Patch for '5.3.7 64-bits kernel doesn't boot on G5 Quad' found (was: Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size)
Hello all,
Great news: Aneesh sent me a patch that solves the problem on my G5 Quad :-)
I don't know whether he considers it a 'workaround' or if it's the
'proper' patch for upstream, so beware. It's a one-liner so I attach
it to this message: those affected can test it as well to confirm if
that indeed solves the problem for them as well.
If it is the 'proper' patch, I expect it should get into upstream
pretty quickly. Then Debian should be able to trivially backport it to
their PPC64 kernel, and the G5 will still be a great machine in 2020!
Thanks everyone for your help in tracking down the bug & to Aneesh for
finding a fix :-)
Cordially,
--
Romain Dolbeau
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
index 15b75005bc34..516db8a2e6ca 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ extern void slb_set_size(u16 size);
*/
#define MAX_USER_CONTEXT ((ASM_CONST(1) << CONTEXT_BITS) - 2)
#define MIN_USER_CONTEXT (MAX_KERNEL_CTX_CNT + MAX_VMALLOC_CTX_CNT + \
- MAX_IO_CTX_CNT + MAX_VMEMMAP_CTX_CNT)
+ MAX_IO_CTX_CNT + MAX_VMEMMAP_CTX_CNT + 1)
/*
* For platforms that support on 65bit VA we limit the context bits
*/
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