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From: Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@shaw.ca>
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Subject: Re: BIOS update == more errors (was Re: sata exception frozen timeout?)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:11:59 -0600
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On Thu September 3 2009, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> I've updated my bios to try and see if it would help at all (it did seem to
> fix other issues).
>
> But now I'm getting the following warnings and errors from dmesg on boot:
> (debian sid 2.6.30, with "noapic" to see if the original problem was an
> interupt issue, as everyone seems to have hinted at).
>
> [    1.024337] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [    1.024408] WARNING: at /build/buildd-linux-2.6_2.6.30-6-amd64-
> s9DPiZ/linux-2.6-2.6.30/debian/build/source_amd64_none/drivers/ata/libata-
> core.c:6174 ata_host_activate+0x47/0xe0 [libata]()
> [    1.024492] Hardware name: GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
> [    1.024546] Modules linked in: crc_itu_t atiixp(+) ide_core pata_jmicron
> ahci(+) ehci_hcd(+) libata scsi_mod r8169 mii thermal fan thermal_sys
> [    1.025196] Pid: 796, comm: work_for_cpu Not tainted 2.6.30-1-amd64 #1
> [    1.025252] Call Trace:
> [    1.025318]  [<ffffffffa0056101>] ? ata_host_activate+0x47/0xe0 [libata]
> [    1.025385]  [<ffffffffa0056101>] ? ata_host_activate+0x47/0xe0 [libata]
> [    1.025445]  [<ffffffff8024237f>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x77/0xa3
> [    1.025505]  [<ffffffffa008e598>] ? ahci_interrupt+0x0/0x454 [ahci]
> [    1.025572]  [<ffffffffa0056101>] ? ata_host_activate+0x47/0xe0 [libata]
> [    1.025632]  [<ffffffffa008e578>] ? ahci_init_one+0xbb4/0xbd4 [ahci]
> [    1.025691]  [<ffffffff8025136e>] ? do_work_for_cpu+0x0/0x1b
> [    1.025749]  [<ffffffff8035fa16>] ? local_pci_probe+0x12/0x16
> [    1.025806]  [<ffffffff80251379>] ? do_work_for_cpu+0xb/0x1b
> [    1.025862]  [<ffffffff80254382>] ? kthread+0x54/0x80
> [    1.025918]  [<ffffffff80210aca>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20
> [    1.025975]  [<ffffffff8025432e>] ? kthread+0x0/0x80
> [    1.026030]  [<ffffffff80210ac0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
> [    1.026085] ---[ end trace 54d3fd405814ad85 ]---
> ...
> [   14.872233] ata10.15: qc timeout (cmd 0xe4)
> [   14.872925] ata10.15: failed to read PMP GSCR[0] (Emask=0x4)
> [   14.873256] ata9.15: qc timeout (cmd 0xe4)
> [   14.873344] ata10: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
> [   14.874008] ata9.15: failed to read PMP GSCR[0] (Emask=0x4)
> [   14.874271] ata9: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
> [   15.548002] irq 7: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
> [   15.548121] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G        W  2.6.30-1-amd64 #1
> [   15.548240] Call Trace:
> [   15.548346]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8027fe0f>] ? __report_bad_irq+0x30/0x7d
