I tried to build kernel 4.14-rc1 on a arm64 server in distro centos 7.3.
The gcc version is 4.8.5
It was built successfully but failed to boot with the call trace below:
===========call trace begin==============
[ 8.993531] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
virtual address 0000c4a0
[ 9.000668] Mem abort info:
[ 9.000669] Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 9.000670] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 9.000670] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 9.000671] Data abort info:
[ 9.000671] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005
[ 9.000672] CM = 0, WnR = 0
[ 9.000674] user pgtable: 64k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgd = ffff8017ddf79c00
[ 9.000675] [000000000000c4a0] *pgd=0000000000000000,
*pud=0000000000000000
[ 9.000678] Internal error: Oops: 96000005 [#1] SMP
[ 9.000679] Modules linked in: sdhci_acpi ixgbe(+) mdio xhci_plat_hcd
at803x xhci_hcd ahci_platform libahci_platform qcom_emac libahci usbcore
sdhci ipv6 crc_ccitt
[ 9.000693] CPU: 1 PID: 1073 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 4.14.0-rc1+ #5
[ 9.000693] Hardware name: To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by
O.E.M./To be filled by O.E.M., BIOS 5.13 12/12/2012
[ 9.000701] Workqueue: events_power_efficient process_srcu
[ 9.000703] task: ffff8017cd498c00 task.stack: ffff00001bbe0000
[ 9.000704] PC is at process_srcu+0x50/0x4bc
[ 9.000706] LR is at process_srcu+0x48/0x4bc
[ 9.000707] pc : [<ffff00000813fc30>] lr : [<ffff00000813fc28>]
pstate: 60400145
[ 9.000707] sp : ffff00001bbefcf0
[ 9.000708] x29: ffff00001bbefcf0 x28: ffff8017f952c800
[ 9.000710] x27: ffff000009271000 x26: ffff000009484c88
[ 9.000711] x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff000009b5aca0
[ 9.000713] x23: ffff8017f9530f00 x22: ffff000009b5aca8
[ 9.000715] x21: ffff8017f952c800 x20: ffff000009b5ac00
[ 9.000716] x19: ffff000009b5a9d8 x18: 0000ffffdd61b6c0
[ 9.000721] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[ 9.000722] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000
[ 9.000724] x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
[ 9.000725] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000c80
[ 9.000727] x9 : ffff00001bbefd30 x8 : ffff8017cd4998e0
[ 9.000729] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000ab89a36
[ 9.000730] x5 : 000000000ab89a36 x4 : 000000000000079e
[ 9.000732] x3 : ffff8017f952c820 x2 : 000000000000c4a0
[ 9.000733] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
[ 9.000735] Process kworker/1:1 (pid: 1073, stack limit =
0xffff00001bbe0000)
[ 9.000736] Call trace:
[ 9.000738] Exception stack(0xffff00001bbefbb0 to 0xffff00001bbefcf0)
[ 9.000739] fba0: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 9.000741] fbc0: 000000000000c4a0 ffff8017f952c820 000000000000079e
000000000ab89a36
[ 9.000742] fbe0: 000000000ab89a36 0000000000000000 ffff8017cd4998e0
ffff00001bbefd30
[ 9.000743] fc00: 0000000000000c80 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
0000000000000000
[ 9.000745] fc20: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
0000000000000000
[ 9.000746] fc40: 0000ffffdd61b6c0 ffff000009b5a9d8 ffff000009b5ac00
ffff8017f952c800
[ 9.000747] fc60: ffff000009b5aca8 ffff8017f9530f00 ffff000009b5aca0
0000000000000000
[ 9.000749] fc80: ffff000009484c88 ffff000009271000 ffff8017f952c800
ffff00001bbefcf0
[ 9.000750] fca0: ffff00000813fc28 ffff00001bbefcf0 ffff00000813fc30
0000000060400145
[ 9.000751] fcc0: ffff00001bbefcd0 ffff000008ac88dc ffffffffffffffff
ffff00000813fc28
[ 9.000752] fce0: ffff00001bbefcf0 ffff00000813fc30
[ 9.000754] [<ffff00000813fc30>] process_srcu+0x50/0x4bc
[ 9.000757] [<ffff0000080eac64>] process_one_work+0x16c/0x380
[ 9.000759] [<ffff0000080eaed8>] worker_thread+0x60/0x3d4
[ 9.000760] [<ffff0000080f182c>] kthread+0x10c/0x138
[ 9.000762] [<ffff000008084d00>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[ 9.000764] Code: aa1403e0 94262327 d28c4a02 8b020042 (c8dffc40)
[ 9.000786] ---[ end trace 27afa0bd722ea1ea ]---
[ 9.000787] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
[ 9.000800] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
[ 9.003437] Kernel Offset: disabled
[ 9.003438] CPU features: 0x060418
[ 9.003439] Memory Limit: none
[ 9.340761] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
===========call trace end==============
I tried to disassemble the code and found the related lines:
Dump of assembler code for function process_srcu:
0xffff00000813c5c4 <+0>: stp x29, x30, [sp,#-160]!
