2.6.20rc5 k8/acpi regression ( 2.6.17.13 works fine ).

hi,

for 2.6.20rc5 i get an acpi related oops during x86-64 boot:
http://minus.ds14.agh.edu.pl/~pluto/2.6.20rc5-acpi-oops.jpg
disabling the "amd-k8 cool'n'quiet" option in bios helps. moreover, it works fine for 2.6.17.13, so it looks like a recent regression. i can provide more details if you need.

BR,
pawel.

Hi Paweł,

thanks for your report.

Can you narrow down a bit when it started?
Is 2.6.19 OK?
Is 2.6.18 OK?

I've Cc'ed the ACPI maintainers that might have some clues.

cu
Adrian

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Is the stack trace always the same? It doesn't make much sense to me.

if AMD cool & quiet is enabled in the BIOS, but CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=n in the kernel, do you see the same problem?

thanks,
-Len

ok, here are results of my tests:

M/B: http://www.epox.nl/products/view.php?product_id=421

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 55
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2200.000
cache size      : 1024 KB
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca 
cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 
3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm
bogomips        : 4423.06
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp

amd-k8 cool'n'quiet enabled in bios.

2.6.17.13-uni, 2.6.17.14-smp, 2.6.18.6-smp and 2.6.20rc5-uni work. 2.6.20rc5-smp ooopses during boot but works if c'n'q is disabled. pure 2.6.19.x not tested yet...

looks like not related to config_cpu_freq.

with debug options enabled oops looks better:
http://minus.ds14.agh.edu.pl/~pluto/2.6.20rc5-oops-01.jpg
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for more details see PR 7889 at kernel bugzilla.

In __rmqueue() (mm/page_alloc.c line 619:

static struct page *__rmqueue(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)

{
        struct free_area * area;
        unsigned int current_order;
        struct page *page;

        for (current_order = order; current_order < MAX_ORDER;
++current_order) {
                area = zone->free_area + current_order;
                if (list_empty(&area->free_list))
                        continue;

                page = list_entry(area->free_list.next, struct page, lru);
                list_del(&page->lru);   <=====================
                rmv_page_order(page);
                area->nr_free--;

page->lru is NULL