On 09/23/2026 08:42 PM, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
Hi
On 9/23/26 9:31 PM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
On 23/09/26 07:13, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
On 9/23/26 10:39 AM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
On 21/09/26 07:12, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
Hi Christian.
I see it is mostly busy with printing
WARNING: at .enable_kernel_fp+0x30/0x78, CPU#3: qemu-system-ppc/4884
The path seems to be same also.
[c000000085ca7700] [c00000000005de84] .kvmppc_load_guest_fp+0x30/0x80
[c000000085ca7780] [c00000000005f2a0] .kvmppc_handle_exit+0x5bc/0x5cc
[c000000085ca7830] [c00000000006204c] .kvmppc_resume_host+0xb8/0x10c
Does below help to boot or make it stable?
---
arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
index 13ad4cf5fa71..d4be7a306bfc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
@@ -1404,10 +1404,17 @@ int kvmppc_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu
*vcpu, unsigned int exit_nr)
if (s <= 0)
r = (s << 2) | RESUME_HOST | (r & RESUME_FLAG_NV);
else {
- /* interrupts now hard-disabled */
+ /*
+ * interrupts now hard-disabled. i.e EE=0
+ * But irqs_disabled relies on PACA entries
+ * and fixup below enables it.
+ * So irqs_disabled == false
+ */
kvmppc_fix_ee_before_entry();
+ preempt_disable();
kvmppc_load_guest_fp(vcpu);
kvmppc_load_guest_altivec(vcpu);
+ preempt_enable_no_resched();
}
}
Hi,
Thanks a lot for your patch!
I patched the 7.3-rc4 kernel sources with your new patch and
compiled the kernel again yesterday. [1]
Thanks for trying.
Unfortunately, the issue still exists.
Can you share the console log of the kernel with the patch applied?
We need to see where it is stuck now. Has it made forward progress?
I tested it with a guest kernel with and without preempt support.
Cheers,
Christian
[1]
https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/releases/tag/v7.3.0-rc4-2-preempt
Here is a new serial log from the patched kernel:
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/32570808/e5500_preempt_pcie_ports_compat_patched_putty.log
That paca mismatch is independent of preemption modes.
It shows a few warnings and even after that a console message has come
through.
Do warning continue forever?
To fix those warnings, can you try this diff on the top of the earlier
ones?
(Igonore whitespace mangling if any, Also patch is UNTESTED. It is
more of my
speculation.).
Sorry, I don't have any way to test it out locally.
---
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 9194cf492d1c..0a014fa45b20 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -147,6 +147,19 @@ int kvmppc_prepare_to_enter(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
continue;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+ if (unlikely(local_paca->irq_happened !=
PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS)) {
+ /*
+ * An interrupt arrived between the soft and hard
+ * disable. Replay it and retry guest entry.
+ */
+ local_irq_enable();
+ local_irq_disable();
+ hard_irq_disable();
+ continue;
+ }
+#endif
+
guest_enter_irqoff();
return 1;
}
Hi,
I patched the RC4 of kernel 7.3 with the two patches and compiled it
again today.
I'm happy to report that the patched PREEMPT kernel with KVM HV works on
the X5000/40. (e5500)
Serial log:
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/32619259/e5500_preempt_pcie_ports_compat_patched-2_putty.log
I also successfully tested it with KVM PR on the X1000 today. (PA6T)
Further information:
https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/issues/19#issuecomment-5818925408
Many thanks for your help,
Christian
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