Re: kernel 5.15 does not boot with 3ware card (never had this issue <= 5.14) - scsi 0:0:0:0: WARNING: (0x06:0x002C) : Command (0x12) timed out, resetting card

[Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>]

On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 7:54 AM Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com> wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:23 PM
> To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>; Douglas Miller <dougmill@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: kernel 5.15 does not boot with 3ware card (never had this issue <= 5.14) - scsi 0:0:0:0: WARNING: (0x06:0x002C) : Command (0x12) timed out, resetting card
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> On 11/3/21 9:18 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> > Thanks!-- Has anyone else reading run into this issue and/or are there
> > any suggestions how I can troubleshoot this further (as all -rc's have
> > the same issue)?
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> How about bisecting this issue
> (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/bug-bisect.html)?
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> I was having some issues finding a list of changes with git bisect, so I started checking the kernel .config and boot parameters:
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> I found the option that was causing the system not to boot (tested with 5.15.0 and latest linux-git as of 6 NOV 2021)
> append="3w-sas.use_msi=1"
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> 3w-sas.use_msi defaults to 0 (so now it is using IR-IO-APIC instead of MSI but now the machine boots using 5.15)
> https://lwn.net/Articles/358679/
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> Something between 5.14 and 5.15 changed regarding x86_64's handling of Message Signaled Interrupts.
> ... which causes the kernel to no longer boot when 3w-sas.use_msi=1 is specified starting with 5.15.

This only partially fixes the issues, trying to reboot also results in
a hard lockup on cpu 1 (this is semi-reproducible)
https://installkernel.tripod.com/5.15-reboot-lockup.jpg

Back to 5.14.x for now...



Justin.