> [   15.548569]  [<ffffffff8027ff61>] ? note_interrupt+0x105/0x170
> [   15.548689]  [<ffffffff802805f1>] ? handle_level_irq+0x7c/0xaf
> [   15.548809]  [<ffffffff80212655>] ? handle_irq+0x17/0x1d
> [   15.548929]  [<ffffffff80211e7c>] ? do_IRQ+0x57/0xbf
> [   15.549044]  [<ffffffff80210453>] ? ret_from_intr+0x0/0x11
> [   15.549161]  <EOI>  [<ffffffff8064e140>] ? early_idt_handler+0x0/0x71
> [   15.549379]  [<ffffffff80227520>] ? native_safe_halt+0x2/0x3
> [   15.549497]  [<ffffffff80216995>] ? default_idle+0x40/0x68
> [   15.549612]  [<ffffffff8025d784>] ? clockevents_notify+0x2b/0x75
> [   15.549730]  [<ffffffff80216d48>] ? c1e_idle+0xe5/0x10d
> [   15.549848]  [<ffffffff8020edda>] ? cpu_idle+0x50/0x91
> [   15.549963]  [<ffffffff8064ec62>] ? start_kernel+0x37a/0x386
> [   15.550081]  [<ffffffff8064e3b7>] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xf9/0x106
> [   15.550199] handlers:
> [   15.550311] [<ffffffff803de867>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x7e)
> [   15.550630] Disabling IRQ #7
> [   15.636304] irq 11: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
> [   15.636377] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G        W  2.6.30-1-amd64 #1
> [   15.636434] Call Trace:
> [   15.636486]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8027fe0f>] ? __report_bad_irq+0x30/0x7d
> [   15.636586]  [<ffffffff8027ff61>] ? note_interrupt+0x105/0x170
> [   15.636643]  [<ffffffff802805f1>] ? handle_level_irq+0x7c/0xaf
> [   15.636699]  [<ffffffff80212655>] ? handle_irq+0x17/0x1d
> [   15.636755]  [<ffffffff80211e7c>] ? do_IRQ+0x57/0xbf
> [   15.636811]  [<ffffffff80210453>] ? ret_from_intr+0x0/0x11
> [   15.636866]  <EOI>  [<ffffffff8064e140>] ? early_idt_handler+0x0/0x71
> [   15.636966]  [<ffffffff80227520>] ? native_safe_halt+0x2/0x3
> [   15.637022]  [<ffffffff80216995>] ? default_idle+0x40/0x68
> [   15.637078]  [<ffffffff8025d784>] ? clockevents_notify+0x2b/0x75
> [   15.637135]  [<ffffffff80216d48>] ? c1e_idle+0xe5/0x10d
> [   15.637191]  [<ffffffff8020edda>] ? cpu_idle+0x50/0x91
> [   15.637247]  [<ffffffff8064ec62>] ? start_kernel+0x37a/0x386
> [   15.637304]  [<ffffffff8064e3b7>] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xf9/0x106
> [   15.637359] handlers:
> [   15.637411] [<ffffffff803de867>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x7e)
> [   15.637549] [<ffffffff803de867>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x7e)
> [   15.637687] [<ffffffff803de867>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x7e)
> [   15.637825] Disabling IRQ #11
> [   17.536129] usb-storage: device scan complete
> ...
> [   21.388126] ata9.15: qc timeout (cmd 0xe4)
> [   21.388194] ata9.15: failed to read PMP GSCR[0] (Emask=0x4)
> [   21.588135] ata10.15: qc timeout (cmd 0xe4)
> [   21.588204] ata10.15: failed to read PMP GSCR[0] (Emask=0x4)
> [   24.832135] ata9: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
> [   25.632183] ata10: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
> ...
