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From: Jurgen Lambrecht <J.Lambrecht@TELEVIC•com>
To: "linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org"
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org>
Cc: "linux-imx@nxp•com" <linux-imx@nxp•com>
Subject: FYI: imx-sdma firmware is not compatible with SLUB slab allocator
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:35:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1e2fe2dc-f5ea-db73-59cf-c61ec558131a@televic.com> (raw)

Hi,

We are updating our kernel on our custom board with an iMX6UL from 3.14 
to 4.19, and when loading linux-firmware/imx/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin v3.5 
the kernel hangs when booting, only "Starting kernel ..." is printed (by 
uBoot I think).

When I remove the sdma bin (built-in the kernel via EXTRA_FIRMWARE), 
then it boots.

I found that the slab allocator (menu config -> General setup -> Choose 
SLAB allocator) is the culprit: when using imx_v6_v7_defconfig the 
kernel boots, but not with our config (based on a tiny config I think).
And the config that makes the difference is the slab allocator: with 
SLUB or SLAB the kernel (with sdma bin) boots, but not with SLOB.

I don't know how to force selecting SLUB in Kconfig when selecting 
IMX_SDMA, but anyhow first this issue must be confirmed on other 
processors from the iMX family.

Kind Regards,

Jürgen Lambrecht

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             reply	other threads:[~2019-08-27 13:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-27 13:35 Jurgen Lambrecht [this message]
2019-08-27 15:04 ` FYI: imx-sdma firmware is not compatible with SLUB slab allocator Leonard Crestez
2019-08-28  9:26   ` Jurgen Lambrecht
2019-08-28 14:05     ` Robin Gong
2019-08-29  6:23       ` Jurgen Lambrecht
2019-09-03  5:57         ` Robin Gong
2019-09-03 14:32           ` Jurgen Lambrecht
2019-09-03 14:48             ` Leonard Crestez
2019-09-04 14:26               ` Jurgen Lambrecht
2019-09-12  6:33                 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2019-09-12  2:06             ` Robin Gong
2019-09-12  9:45               ` Jurgen Lambrecht
2019-09-12 12:12                 ` Jurgen Lambrecht
2019-09-12 14:19                   ` Robin Gong
2019-09-12 14:40                     ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2019-09-12 14:47                       ` Robin Gong

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