[PATCH v5 17/17] powerpc/32s: Enable CONFIG_VMAP_STACK

Guenter Roeck linux at roeck-us.net
Sat Feb 8 00:08:11 AEDT 2020


On 2/7/20 12:28 AM, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/07/2020 06:13 AM, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>
>>
>> Le 06/02/2020 à 21:31, Guenter Roeck a écrit :
>>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 08:32:38AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>>> A few changes to retrieve DAR and DSISR from struct regs
>>>> instead of retrieving them directly, as they may have
>>>> changed due to a TLB miss.
>>>>
>>>> Also modifies hash_page() and friends to work with virtual
>>>> data addresses instead of physical ones. Same on load_up_fpu()
>>>> and load_up_altivec().
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>
>>>
>>> This patch results in qemu boot failures (mac99 with pmac32_defconfig).
>>> Images fail silently; there is no console output. Reverting the patch
>>> fixes the problem. Bisect log is attached below.
>>>
>>> Assuming this was tested on real hardware, am I correct to assume that qemu
>>> for ppc32 (more specifically, qemu's mac99 and g3beige machines) no longer
>>> works with the upstream kernel ?
>>
>> Before submitting the series, I successfully tested:
>> - Real HW with powerpc 8xx
>> - Real HW with powerpc 832x
>> - Qemu's mac99
>>
>> I'll re-check the upstream kernel.
>>
> 
> This is still working for me with the upstream kernel:
> 

Interesting. What is your kernel configuration, your qemu version, and
your qemu command line ?

It works for me with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=n, but not with pmac32_defconfig.

Thanks,
Guenter


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