Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:16:46 +0300 (EEST) | From | Meelis Roos <> | Subject | Re: IOMMU+DMAR causing NMIs-s (was: 4.7-rc6: NMI in intel_idle on HP Proliant G6) |
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> > > > Bisecting kernel configs shows that it's DMAR+IOMMU. When it is > > > > activated, there is high probability of NMI-s in random places. > > > > > > Hmm, strange. But nothing could really surprise when you have an HP > > > BIOS. > > > > BIOS P64 01/22/2015. There seems to be a newer 2015.08.16 BIOS out but > > the release notes only describe updated CPU microcode for security > > reasons. > > It is probably something HP is selling as a "feature" and not a BIOS > bug.
ROM setup settings that might be of interest:
Advanced memory protection: advanced ecc support No-Execute memory protection: enabled Intel virtualization technology: enabled Intel hyperthreading options: enabled Processor core disable: all cored enabled Intel turbo boost technology: enabled Intel VT-d: enabled HP power profile: custom HP power regulator: hp dynamic power savings mode (not OS control) Intel qpi link power management: enabled Minimum processor idle power core state: C6 Minimum processor idle power package state: C6 Dynamic power saving mode response: fast Collaborative power control: enabled MPS table: full table apic NMI debug button: enabled PCI bus padding options: enabled HW prefetcher: enabled Adjacent sector prefetch: enabled Node interleaving: disabled
> > > Can you probably use the faulty config and bisect this down to a > > > specific commit? In v4.7-rc1 some changes to the iova-allocation code > > > got merged, but I have no idea how those could cause NMIs. > > > > Will try but I do not know a working base yet - this was broken in both > > 4.6 and 4.7-rc. > > Oh, in that case it is not related to the recent iova changes. Does the > box have any hardware error log which you can access and send to us > (right after some NMIs happened)?
Nothing in ILO log or integrated management log (IML).
-- Meelis Roos (mroos@linux.ee)
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