Re: [nand] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000005f4

[Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>]

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On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 21:12:47 +0800
Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 02:04:33PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:58:09 +0100
> > Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 20:47:19 +0800
> > > Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:42:44AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > > > Hi Fengguang,
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:45:37 +0800
> > > > > Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi Boris,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 09:50:43PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi Fengguang,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 09:49:17 +0800
> > > > > > > Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Hi Boris,
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > FYI, this happened when merging your branch, which indicates possible
> > > > > > > > conflicts with other developer's patches or the new RC release.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Is this boot test also run on my bbrezillon-0day/nand/layering-rework
> > > > > > > branch (before merging it into devel-spot), and if it is, do you see the
> > > > > > > same error?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The bisect tests bbrezillon-0day/nand/layering-rework, however it's
> > > > > > fine there.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Is the devel-spot-201512102358 tag publicly accessible? If it's not,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Nope.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > could you push it somewhere (or give me a way to generate it by
> > > > > > > pulling the relevant branches), so that I can investigate on this bug? 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Or it may be more convenient to check linux-next first?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > FYI, the merged branches in devel-spot-201512102358 are:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > af8fc33 Merge 'bbrezillon-0day/nand/layering-rework' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > acfc1de Merge 'linux-review/Maury-Markowitz/renaming-NTSC-file-because-it-doesnt-actually-use-8VSV-updating-channel-listings-add-channel-numbers/20151210-210449' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > fb9daac Merge 'fdmanana/integration-4.4' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 1b30725 Merge 'fdmanana/for-chris-4.4' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 83f2246 Merge 'arm-integrator/realview-defconfig' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 03df745 Merge 'arm-integrator/realview-multiplatform-base' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > d2aea29 Merge 'linux-review/Arnd-Bergmann/i2c-allow-building-emev2-without-slave-mode-again/20151210-211642' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > e2f041d Merge 'arm-integrator/realview-base-armsoc' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 5c46550 Merge 'linux-review/Bert-Kenward/sfc-only-use-RSS-filters-if-we-re-using-RSS/20151210-213247' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > d07f80f Merge 'sound/test/hdmi-jack' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 540f8b7 Merge 'sound/topic/hdmi-jack' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 9111fa0 Merge 'linux-review/matrandg-cisco-com/tc358743-Use-local-array-with-fixed-size-in-i2c-write/20151210-214154' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 3d81ef9 Merge 'linux-review/matrandg-cisco-com/tc358743-Print-timings-only-when-debug-level-is-set/20151210-220321' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 122e43c Merge 'bbrezillon-0day/nand/ecclayout-squashed' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > e0572f8 Merge 'wireless-drivers-next/pending' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > dc5d9c9 Merge 'linux-review/Geliang-Tang/list-introduce-list_is_first/20151210-222552' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 289e2a8 Merge 'linux-review/Arnd-Bergmann/staging-davinci_vfpe-allow-modular-build/20151210-223348' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > d74c50d Merge 'linux-review/Damien-Horsley/Add-driver-for-Pistachio-internal-DAC/20151210-224304' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > ee3c58b Merge 'cryptodev/master' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > d390f7d Merge 'linux-review/John-Garry/hisi_sas-use-platform_get_irq/20151210-224851' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > de31f5d Merge 'linux-review/Mike-Marciniszyn/staging-rdma-hfi1-add-definitions-for-OPA-traps/20151210-230158' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 5618568 Merge 'linux-review/Andrei-Emeltchenko/Bluetooth-h5-Do-not-initialize-Configuration-field/20151210-230440' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 759aa32 Merge 'linux-review/Moritz-K-nig/staging-COMEDI-checkpatch-pl-cleanups-in-comedi-h/20151210-230707' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 2edcbb4 Merge 'linux-review/Andy-Shevchenko/net-hns-annotate-IO-address-space-properly/20151210-232510' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 0f51fdd Merge 'integrity/next-kexec' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > b32bcbc Merge 'dm/dm-4.5' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > ea297f5 Merge 'linux-review/Mathieu-Desnoyers/thread_local_abi-system-call-caching-current-CPU-number-x86/20151210-234242' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 52bc163 Merge 'linux-review/yegorslists-googlemail-com/USB-serial-option-add-support-for-Quectel-UC20/20151210-234659' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 797cc7c Merge 'linux-review/Andy-Shevchenko/staging-rtl8188eu-provide-an-absolute-path-to-include-folder/20151210-234752' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 23d8b49 Merge 'omap-dss2/for-next' into devel-spot-201512102358
> > > > > > 88a768f 0day base guard for 'devel-spot-201512102358'
> > > > > > 527e931 Linux 4.4-rc4
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > linux-next/master also has the problem.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Okay. You mean linux-next/master alone, or after merging my branch into
> > > > > > > linux-next/master?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > It's stand alone linux-next/master as indicated by the bisect log.
> > > > > > Does it include any of your patches?
> > > > > 
> > > > > I tried to boot the next-20151214 build, before [1] and after [2]
> > > > > merging my nand/layering-rework branch merged into it, and both are
> > > > > booting fine.
> > > > 
> > > > Are you using the emailed kconfig? I'd not recommend try the below
> > > > step if cannot even reproduce the issue in linux-next.
> > > 
> > > Yes, I did use the config you attached in your email + the script your
> > > pasted to boot the kernel with qemu, and linux-next/master boots
> > > correctly.
> > > As answered in the other email I just sent, I managed to reproduce the
> > > bug you're pointing after merging both
> > > bbrezillon-0day/nand/ecclayout-squashed and
> > > bbrezillon-0day/nand/layering-rework into linus' 4.4-rc4.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > FYI, below is the patch I used to fix the bug, but I'd be interested in
> > reproducing the problem you've seen on linux-next/master. Did you, by
> > any chance, keep the branch/tag you used to trigger this bug on
> > linux-next?
> 
> Yes. Bisect log shows that these 2 commits both have the bug:
> 
> # extra tests on tree/branch linus/master
> git bisect  bad a80c47daa818ead2644917d72ff2a934dd64fd16  # 03:36      0-      1  Merge tag 'sound-4.4-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound

I just tested this commit, and it works fine on my side...
Could you test it again?

> # extra tests on tree/branch linux-next/master
> git bisect  bad 8225f4e85cb03daea14661380745886ce01fd83a  # 03:42      0-      3  Add linux-next specific files for 20151210

Hm, unfortunately I can't checkout this commit (it comes from linux-next
and it's been rebased/regenerated since then).



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Boris Brezillon, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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