From: gregory.clement@free-electrons•com (Gregory CLEMENT)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: Fwd: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: mvebu: dts: Add dts file for DLink DNS-327L
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:17:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55351898.60604@free-electrons.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d28764ea5d0d5f4c2e5d3e9ca1d7217a@mail.ncrmnt.org>
On 20/04/2015 17:15, Andrew wrote:
> Gregory CLEMENT ????? 20.04.2015 18:04:
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> On 13/04/2015 16:32, Andrew wrote:
>>> Gregory CLEMENT ????? 13.04.2015 17:16:
>>>> Hi Andrew(s),
>>>>
>>>> On 12/04/2015 21:47, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 06:41:31PM +0300, Andrew wrote:
>>>>>> Andrew Lunn ?????????? 12.04.2015 17:58:
>>>>>>>> Okay, got it.
>>>>>>>> I'll file a bug about this issue to the the bugzilla. However
>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>> tells me it might not be cpuidle, but D-link. This one's sounds
>>>>>>>> nasty
>>>>>>>> and it has been around since 3.16.x. How could it go unnoticed?
>>>>>>>> Unfortunately I have no other armada-370 hardware to test it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Andrew
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A few of us here do have hardware to test with. Please give a
>>>>>>> detailed
>>>>>>> description of how you reproduce the issue, and your kernel
>>>>>>> configuration, if different from mvebu_v7_defconfig, or
>>>>>>> multi_v7_defconfig.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> arch/arm/configs/mvebu_v7_defconfig has
>>>>>> CONFIG_ARM_MVEBU_V7_CPUIDLE=y,
>>>>>> so it should be sufficient to reproduce the issue. I first
>>>>>> encountered
>>>>>> this issue using that very config and observed it on 2 DNS-327L
>>>>>> boxes
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> own.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All I have to do to trigger the bug - enable cpuidle driver and let
>>>>>> the box
>>>>>> sit for some 4-12 hours, till it hard-freezes. If wdt is enabled -
>>>>>> wdt reboot
>>>>>> will happen.
>>>>>
>>>>> That simple! Well i've got a 370RD which has been sat mostly idle
>>>>> for
>>>>> weeks, using the mvebu_v7_defconfig, with a few addition things
>>>>> turned
>>>>> on for testing the Ethernet switch on the board. I've not had that
>>>>> lockup.
>>>>>
>>>>> One thing you can try to narrow it down is the disable the second
>>>>> idle
>>>>> mode. Take a look at armada370_idle_driver. Keep the
>>>>> ARM_CPUIDLE_WFI_STATE but disable the "Deep Idle" state.
>>>>
>>>> Actually you don't have to modify the kernel you can setup the CPU
>>>> idle
>>>> level
>>>> you want at runtime:
>>>>
>>>> echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state1/disable
>>>>
>>>> will disable the state1. By doing this on Armada 370 then you
>>>> will only use the WFI state.
>>>>
>>>> Do you still have this issue on v4.0-rc7?
>>>
>>> Yep, I can confirm having this issue on 4.0-rc7. I will only be able
>>> to
>>> test if
>>> disabling state1 fixes it the next weekend.
>>
>> Did you manage to do some test this week-end?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gregory
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Gregory
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>
>>>
>
> Sorry, I've been away for the weekend but managed to take the
No problem
> hardware home on my way back. I'll rig it for a long test today
> in the evening. Expect some test results somewhere around Wednesday.
> (Guess it doesn't count unless it's stable for 24+ hours).
great! thanks to take care of it.
Gregory
>
--
Gregory Clement, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-20 15:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-12 11:43 Fwd: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: mvebu: dts: Add dts file for DLink DNS-327L Andrew
2015-04-12 12:16 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2015-04-12 13:02 ` Andrew
2015-04-12 14:58 ` Andrew Lunn
[not found] ` <b172d775afa24cea69a9490f531c6b37@mail.ncrmnt.org>
2015-04-12 19:47 ` Andrew Lunn
2015-04-13 14:16 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2015-04-13 14:32 ` Andrew
2015-04-20 15:04 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2015-04-20 15:15 ` Andrew
2015-04-20 15:17 ` Gregory CLEMENT [this message]
2015-05-03 10:18 ` Andrew
2015-05-03 10:58 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2015-05-03 11:37 ` Andrew
2015-05-06 12:13 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2015-05-06 13:39 ` Andrew
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