485
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190369]  ? 
early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190371]  ? 
x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x26
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190372]  ? x86_64_start_kernel+0x14d/0x170
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190373]  ? start_cpu+0x14/0x14
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.188093] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls 
on CPUs/tasks:
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.189461] 0-...: (1 GPs behind) 
idle=49b/1/0 softirq=28561/28563 fqs=935027
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.190823] (detected by 14, t=1905212 
jiffies, g=10001, c=1, q=4740)
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192191] Task dump for CPU 0:
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192192] swapper/0   R  running task   
 0 0  0 0x0008
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192195] Call Trace:
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192199]  ? native_safe_halt+0x6/0x10
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192201]  ? default_idle+0x20/0xd0
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192203]  ? arch_cpu_idle+0xf/0x20
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192204]  ? default_idle_call+0x23/0x30
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192206]  ? do_idle+0x16f/0x200
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192208]  ? cpu_startup_entry+0x71/0x80
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192210]  ? rest_init+0x77/0x80
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192211]  ? start_kernel+0x464/0x485
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192213]  ? 
early_idt_handl

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1690085]

2018-11-07 Thread owenswerk
...
> so there !  I guess "idle=nomwait" is "the workaround" ?
> 
> "Typical Current Idle" appears to work for some (including me) but not for
> everyone.  If one or more of these MWAIT errata is the root cause of the
> "freeze when idle" problem, I wonder why AMD introduced "Typical Current
> Idle" and how that relates to these MWAIT issues ??

Good questions, and beyond my ken.  "idle=nomwait" did not prevent my
system from rebooting while I was away.  (I don't know if reboots and
freezes are separate problems?)  My BIOS doesn't expose anything like
"typical current idle", and I have no way to upgrade it since the
upgrade tools require Windows.

Is there a guide out there for dummies like me to be able to collect
kernel output from these reboots?  (Does the kernel even get a chance to
do/report anything?  Would a report even be helpful to kernel hackers in
figuring out more workarounds?)  If I can contribute anything plausibly-
constructive, I'd love to.

Otherwise, I use and need this machine, so I'll probably just keep
treating the symptoms by keeping it busy.  (Which I suppose is another
software workaround. ;^)

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Title:
  Ryzen 1800X freeze - rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks

Status in Linux:
  Confirmed
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hi,

  
  We aregetting various kernel crash on a pretty new config.
  We're using Ryzen 1800X CPU with X370 Gaming Pro Carbon MB (7A32V1) using 
latest BIOS available (1.52)

  We are running Ubuntu 17.04 (amd64), we've tried different kernel version, 
native one and releases from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ too.
  Tested kernel version:

  native 17.04 kernel
  4.10.15

  Issues are the same, we're getting random freeze on the machine.

  Here is kern.log entry when happening :

  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.186246] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls 
on CPUs/tasks:
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.187618] 0-...: (1 GPs behind) 
idle=49b/1/0 softirq=28561/28563 fqs=913449
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.188977] (detected by 12, t=1860207 
jiffies, g=10001, c=1, q=4656)
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190344] Task dump for CPU 0:
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190345] swapper/0   R  running task   
 0 0  0 0x0008
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190348] Call Trace:
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190354]  ? native_safe_halt+0x6/0x10
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190355]  ? default_idle+0x20/0xd0
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190358]  ? arch_cpu_idle+0xf/0x20
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190360]  ? default_idle_call+0x23/0x30
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190362]  ? do_idle+0x16f/0x200
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190364]  ? cpu_startup_entry+0x71/0x80
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190366]  ? rest_init+0x77/0x80
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190368]  ? start_kernel+0x464/0x485
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190369]  ? 
early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190371]  ? 
x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x26
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190372]  ? x86_64_start_kernel+0x14d/0x170
  May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190373]  ? start_cpu+0x14/0x14
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.188093] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls 
on CPUs/tasks:
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.189461] 0-...: (1 GPs behind) 
idle=49b/1/0 softirq=28561/28563 fqs=935027
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.190823] (detected by 14, t=1905212 
jiffies, g=10001, c=1, q=4740)
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192191] Task dump for CPU 0:
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192192] swapper/0   R  running task   
 0 0  0 0x0008
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192195] Call Trace:
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192199]  ? native_safe_halt+0x6/0x10
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192201]  ? default_idle+0x20/0xd0
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192203]  ? arch_cpu_idle+0xf/0x20
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192204]  ? default_idle_call+0x23/0x30
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192206]  ? do_idle+0x16f/0x200
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192208]  ? cpu_startup_entry+0x71/0x80
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192210]  ? rest_init+0x77/0x80
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192211]  ? start_kernel+0x464/0x485
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192213]  ? 
early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192214]  ? 
x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x26
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192215]  ? x86_64_start_kernel+0x14d/0x170
  May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192217]  ? start_cpu+0x14/0x14

  Depending on the kernel version, we've got NMI watchdog errors related to CPU 
stuck (m