0xffff00000813c5c8 <+4>: mov x29, sp
0xffff00000813c5cc <+8>: stp x19, x20, [sp,#16]
0xffff00000813c5d0 <+12>: stp x21, x22, [sp,#32]
0xffff00000813c5d4 <+16>: stp x23, x24, [sp,#48]
0xffff00000813c5d8 <+20>: stp x25, x26, [sp,#64]
0xffff00000813c5dc <+24>: stp x27, x28, [sp,#80]
0xffff00000813c5e0 <+28>: mov x24, x0
0xffff00000813c5e4 <+32>: sub x0, x0, #0x6, lsl #12
0xffff00000813c5e8 <+36>: sub x1, x0, #0x2c8
0xffff00000813c5ec <+40>: add x19, x1, #0x6, lsl #12
0xffff00000813c5f0 <+44>: str x0, [x29,#144]
0xffff00000813c5f4 <+48>: mov x0, x30
0xffff00000813c5f8 <+52>: str x1, [x29,#152]
0xffff00000813c5fc <+56>: add x20, x19, #0x228
0xffff00000813c600 <+60>: bl 0xffff000008090830 <_mcount>
0xffff00000813c604 <+64>: mov x0, x20
0xffff00000813c608 <+68>: bl 0xffff000008aa8554 <mutex_lock>
0xffff00000813c60c <+72>: mov x2, #0x6250
// #25168
0xffff00000813c610 <+76>: add x2, x2, x2
------>0xffff00000813c614 <+80>: ldar x0, [x2] <------
panic in this line
0xffff00000813c618 <+84>: and w0, w0, #0x3
0xffff00000813c61c <+88>: cbz w0, 0xffff00000813c678
<process_srcu+180>
0xffff00000813c620 <+92>: ldr x2, [x24,#-120]
0xffff00000813c624 <+96>: and w2, w2, #0x3
0xffff00000813c628 <+100>: cmp w2, #0x1
0xffff00000813c62c <+104>: b.eq 0xffff00000813c9ac
<process_srcu+1000>
0xffff00000813c630 <+108>: ldr x2, [x24,#-120]
seems the compiler doesn't work correctly, should it be some thing like
add x2, x2, x25 ??
instead of
add x2, x2, x2
Besides, I git bisect and find this *kernel* patch cause the compiler bug:
commit c350c008297643dad3c395c2fd92230142da5cf6
srcu: Prevent sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed counter wrap
In this bug, srcu uses a percpu ptr which will call RELOC_HIDE. After I
remove
the RELOC_HIDE code, this bug disappearred.
This bug is not in latest gcc version
Cheers,
Justin(Jia He)
Jia He writes:
> I tried to build kernel 4.14-rc1 on a arm64 server in distro centos 7.3.
> The gcc version is 4.8.5
I have no input on the specifics of the issue, but please note that gcc-4.8
is no longer supported or maintained by upstream. Even gcc-4.9 is EOL, and
gcc-5 will be EOL:d inn a week or so. Also I'll note that gcc-4.8 is still
fairly early wrt to arm64 support, so bugs may be expected.
In short, please retry with gcc-6.4 or gcc-7.2.
Thanks Mikael
It is a known gcc bug, please see
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2017-03/msg00790.html
Cheers,
Jusitn(Jia He)
?? 9/21/2017 3:53 PM, Mikael Pettersson Wrote:
> Jia He writes:
> > I tried to build kernel 4.14-rc1 on a arm64 server in distro centos 7.3.
> > The gcc version is 4.8.5
>
> I have no input on the specifics of the issue, but please note that gcc-4.8
> is no longer supported or maintained by upstream. Even gcc-4.9 is EOL, and
> gcc-5 will be EOL:d inn a week or so. Also I'll note that gcc-4.8 is still
> fairly early wrt to arm64 support, so bugs may be expected.
>
> In short, please retry with gcc-6.4 or gcc-7.2.
>