Re: OOPS at dmar_table_init (2.6.22-rc6-mm1 kernel)

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Jul 10 2007 - 13:20:52 EST


On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:57:25 +0400 Pavel Emelianov <xemul@xxxxx> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> While working with Andrew's kernel I faced an OOPS on x86_64
> machine. Unfortunately kernel logs are not appearing in serial
> console by the time oops happens, but I have some info on the
> screen:
>
> OOPs is at dmar_table_init() here:
> ffffffff80532873 <dmar_table_init>:
> ffffffff80532873: 41 55 push %r13
> ffffffff80532875: 41 54 push %r12
> ffffffff80532877: 55 push %rbp
> ffffffff80532878: 53 push %rbx
> ffffffff80532879: 51 push %rcx
> ffffffff8053287a: 4c 8b 2d 07 21 01 00 mov 73991(%rip),%r13 # ffffffff80544988 <dmar_tbl>
> ffffffff80532881: 41 0f b6 45 24 movzbl 0x24(%r13),%eax <<<<<<<<<<< OOPS, %r13 = NULL
> ffffffff80532886: 84 c0 test %al,%al
> ffffffff80532888: 75 11 jne ffffffff8053289b <dmar_table_init+0x28>
> ffffffff8053288a: 48 c7 c7 b0 3d 45 80 mov $0xffffffff80453db0,%rdi
> ffffffff80532891: e8 c2 4a cf ff callq ffffffff80227358 <printk>
> ffffffff80532896: e9 f2 01 00 00 jmpq ffffffff80532a8d <dmar_table_init+0x21a>
>
> Looks like dmar_tbl is NULL.
> BUG is 100% reproducible. Is there any other info that can be useful?
>

This?

From: "Keshavamurthy, Anil S" <anil.s.keshavamurthy@xxxxxxxxx>

Check for dmar_tbl pointer as this can be NULL on systems with no Intel
VT-d support.

Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

drivers/pci/dmar.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN drivers/pci/dmar.c~intel-iommu-dmar-detection-and-parsing-logic-fix-intel-dmar-crash-on-amd-x86_64 drivers/pci/dmar.c
--- a/drivers/pci/dmar.c~intel-iommu-dmar-detection-and-parsing-logic-fix-intel-dmar-crash-on-amd-x86_64
+++ a/drivers/pci/dmar.c
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ parse_dmar_table(void)
int ret = 0;

dmar = (struct acpi_table_dmar *)dmar_tbl;
+ if (!dmar)
+ return -ENODEV;

if (!dmar->width) {
printk (KERN_WARNING PREFIX "Zero: Invalid DMAR haw\n");
@@ -301,7 +303,7 @@ int __init dmar_table_init(void)

parse_dmar_table();
if (list_empty(&dmar_drhd_units)) {
- printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "No DMAR devices found\n");
+ printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "No DMAR devices found\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
return 0;
_

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