Bug#404834: linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64: Kernel unaligned access kills at least sshfs (and may make USB unreliable)

2006-12-28 Thread Sebastian Fontius
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64
Version: 2.6.18-8
Severity: critical
Tags: patch
Justification: breaks unrelated software

Hi,

at first: if the severity may seem inflated feel free to adjust it.

Well start with the easy things: my hardware is an old Sun Ultra 5.  I
added an USB 2.0 controller because I do not have a type 6 mouse, only a
keyboard (output of lspci concerning the controller):

  02:03.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
  02:03.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
  02:03.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02)

The mouse works but at boot I get this:

  Kernel unaligned access at TPC[1000c9e4] ehci_hub_control+0x54c/0x68c 
[ehci_hcd]
  Kernel unaligned access at TPC[1000c9e4] ehci_hub_control+0x54c/0x68c 
[ehci_hcd]
  Kernel unaligned access at TPC[1000c9e4] ehci_hub_control+0x54c/0x68c 
[ehci_hcd]
  Kernel unaligned access at TPC[1000c9e4] ehci_hub_control+0x54c/0x68c 
[ehci_hcd]
  Kernel unaligned access at TPC[1000c9e4] ehci_hub_control+0x54c/0x68c 
[ehci_hcd]

According to http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/22/326

  >> A 2.6.18-rc kernel compiled with gcc-4.1.1 will throw a few
  >> unaligned accesses when I initialise USB by inserting a USB memory stick.
  >> Removing the memory stick then results in PCI errors and other breakage.

Well, I do not have any USB mass media which is dispensible and as this
may (or may not) kill data I opted not to try.

A patch is included in http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/23/184:

  diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
  index fb4d058..7766d7b 100644
  --- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
  +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
  @@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ static int rh_call_control (struct usb_h
  struct usb_ctrlrequest *cmd;
  u16 typeReq, wValue, wIndex, wLength;
  u8  *ubuf = urb->transfer_buffer;
  -   u8  tbuf [sizeof (struct usb_hub_descriptor)];
  +   u8  tbuf [sizeof (struct usb_hub_descriptor)]
  +   __attribute__((aligned(4)));
  const u8*bufp = tbuf;
  int len = 0;
  int patch_wakeup = 0;

I compiled a kernel with this patch (wrecked a harddisk while doing
this, but this is almost 100% certainly not related) and the messages
disappears.

But as I tried to use sshfs to access another computer on my net this
happened:

  $ unset LANG
  $ echo $LANG
  
  $ sshfs [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/smc phobos/
  Kernel unaligned access at TPC[5d3770] scm_detach_fds_compat+0x74/0x16c
  Kernel unaligned access at TPC[5d37dc] scm_detach_fds_compat+0xe0/0x16c
  Kernel unaligned access at TPC[5d37f8] scm_detach_fds_compat+0xfc/0x16c
  Kernel unaligned access at TPC[5d3810] scm_detach_fds_compat+0x114/0x16c
  Bus-Zugriffsfehler
  $ ls phobos
  ls: phobos: Transport endpoint is not connected
  $ ls
  total 12
  drwxr-xr-x 6 smc smc 4096 Dec 28 13:22 GNUstep/
  drwx-- 5 smc smc 4096 Dec 28 14:13 Maildir/
  ?- ? ?   ?  ?? phobos

The mountpoint is unusable (but luckily unmountable via fusermount -u).

I guess the same problem as above applies BUT I DO NOT HAVE ANY KERNEL
EXPERTISE WHATSOEVER!

If there is anything I can do to help please let me know!

Greetings,


Sebastian Fontius


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (550, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (40, 'experimental')
Architecture: sparc (sparc64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-sparc64
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64 depends on:
ii  coreutils 5.97-5 The GNU core utilities
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85e  tools for generating an initramfs
ii  module-init-tools 3.3-pre3-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64 recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
  linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-3-sparc64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-3-sparc64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-3-sparc64:
  
linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-3-sparc64:
 true
  shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
* linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-3-sparc64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-3-sparc64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-3-sparc64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-3-sparc64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-3-sparc64: 
true
  linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-3-sparc64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-3-sparc64: true
  l

Bug#404834: linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64: Kernel unaligned access kills at least sshfs (and may make USB unreliable)

2006-12-28 Thread Steve Langasek
severity 404834 important
thanks

On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 02:50:45PM +0100, Sebastian Fontius wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64
> Version: 2.6.18-8
> Severity: critical
> Tags: patch
> Justification: breaks unrelated software

> at first: if the severity may seem inflated feel free to adjust it.

Thanks for the report.  I'm downgrading it because the kernel seems to be
handling all of the unaligned problems itself without incident other than
the warning messages, and the "PCI errors" on removing a USB device are
hearsay without any specific indication of the severity.

Unaligned accesses, if handled, are a performance issue only, so should not
be RC.

FWIW, the provided patch does look correct to me for the first issue.

Cheers,
-- 
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Debian Developer   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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2006-12-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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> severity 404834 important
Bug#404834: linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64: Kernel unaligned access kills at 
least sshfs (and may make USB unreliable)
Severity set to `important' from `critical'

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