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| author | Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> | 2020-09-05 09:02:20 +1000 |
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| committer | Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> | 2020-09-15 22:13:30 +1000 |
| commit | e63d6fb5637e92725cf143559672a34b706bca4f (patch) | |
| tree | 2b1f279f9cff32df3623b0f9ede8efdd941eb84c /arch/powerpc/platforms | |
| parent | 5e3119e15fed5b9a9a7e528665ff098a4a8dbdbc (diff) | |
powerpc/tau: Disable TAU between measurements
Enabling CONFIG_TAU_INT causes random crashes:
Unrecoverable exception 1700 at c0009414 (msr=1000)
Oops: Unrecoverable exception, sig: 6 [#1]
BE PAGE_SIZE=4K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=2 PowerMac
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.7.0-pmac-00043-gd5f545e1a8593 #5
NIP: c0009414 LR: c0009414 CTR: c00116fc
REGS: c0799eb8 TRAP: 1700 Not tainted (5.7.0-pmac-00043-gd5f545e1a8593)
MSR: 00001000 <ME> CR: 22000228 XER: 00000100
GPR00: 00000000 c0799f70 c076e300 00800000 0291c0ac 00e00000 c076e300 00049032
GPR08: 00000001 c00116fc 00000000 dfbd3200 ffffffff 007f80a8 00000000 00000000
GPR16: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 c075ce04
GPR24: c075ce04 dfff8880 c07b0000 c075ce04 00080000 00000001 c079ef98 c079ef5c
NIP [c0009414] arch_cpu_idle+0x24/0x6c
LR [c0009414] arch_cpu_idle+0x24/0x6c
Call Trace:
[c0799f70] [00000001] 0x1 (unreliable)
[c0799f80] [c0060990] do_idle+0xd8/0x17c
[c0799fa0] [c0060ba4] cpu_startup_entry+0x20/0x28
[c0799fb0] [c072d220] start_kernel+0x434/0x44c
[c0799ff0] [00003860] 0x3860
Instruction dump:
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX 3d20c07b XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX 7c0802a6
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX 4e800421 XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX 7d2000a6
---[ end trace 3a0c9b5cb216db6b ]---
Resolve this problem by disabling each THRMn comparator when handling
the associated THRMn interrupt and by disabling the TAU entirely when
updating THRMn thresholds.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5a0ba3dc5612c7aac596727331284a3676c08472.1599260540.git.fthain@telegraphics.com.au
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/platforms')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig | 9 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig index 9fe36f0b54c1..b439b027a42f 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ config TAU don't assume the cpu temp is actually what /proc/cpuinfo says it is. config TAU_INT - bool "Interrupt driven TAU driver (DANGEROUS)" + bool "Interrupt driven TAU driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on TAU help The TAU supports an interrupt driven mode which causes an interrupt @@ -235,12 +235,7 @@ config TAU_INT to get notified the temp has exceeded a range. With this option off, a timer is used to re-check the temperature periodically. - However, on some cpus it appears that the TAU interrupt hardware - is buggy and can cause a situation which would lead unexplained hard - lockups. - - Unless you are extending the TAU driver, or enjoy kernel/hardware - debugging, leave this option off. + If in doubt, say N here. config TAU_AVERAGE bool "Average high and low temp" |