Re: v5.4.289 failed to boot with error megasas_build_io_fusion 3219 sge_count (-12) is out of range

[Harshvardhan Jha <harshvardhan.j.jha@oracle.com>]

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Hi All,

+stable

There seems to be some formatting issues in my log output. I have
attached it as a file.

Thanks & Regards,
Harshvardhan

On 29/01/25 1:57 PM, Harshvardhan Jha wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> The stable tag v5.4.289 seems to fail to boot with following trace:
>
> [ OK ] Created slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice. [ OK ] Listening on
> udev Control Socket. [ OK ] Reached target Local Encrypted Volumes. [ OK
> ] Listening on /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe. [ OK ] Listening
> on Delayed Shutdown Socket. [ OK ] Created slice
> system-selinux\x2dpol...grate\x2dlocal\x2dchanges.slice. [ OK ] Stopped
> target Initrd File Systems. [ OK ] Listening on LVM2 metadata daemon
> socket. Mounting Debug File System... [ OK ] Listening on networkd
> rtnetlink socket. [ OK ] Listening on Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs.
> Starting Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors... dmeventd or progress polling... [
> OK ] Created slice User and Session Slice. Starting Read and set NIS
> domainname from /etc/sysconfig/network... Starting Load legacy module
> configuration... [ OK ] Set up automount Arbitrary Executab...ats File
> System Automount Point. [ OK ] Created slice
> system-rdma\x2dload\x2dmodules.slice. [ OK ] Started Forward Password
> Requests to Wall Directory Watch. [ OK ] Reached target Paths. Starting
> Remount Root and Kernel File Systems... [ OK ] Created slice
> system-getty.slice. Starting Create list of required st... nodes for the
> current kernel... Starting Set Up Additional Binary Formats... [ OK ]
> Stopped target Initrd Root File System. [ OK ] Reached target Slices. [
> OK ] Created slice system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice. [ OK ] Mounted POSIX
> Message Queue File System. [ OK ] Mounted Debug File System. [ OK ]
> Started Read and set NIS domainname from /etc/sysconfig/network.
> Mounting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System... [ OK ] Started
> Journal Service. [ OK ] Started Create list of required sta...ce nodes
> for the current kernel. Starting Create Static Device Nodes in /dev... [
> OK ] Started LVM2 metadata daemon. [ OK ] Started Remount Root and
> Kernel File Systems. Starting Load/Save Random Seed... Starting udev
> Coldplug all Devices... Starting Flush Journal to Persistent Storage...
> [FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules. See 'systemctl status
> systemd-modules-load.service' for details. Starting Apply Kernel
> Variables... [ OK ] Started Load/Save Random Seed. [ OK ] Mounted
> Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System. [ OK ] Started Set Up
> Additional Binary Formats. [ OK ] Started Create Static Device Nodes in
> /dev. Starting udev Kernel Device Manager... [ OK ] Started Apply Kernel
> Variables. [ OK ] Started Load legacy module configuration. [ OK ]
> Started udev Coldplug all Devices. Starting udev Wait for Complete
> Device Initialization... [ 24.427217] megaraid_sas 0000:65:00.0:
> megasas_build_io_fusion 3273 sge_count (-12) is out of range. Range is:
> 0-256
>
> [   24.427217] megaraid_sas 0000:65:00.0: megasas_build_io_fusion 3273
> sge_count (-12) is out of range. Range is:  0-256 kept showing
> infinitely. It kept popping until I reset the system.
>
> Reverting the following patch seems to fix the issue:
>
> commit 07c9cccc4c3fecba175a7e5aafba6370758f5ce2
> Author: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
> Date:   Fri Sep 13 12:05:02 2024 +0200
>
>     xen/swiotlb: add alignment check for dma buffers
>
>     [ Upstream commit 9f40ec84a7976d95c34e7cc070939deb103652b0 ]
>
>     When checking a memory buffer to be consecutive in machine memory,
>     the alignment needs to be checked, too. Failing to do so might result
>     in DMA memory not being aligned according to its requested size,
>     leading to error messages like:
>
>       4xxx 0000:2b:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
>       4xxx 0000:2b:00.0: Ring address not aligned
>       4xxx 0000:2b:00.0: Failed to initialise service qat_crypto
>       4xxx 0000:2b:00.0: Resetting device qat_dev0
>       4xxx: probe of 0000:2b:00.0 failed with error -14
>
>     Fixes: 9435cce87950 ("xen/swiotlb: Add support for 64KB page
> granularity")
>     Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
>     Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
>     Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
>
> I tried changing swiotlb grub command line arguments but that didn't
> seem to help much unfortunately and the error was seen again.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Harshvardhan
>

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[  OK  ] Created slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice.
[  OK  ] Listening on udev Control Socket.
[  OK  ] Reached target Local Encrypted Volumes.
[  OK  ] Listening on /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
[  OK  ] Listening on Delayed Shutdown Socket.
[  OK  ] Created slice system-selinux\x2dpol...grate\x2dlocal\x2dchanges.slice.
[  OK  ] Stopped target Initrd File Systems.
[  OK  ] Listening on LVM2 metadata daemon socket.
         Mounting Debug File System...
[  OK  ] Listening on networkd rtnetlink socket.
[  OK  ] Listening on Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs.
         Starting Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors... dmeventd or progress polling...
[  OK  ] Created slice User and Session Slice.
         Starting Read and set NIS domainname from /etc/sysconfig/network...
         Starting Load legacy module configuration...
[  OK  ] Set up automount Arbitrary Executab...ats File System Automount Point.
[  OK  ] Created slice system-rdma\x2dload\x2dmodules.slice.
[  OK  ] Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
[  OK  ] Reached target Paths.
         Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems...
[  OK  ] Created slice system-getty.slice.
         Starting Create list of required st... nodes for the current kernel...
         Starting Set Up Additional Binary Formats...
[  OK  ] Stopped target Initrd Root File System.
[  OK  ] Reached target Slices.
[  OK  ] Created slice system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice.
[  OK  ] Mounted POSIX Message Queue File System.
[  OK  ] Mounted Debug File System.
[  OK  ] Started Read and set NIS domainname from /etc/sysconfig/network.
         Mounting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System...
[  OK  ] Started Journal Service.
[  OK  ] Started Create list of required sta...ce nodes for the current kernel.
         Starting Create Static Device Nodes in /dev...
[  OK  ] Started LVM2 metadata daemon.
[  OK  ] Started Remount Root and Kernel File Systems.
         Starting Load/Save Random Seed...
         Starting udev Coldplug all Devices...
         Starting Flush Journal to Persistent Storage...
[FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
See 'systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service' for details.
         Starting Apply Kernel Variables...
[  OK  ] Started Load/Save Random Seed.
[  OK  ] Mounted Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System.
[  OK  ] Started Set Up Additional Binary Formats.
[  OK  ] Started Create Static Device Nodes in /dev.
         Starting udev Kernel Device Manager...
[  OK  ] Started Apply Kernel Variables.
[  OK  ] Started Load legacy module configuration.
[  OK  ] Started udev Coldplug all Devices.
         Starting udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization...
[   24.427217] megaraid_sas 0000:65:00.0: megasas_build_io_fusion 3273 sge_count (-12) is out of range. Range is:  0-256