> [  198.322072] ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
> frozen
> [  198.322080] ata8.00: cmd b0/da:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0
> [  198.322081]          res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4
> (timeout)
> [  198.322083] ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
> [  198.322088] ata8: hard resetting link
> [  198.916035] ata8: softreset failed (device not ready)
> [  198.916039] ata8: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
> [  199.080024] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
> [  199.092059] ata8.00: configured for UDMA/133
> [  199.092072] ata8: EH complete
> [  227.900583] ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
> frozen
> [  227.900590] ata8.00: cmd b0/d8:00:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0
> [  227.900591]          res 40/00:00:af:88:e0/00:00:e8:00:00/e0 Emask 0x4
> (timeout)
> [  227.900594] ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
> [  227.900598] ata8: hard resetting link
> [  228.384016] ata8: softreset failed (device not ready)
> [  228.384020] ata8: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
> [  228.548024] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
> [  228.560372] ata8.00: configured for UDMA/133
> [  228.560385] ata8: EH complete
> [  238.805198] ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
> frozen
> [  238.805218] ata8.00: cmd b0/d8:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0
> [  238.805221]          res 40/00:ff:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4
> (timeout)
> [  238.805229] ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
> [  238.805241] ata8: hard resetting link
> [  239.404154] ata8: softreset failed (device not ready)
> [  239.404163] ata8: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
> [  239.568186] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
> [  239.580343] ata8.00: configured for UDMA/133
> [  239.580374] ata8: EH complete
> [  246.808086] ata8.00: NCQ disabled due to excessive errors
> [  246.808099] ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
> frozen
> [  246.808115] ata8.00: cmd b0/d8:00:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0
> [  246.808119]          res 40/00:00:af:88:e0/00:00:e8:00:00/e0 Emask 0x4
> (timeout)
> [  246.808126] ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
> [  246.808138] ata8: hard resetting link
> [  247.292158] ata8: softreset failed (device not ready)
> [  247.292167] ata8: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
> [  247.456174] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
> [  247.468955] ata8.00: configured for UDMA/133
> [  247.468984] ata8: EH complete
> [  272.804207] ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
> frozen
> [  272.804227] ata8.00: cmd b0/da:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0
> [  272.804231]          res 40/00:00:af:88:e0/00:00:e8:00:00/e0 Emask 0x4
> (timeout)
> [  272.804238] ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
> [  272.804250] ata8: hard resetting link
> [  273.292161] ata8: softreset failed (device not ready)
> [  273.292169] ata8: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
> [  273.456173] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
> [  273.468892] ata8.00: configured for UDMA/133
> [  273.468916] ata8: EH complete
>
> On boot, it seemed to hang the disk up for a good few minutes, even though
> nothing is using it at the moment (I have to manually bring up the mdraid0
> array, so it can't possibly be mounted), and smartctl was erroring out for
> a while, but now its fine, and smart shows no issues.
>
> I'm going to try without noapic on 2.6.30, and 2.6.31-rc5 and see what
> happens.

back with 2.6.30 apic enabled, all the traces are gone, but I still get the 
SATA errors, and a new message: ata8: SError: { HostInt }

[  415.781659] ata8.00: exception Emask 0x40 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x800 action 0x6 
frozen
[  415.781672] ata8: SError: { HostInt }
[  415.781687] ata8.00: cmd b0/d8:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0
[  415.781690]          res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x44 
(timeout)
[  415.781697] ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
[  415.781708] ata8: hard resetting link
[  416.264190] ata8: softreset failed (device not ready)
[  416.264199] ata8: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
[  416.428196] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[  416.440517] ata8.00: configured for UDMA/133
[  416.440544] ata8: EH complete
[  424.781778] ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 
frozen
[  424.781798] ata8.00: cmd b0/d8:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0
[  424.781801]          res 40/00:ff:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 
(timeout)
[  424.781809] ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
[  424.781820] ata8: hard resetting link
[  425.265677] ata8: softreset failed (device not ready)
[  425.265686] ata8: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
[  425.429546] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[  425.442153] ata8.00: configured for UDMA/133
[  425.442179] ata8: EH complete
[  458.482002] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
[  499.780213] ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 
frozen
[  499.780233] ata8.00: cmd b0/d8:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0
[  499.780237]          res 40/00:ff:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 
(timeout)
[  499.780244] ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
[  499.780256] ata8: hard resetting link
[  500.320191] ata8: softreset failed (device not ready)
[  500.320200] ata8: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
[  500.485084] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[  500.497235] ata8.00: configured for UDMA/133
[  500.497256] ata8: EH complete

And now with 2.6.31-rc5, instant ata exceptions, same as before (just no 
SError line this time).

-- 
Thomas Fjellstrom
tfjellstrom@shaw.ca
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