Help debugging linux-next.

[leo kirotawa]

git bisect would be a choice.
Seems your issue is around i915, that is related to intel graphics,
isolate commits in this area would be another way



On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Lucas Tanure <tanure at linux.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like some tips about how debug a issue with linux-next.
> I'm trying to find things to do in kernel, and the first thing is boot the
> linux-next tree.
>
> I'm able to compile the source, but when I boot I got a black screen a few
> times, or a just a warn in dmesg.
>
> I'm trying to understand the issue, but no success. I tried to get kdump
> from the issue, but didn't work. I also tried to go back a few commits in
> linux-next, but my system doesn't boot at all.
>
> How I can find the commit that create the problem, since every commit that I
> tested I got black screen ?
> Whats the best way to debug this kind of issue ?
>
> Thanks!
>
> My full warning:
>
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 243 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c:569
> drm_dev_alloc+0x251/0x320 [drm]()
> Modules linked in: i915(+) joydev input_leds mousedev intel_rapl iosf_mbi
> x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel kvm ttm hid_generic
> drm_kms_helper crct10dif_pclmul snd_hda_intel crc32_pclmul usbhid
> snd_hda_codec crc32c_intel drm hid ghash_clmulni_intel snd_hda_core
> eeepc_wmi asus_wmi aesni_intel iTCO_wdt sparse_keymap snd_hwdep led_class
> aes_x86_64 lrw snd_pcm iTCO_vendor_support rfkill mxm_wmi evdev gf128mul
> intel_gtt e1000e glue_helper mac_hid snd_timer syscopyarea ablk_helper
> cryptd sysfillrect psmouse snd sysimgblt pcspkr fb_sys_fops ptp mei_me
> i2c_i801 i2c_algo_bit soundcore mei shpchp i2c_core pps_core lpc_ich
> serio_raw wmi fan battery processor thermal video button sch_fq_codel
> ip_tables x_tables ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod atkbd libps2 ahci libahci
> libata
>  xhci_pci xhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd scsi_mod usbcore usb_common i8042 serio
> CPU: 3 PID: 243 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 4.2.0-next-20150912-ARCH #5
> Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/Maximus IV GENE-Z,
> BIOS 3603 11/09/2012
>  0000000000000000 000000005ca47666 ffff88060f70b9d0 ffffffff812b9159
>  0000000000000000 ffff88060f70ba08 ffffffff81074e62 ffff880612d39000
>  ffffffffa06c7100 ffff880612f66098 ffffffffa06c7100 ffffffffa0691760
> Call Trace:
>  [<ffffffff812b9159>] dump_stack+0x4b/0x72
>  [<ffffffff81074e62>] warn_slowpath_common+0x82/0xc0
>  [<ffffffff81074faa>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
>  [<ffffffffa0422291>] drm_dev_alloc+0x251/0x320 [drm]
>  [<ffffffffa0424d0b>] drm_get_pci_dev+0x3b/0x1e0 [drm]
>  [<ffffffffa05dd2d4>] i915_pci_probe+0x34/0x50 [i915]
>  [<ffffffff812fdec5>] local_pci_probe+0x45/0xa0
>  [<ffffffff812fde10>] ? pci_match_device+0xe0/0x110
>  [<ffffffff812ff053>] pci_device_probe+0x103/0x150
>  [<ffffffff813d7942>] driver_probe_device+0x222/0x490
>  [<ffffffff813d7c34>] __driver_attach+0x84/0x90
>  [<ffffffff813d7bb0>] ? driver_probe_device+0x490/0x490
>  [<ffffffff813d557c>] bus_for_each_dev+0x6c/0xc0
>  [<ffffffff813d70fe>] driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
>  [<ffffffff813d6c4b>] bus_add_driver+0x1eb/0x280
>  [<ffffffff813d8540>] driver_register+0x60/0xe0
>  [<ffffffff812fd73c>] __pci_register_driver+0x4c/0x50
>  [<ffffffffa0424f90>] drm_pci_init+0xe0/0x110 [drm]
>  [<ffffffffa06e6000>] ? 0xffffffffa06e6000
>  [<ffffffffa06e60a4>] i915_init+0xa4/0xab [i915]
>  [<ffffffff81002123>] do_one_initcall+0xb3/0x200
>  [<ffffffff81199801>] ? __vunmap+0x91/0xe0
>  [<ffffffff811589a0>] do_init_module+0x5f/0x1ef
>  [<ffffffff810fa707>] load_module+0x2197/0x27e0
>  [<ffffffff810f7550>] ? symbol_put_addr+0x50/0x50
>  [<ffffffff81188695>] ? __pte_alloc_kernel+0xa5/0xf0
>  [<ffffffff810fae9e>] SyS_init_module+0x14e/0x190
>  [<ffffffff8157046e>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x71
> ---[ end trace d2652104b24a32ff ]---
>
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