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Donenfeld" , Paolo Pisati , linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Darren Hart Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 15:06, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 14:59, Andrea Righi wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 02:53:24PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 14:50, Andrea Righi wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 02:45:49PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 13:50, Andrea Righi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 01:43:32PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 13:41, Andrea Righi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 01:38:30PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 13:21, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 12:34, Andrea Righi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 11:18:21AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 11:03, Andrea Righi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 10:55:58AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (cc Darren) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 10:45, Andrea Righi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 08:58:20AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Andrea, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 08:54, Andrea Righi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the latest v6.2.6 kernel fails to boot on some arm64 systems, the kernel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > gets stuck and never completes the boot. On the console I see this: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [ 72.043484] rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [ 72.049571] rcu: 22-...0: (30 GPs behind) idle=b10c/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=164/164 fqs=6443 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [ 72.058520] (detected by 28, t=15005 jiffies, g=449, q=174 ncpus=32) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [ 72.064949] Task dump for CPU 22: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [ 72.068251] task:kworker/u64:5 state:R running task stack:0 pid:447 ppid:2 flags:0x0000000a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [ 72.078156] Workqueue: efi_rts_wq efi_call_rts > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [ 72.082595] Call trace: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [ 72.085029] __switch_to+0xbc/0x100 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [ 72.088508] 0xffff80000fe83d4c > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > After that, as a consequence, I start to get a lot of hung task timeout traces. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried to bisect the problem and I found that the offending commit is > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this one: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > e7b813b32a42 ("efi: random: refresh non-volatile random seed when RNG is initialized") > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've reverted this commit for now and everything works just fine, but I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > was wondering if the problem could be caused by a lack of entropy on > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > these arm64 boxes or something else. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any suggestion? Let me know if you want me to do any specific test. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the report. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is most likely the EFI SetVariable() call going off into the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > weeds and never returning. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is this an Ampere Altra system by any chance? Do you see it on > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > different types of hardware? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is: Ampere eMAG / Lenovo ThinkSystem HR330a. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could you check whether SetVariable works on this system? E.g. by > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > updating the EFI boot timeout (sudo efibootmgr -t )? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ubuntu@kuzzle:~$ sudo efibootmgr -t 10 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ^C^C^C^C > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ^ Stuck there, so it really looks like SetVariable is the problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could you please share the output of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dmidecode -s bios > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dmidecode -s system-family > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > $ sudo dmidecode -s bios-vendor > > > > > > > > > > > > > LENOVO > > > > > > > > > > > > > $ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version > > > > > > > > > > > > > hve104r-1.15 > > > > > > > > > > > > > $ sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date > > > > > > > > > > > > > 02/26/2021 > > > > > > > > > > > > > $ sudo dmidecode -s bios-revision > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1.15 > > > > > > > > > > > > > $ sudo dmidecode -s system-family > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lenovo ThinkSystem HR330A/HR350A > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mind checking if this patch fixes your issue as well? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git/commit/?h=altra-fix&id=77fa99dd4741456da85049c13ec31a148f5f5ac0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be enough, I'm still getting the same > > > > > > > > > > > problem also with this patch applied. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for trying. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How about the last 3 patches on this branch? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git/log/?h=efi-smbios-altra-fix > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, that may not match your hardware. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does your kernel log have a line like > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SMCCC: SOC_ID: ID = jep106:036b:0019 Revision = 0x00000102 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > $ sudo dmesg | grep "SMCCC: SOC_ID" > > > > > > > > [ 5.320782] SMCCC: SOC_ID: ARCH_SOC_ID not implemented, skipping .... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. Could you share the entire dmidecode output somewhere? Or at > > > > > > > least the type 4 record(s)? > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure, here's the full output of dmidecode: > > > > > > https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/4ZmKmP2xTm/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. I have updated my SMBIOS patches to take the processor version > > > > > 'eMAG' into account, which appears to be what these boxes are using. > > > > > > > > > > I have updated the efi/urgent branch here with the latest versions. > > > > > Mind giving them a spin? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In the mean time, just for the record - could you please run this as well? > > > > > > > > > > hexdump -C /sys/firmware/dmi/entries/4-0/raw > > > > > > > > > > (as root) > > > > > > > > hm.. I don't have that in /sys/firmware/, this is what I have: > > > > > > > > # ls -l /sys/firmware/dmi/ > > > > total 0 > > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Mar 16 13:26 tables > > > > # ls -l /sys/firmware/dmi/tables/ > > > > total 0 > > > > -r-------- 1 root root 5004 Mar 16 13:26 DMI > > > > -r-------- 1 root root 24 Mar 16 13:26 smbios_entry_point > > > > > > > > > > You'll need to load the dmi_sysfs module for that. But no big deal > > > otherwise, I'm pretty sure the word order is the correct on on your > > > system in any case (it decodes the value correctly in the next line) > > > > ok, much better after modprobe dmi_sysfs. :) > > > > Yeah better, thanks. > > > $ sudo hexdump -C /sys/firmware/dmi/entries/4-0/raw > > 00000000 04 30 04 00 01 03 fe 02 02 00 3f 50 00 00 00 00 |.0........?P....| > > 00000010 03 89 b8 0b e4 0c b8 0b 41 06 05 00 06 00 07 00 |........A.......| > > 00000020 04 00 00 20 20 20 7c 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 |... |.........| > > 00000030 43 50 55 20 31 00 41 6d 70 65 72 65 28 54 4d 29 |CPU 1.Ampere(TM)| > > 00000040 00 65 4d 41 47 20 00 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 |.eMAG .000000000| > > Darn, this means we have to match for "eMAG " (with the trailing > space) so the branch i just pushed needs to be updated for this. > I.e., --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64.c @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static bool system_needs_vamap(void) default: version = efi_get_smbios_string(&record->header, 4, processor_version); - if (!version || strcmp(version, "eMAG")) + if (!version || strncmp(version, "eMAG", 4)) break; fallthrough;