RE: [Regression?] Linux 5.19-rc5 gets stuck on boot, not rc4

[torvic9]

> Limonciello, Mario <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx> hat am 05.07.2022 17:10 GMT geschrieben:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 11:40
> > To: Tor Vic <torvic9@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jani Nikula
> > <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [Regression?] Linux 5.19-rc5 gets stuck on boot, not rc4
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 6:50 AM <torvic9@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Linux 5.19-rc5 does not boot on my Kaby Lake Thinkpad.
> > > rc3 and rc4 were still fine, so I guess something between rc4 and rc5
> > > introduced a regression.
> > 
> > Sounds that way.
> > 
> > > Unfortunately, there are no errors or warning messages.
> > > It gets stuck quite early on boot, about the time USB is initialized,
> > > so less than 1 second into post-bootloader boot.
> > > It then just sits there doing nothing - SysRq still works though.
> > 
> > There aren't all that many changes in rc5, and your hardware looks
> > *very* standard (all intel chipset, and a Samsung SM961 SSD).
> > 
> > And with the lack of details, we'll either need a bisect:
> > 
> > > I don't have time for a bisect, but I thought I'll let you know about
> > > this issue, and maybe someone already has an idea.
> > 
> > or we'll need more reports..
> > 
> > > Some system information below. Root filesystem is f2fs.
> > 
> > Ok, f2fs is certainly unusual, but there are no f2fs changes in rc5.
> > 
> > There's some PM changes for i915 ("drm/i915/dgfx: Disable d3cold at
> > gfx root port") and a couple of thinkpad-acpi platform driver updates,
> > so I'm adding a few random people to the cc in case somebody goes
> > "ahh..."
> > 
> 
> If a bisect isn't possible for you the kernel command line should be pretty
> helpful to isolate which area the problem is introduced.
> I'd say start out with "nomodeset" on the kernel command line to prevent
> i915 from loading.  If that fixes it, hopefully it's a small number of commits
> to peel back like the one Linus mentioned.

Good advice!
Using "nomodeset" makes the computer boot again.
I will now try to revert the commit Linus mentioned above and report back.

> 
> For thinkpad_acpi you can try modprobe.blacklist=thinkpad_acpi.
> 
> > But otherwise I think we'll just need more reports or info to even
> > start guessing.
> > 
> >               Linus