Commit 597ce1723 (MIPS: Support for 64-bit FP with O32 binaries) causing qemu hang with mips64 kernels

Hi all,

in 3.14-rc1, my mips64 qemu test fails. The image boots and then hangs. Bisect points to commit 597ce1723 (MIPS: Support for 64-bit FP with O32 binaries).
Reverting this commit fixes the problem. Disabling MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT in my test image does _not_ solve the problem. The qemu version does not seem
to make a difference; I tested with qemu 1.6.0 and 1.7.0.

Console log output is available in
http://server.roeck-us.net:8010/builders/qemu-mips64-master/builds/34/steps/buildcommand/logs/stdio

When the problem is seen, the emulation hangs as can be seen in the log, and the qemu process consumes 100% CPU until it is killed.

qemu command line is

qemu-system-mips64 -kernel vmlinux -M malta -hda core-image-minimal-qemumips64.ext3 \
-vga cirrus -usb -usbdevice wacom-tablet -no-reboot -m 128 --append "root=/dev/hda \
rw mem=128M console=ttyS0 console=tty" -nographic

The same configuration works fine with earlier kernels. I'll be happy to provide
the detailed configuration as well as the root file system for testing if needed.

Obviously I have no idea if this is a problem with the patch or with qemu. If there is anything I can do to help tracking down the problem further, please let me know.

Thanks,
Guenter

Hi,

Maybe you can try this:
http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/6506/
http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/6507/

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Hi all,

in 3.14-rc1, my mips64 qemu test fails. The image boots and then hangs. Bisect points to commit 597ce1723 (MIPS: Support for 64-bit FP with O32 binaries).
Reverting this commit fixes the problem. Disabling MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT in my test image does _not_ solve the problem. The qemu version does not seem
to make a difference; I tested with qemu 1.6.0 and 1.7.0.

Console log output is available in
http://server.roeck-us.net:8010/builders/qemu-mips64-master/builds/34/steps/buildcommand/logs/stdio

When the problem is seen, the emulation hangs as can be seen in the log, and the qemu process consumes 100% CPU until it is killed.

qemu command line is

qemu-system-mips64 -kernel vmlinux -M malta -hda core-image-minimal-qemumips64.ext3 \
-vga cirrus -usb -usbdevice wacom-tablet -no-reboot -m 128 --append "root=/dev/hda \
rw mem=128M console=ttyS0 console=tty" -nographic

The same configuration works fine with earlier kernels. I'll be happy to provide
the detailed configuration as well as the root file system for testing if needed.

Obviously I have no idea if this is a problem with the patch or with qemu. If there is anything I can do to help tracking down the problem further, please let me know.

Thanks,
Guenter

Quoted 6 lines · Huacai Chen

Hi,

Maybe you can try this:
http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/6506/
http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/6507/

With those two patches applied the problem is gone.

Thanks a lot!

Guenter

Quoted 40 lines · Guenter Roeck

Quoted 37 lines

Hi all,

in 3.14-rc1, my mips64 qemu test fails. The image boots and then hangs. Bisect points to commit 597ce1723 (MIPS: Support for 64-bit FP with O32 binaries).
Reverting this commit fixes the problem. Disabling MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT in my test image does _not_ solve the problem. The qemu version does not seem
to make a difference; I tested with qemu 1.6.0 and 1.7.0.

Console log output is available in
http://server.roeck-us.net:8010/builders/qemu-mips64-master/builds/34/steps/buildcommand/logs/stdio

When the problem is seen, the emulation hangs as can be seen in the log, and the qemu process consumes 100% CPU until it is killed.

qemu command line is

qemu-system-mips64 -kernel vmlinux -M malta -hda core-image-minimal-qemumips64.ext3 \
-vga cirrus -usb -usbdevice wacom-tablet -no-reboot -m 128 --append "root=/dev/hda \
rw mem=128M console=ttyS0 console=tty" -nographic

The same configuration works fine with earlier kernels. I'll be happy to provide
the detailed configuration as well as the root file system for testing if needed.

Obviously I have no idea if this is a problem with the patch or with qemu. If there is anything I can do to help tracking down the problem further, please let me know.

Thanks,
Guenter

Quoted 11 lines · Guenter Roeck

Quoted 7 lines · Huacai Chen

Hi,

Maybe you can try this:
http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/6506/
http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/6507/

With those two patches applied the problem is gone.

Any idea if and when those patches may find their way upstream ? 3.14-rc4 still has the problem.

Thanks,
Guenter

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Thanks a lot!

Guenter

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Quoted 41 lines · Guenter Roeck

Hi all,

in 3.14-rc1, my mips64 qemu test fails. The image boots and then hangs. Bisect points to commit 597ce1723 (MIPS: Support for 64-bit FP with O32 binaries).
Reverting this commit fixes the problem. Disabling MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT in my test image does _not_ solve the problem. The qemu version does not seem
to make a difference; I tested with qemu 1.6.0 and 1.7.0.

Console log output is available in

http://server.roeck-us.net:8010/builders/qemu-mips64-master/builds/34/steps/buildcommand/logs/stdio

When the problem is seen, the emulation hangs as can be seen in the log, and the qemu process consumes 100% CPU until it is killed.

qemu command line is

qemu-system-mips64 -kernel vmlinux -M malta -hda core-image-minimal-qemumips64.ext3 \
-vga cirrus -usb -usbdevice wacom-tablet -no-reboot -m 128 --append "root=/dev/hda \
rw mem=128M console=ttyS0 console=tty" -nographic

The same configuration works fine with earlier kernels. I'll be happy to provide
the detailed configuration as well as the root file system for testing if
needed.

Obviously I have no idea if this is a problem with the patch or with qemu.
If there is anything I can do to help tracking down the problem further, please let me know.

Thanks,
Guenter