Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Kamalesh Babulal writes:
> 
>> After applying the patch above and the patch posted on
>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/8/42
>> the bug had the following information,
> 
> Thanks.  The patch below, against Linus' current git tree, fixes one
> bug that might be the cause of the problem, and also attempts to
> detect the erroneous situation earlier and fix it up, and also print
> some debug information.  Please try to reproduce the problem with this
> patch applied, and if there are any console log messages starting with
> SLB: or FWNMI:, please send me the console log.
> 
> Paul.
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> index c0db5b7..f7f0962 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> @@ -439,6 +439,19 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_1T_SEGMENT)
>       mr      r1,r8           /* start using new stack pointer */
>       std     r7,PACAKSAVE(r13)
> 
> +     /* check that SLB entry 2 contains the right thing */
> +     clrrdi  r6,r1,28
> +     clrldi. r0,r6,2
> +     beq     3f
> +     li      r0,2
> +     slbmfee r7,r0
> +     oris    r6,r6,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> +     cmpd    r6,r7
> +     beq     3f
> +     bl      bad_slb_switch
> +     ld      r3,PACACURRENT(r13)
> +     addi    r3,r3,THREAD
> +3:
>       ld      r6,_CCR(r1)
>       mtcrf   0xFF,r6
> 
> @@ -540,6 +553,19 @@ END_FW_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(FW_FEATURE_ISERIES)
>       ld      r4,_XER(r1)
>       mtspr   SPRN_XER,r4
> 
> +     /* check that SLB entry 2 contains the right thing */
> +     clrrdi  r6,r1,28        /* stack ESID */
> +     clrldi. r0,r6,2
> +     beq     57f
> +     li      r0,2
> +     slbmfee r7,r0
> +     oris    r6,r6,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> +     cmpd    r6,r7
> +     beq     57f
> +     addi    r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
> +     bl      bad_slb_exc
> +     ld      r3,_MSR(r1)
> +57:
>       REST_8GPRS(5, r1)
> 
>       andi.   r0,r3,MSR_RI
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> index be35ffa..c938134 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>  #include <asm/system.h>
>  #include <asm/mpic.h>
>  #include <asm/vdso_datapage.h>
> +#include <asm/mmu.h>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
>  #include <asm/paca.h>
>  #endif
> @@ -580,6 +581,10 @@ int __devinit start_secondary(void *unused)
>       atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
>       current->active_mm = &init_mm;
> 
> +     /* Bolt in the entry for the kernel stack now */
> +     if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SLB))
> +             slb_flush_and_rebolt();
> +
>       smp_store_cpu_info(cpu);
>       set_dec(tb_ticks_per_jiffy);
>       preempt_disable();
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c
> index 906daed..bb7765b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c
> @@ -309,3 +309,34 @@ void slb_initialize(void)
>        * one. */
>       asm volatile("isync":::"memory");
>  }
> +
> +static void dump_slb(void)
> +{
> +     long entry;
> +     unsigned long esid, vsid;
> +
> +     printk(KERN_EMERG "SLB contents now:\n");
> +     for (entry = 0; entry < 64; ++entry) {
> +             asm volatile("slbmfee  %0,%1" : "=r" (esid) : "r" (entry));
> +             if (esid == 0)
> +                     /* valid bit is clear along with everything else */
> +                     continue;
> +             asm volatile("slbmfev  %0,%1" : "=r" (vsid) : "r" (entry));
> +             printk(KERN_EMERG "%d: %.16lx %.16lx\n", entry, esid, vsid);
> +     }
> +}
> +
> +void bad_slb_exc(struct pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +     printk(KERN_EMERG "SLB: stack not bolted on exception return\n");
> +     dump_slb();
> +     slb_flush_and_rebolt();
> +     show_regs(regs);
> +}
> +
> +void bad_slb_switch(void)
> +{
> +     printk(KERN_EMERG "SLB: stack not bolted on context switch\n");
> +     dump_slb();
> +     slb_flush_and_rebolt();
> +}
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c 
> b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
> index a1ab25c..ed68083 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
> @@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ static int recover_mce(struct pt_regs *regs, struct 
> rtas_error_log * err)
> 
>       if (err->disposition == RTAS_DISP_FULLY_RECOVERED) {
>               /* Platform corrected itself */
> +             printk(KERN_ALERT "FWNMI: platform corrected error %.16lx\n",
> +                    *(unsigned long *)err);
>               nonfatal = 1;
>       } else if ((regs->msr & MSR_RI) &&
>                  user_mode(regs) &&

Hi Paul,

Thanks, after applying the patch the oops is not reproducible on the machine. 
The console
log had no message starting with SLB: or FWNMI:. I have updated the bugzilla 
also.

Tested-by: Kamalesh Babulal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

-- 
Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM, ISTL.
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