RE: [PATCH v13 3/6] CPM/QE: use genalloc to manage CPM/QE muram

From: Qiang Zhao
Date: Mon Aug 08 2016 - 10:34:04 EST


On 6/8/2016 03:48AM, Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx> wrote :

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christophe Leroy [mailto:christophe.leroy@xxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2016 12:59 AM
> To: Zhao Qiang <qiang.zhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; lauraa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Scott Wood
> <oss@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; olof@xxxxxxxxx; akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linuxppc-
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 3/6] CPM/QE: use genalloc to manage CPM/QE muram
>
>
>
> Le 30/11/2015 Ã 03:48, Zhao Qiang a Ãcrit :
> > Use genalloc to manage CPM/QE muram instead of rheap.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhao Qiang <qiang.zhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changes for v9:
> > - splitted from patch 3/5, modify cpm muram management functions.
> > Changes for v10:
> > - modify cpm muram first, then move to qe_common
> > - modify commit.
> > Changes for v11:
> > - factor out the common alloc code
> > - modify min_alloc_order to zero for cpm_muram_alloc_fixed.
> > Changes for v12:
> > - Nil
> > Changes for v13:
> > - rebase
> >
> > arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpm.h | 3 +
> > arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig | 4 +-
> > arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm_common.c | 126
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> > lib/genalloc.c | 2 +-
> > 4 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> >
>
> With that patch applied, I get the following Oops on a 8xx (Which has a CPM1).
>
> cpm_muram_init() is called from setup_arch()
>
> It seems that gen_pool_add() tries to kmalloc() memory but the SLAB is not
> available yet.
>

Thank you for your comments, I can't find a 8xx board, would you like to test the patch
Attached on your board?

> [ 0.000000] Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at
> address 0x00000008
> [ 0.000000] Faulting instruction address: 0xc01acce0
> [ 0.000000] Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
> [ 0.000000] PREEMPT CMPC885
> [ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted
> 4.4.14-s3k-dev-g0886ed8-svn #5
> [ 0.000000] task: c05183e0 ti: c0536000 task.ti: c0536000
> [ 0.000000] NIP: c01acce0 LR: c0011068 CTR: 00000000
> [ 0.000000] REGS: c0537e50 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted
> (4.4.14-s3k-dev-g0886ed8-svn)
> [ 0.000000] MSR: 00001032 <ME,IR,DR,RI> CR: 28044428 XER: 00000000
> [ 0.000000] DAR: 00000008 DSISR: c0000000
> GPR00: c0011068 c0537f00 c05183e0 00000000 00009000 ffffffff 00000bc0 ffffffff
> GPR08: ff003000 ff00b000 ff003bbf 00000000 22044422 100d43a8 00000000
> 07ff94e8
> GPR16: 00000000 07bb5d70 00000000 07ff81f4 07ff81f4 07ff81f4 00000000
> 00000000
> GPR24: 07ffb3a0 07fe7628 c0550000 c7ffa190 c0540000 ff003bbf 00000000
> 00000001
> [ 0.000000] NIP [c01acce0] gen_pool_add_virt+0x14/0xdc
> [ 0.000000] LR [c0011068] cpm_muram_init+0xd4/0x18c
> [ 0.000000] Call Trace:
> [ 0.000000] [c0537f00] [00000200] 0x200 (unreliable)
> [ 0.000000] [c0537f20] [c0011068] cpm_muram_init+0xd4/0x18c
> [ 0.000000] [c0537f70] [c0494684] cpm_reset+0xb4/0xc8
> [ 0.000000] [c0537f90] [c0494c64] cmpc885_setup_arch+0x10/0x30
> [ 0.000000] [c0537fa0] [c0493cd4] setup_arch+0x130/0x168
> [ 0.000000] [c0537fb0] [c04906bc] start_kernel+0x88/0x380
> [ 0.000000] [c0537ff0] [c0002224] start_here+0x38/0x98
> [ 0.000000] Instruction dump:
> [ 0.000000] 91430010 91430014 80010014 83e1000c 7c0803a6 38210010
> 4e800020 7c0802a6
> [ 0.000000] 9421ffe0 bf61000c 90010024 7c7e1b78 <80630008> 7c9c2378
> 7cc31c30 3863001f
> [ 0.000000] ---[ end trace dc8fa200cb88537f ]---

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