Re: v5.9-rc1 commit reliably breaks pci nvme detection

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Mon Aug 17 2020 - 14:36:49 EST


On 8/17/20 8:56 AM, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 03:50:11PM +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Below v5.9-rc1 commit reliably breaks my boot on a Thinkpad e480
>> laptop. PCI nvme detection fails, and the kernel becomes not able
>> anymore to find the rootfs / parse "root=".
>>
>> Bisecting v5.8=>v5.9-rc1 blames that commit. Reverting it *reliably*
>> fixes the problem and makes me able to boot v5.9-rc1.
>
> The fix is staged in the nvme tree here:
>
> http://git.infradead.org/nvme.git/commit/286155561ecd13b6c85a78eaf2880d3baea03b9e

That would have been nice to have in -rc1...

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Jens Axboe