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Date:   Fri, 29 Jun 2018 19:55:30 -0500
From:   Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [Update] Regression in 4.18 - 32-bit PowerPC crashes on boot - bisected to commit 1d40a5ea01d5
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On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 02:01:46PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 1:42 PM Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> But the real question is what the problem was the *first* time around.
> I assume that has scrolled off the screen? This part:
> 
>   _exception_pkey+0x58/0x128
>   ret_from_except_full+0x0/0x4
>   --- interrupt: 700 at free_pgd_range+0x19c/0x30c
>        LR = free_pgd_range+0x19c/0x30c
>   free_pgtables+0xa/0xb
>   exit_mnap+0xf4/0x16c
>   mmput+0x64/0xf0
> 
> Does reverting that commit 1d40a5ea01d5 make everything work for you?
> Because if so, judging by the deafening silence on this so far, I
> think that's what we should do.
> 
> That said, can some ppc person who knows the 32-bit ppc code and maybe
> knows what that "interrupt: 700" means talk about that oddity in the
> trace, please?

700 is "program interrupt"; here it probably means a BUG() happened (which
does a trap instruction, which causes a 700).  The stuff that scrolled away
should tell more.


Segher