kernel 4.10 fails to boot on AMD E-350D APU

The package that first caused this problem was linux-image-4.10.0-32-generic (linux-image-4.10.0-33-generic doesnt work either)

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I have run the apport-collect command, obviously this was not executed when running any of the kernels that have this issue, it was running with a working kernel, 4.8.0-58-generic.

Please try -edge HWE stack: `sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge`

I am afraid it doesn't boot with linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge either.

Sorry I missed your first comment. Does it boot with linux-image-4.10.0-30-generic?

All the linux kernels above 4.8 that I have tried have failed, currently this includes:

linux-image-4.10.0-30-generic
linux-image-4.10.0-32-generic
linux-image-4.10.0-33-generic
linux-image-4.10.0-38-generic
linux-image-4.13.0-16-generic

> On 8 Nov 2017, at 6:53 AM, Patrick Mackinlay <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> All the linux kernels above 4.8 that I have tried have failed, currently
> this includes:

Then regression happens between v4.8 and v4.10.

Make sure mainline v4.8 from [1] doesn’t have the issue, and mainline v4.10 has the issue.
After that, can you try Linux v4.9?

[1] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline

>
> linux-image-4.10.0-30-generic
> linux-image-4.10.0-32-generic
> linux-image-4.10.0-33-generic
> linux-image-4.10.0-38-generic
> linux-image-4.13.0-16-generic
>
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> - I am running ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS on an AMD e-350D (GA-E350N-WIN8 motherboard). This has always worked fine until the kernel was upgraded to 4.10 as part of the regular system upgrades. Since then the machine wont boot, there are no errors, the screen just stays blank. If I boot using a previous kernel (such as 4.8.0-58-generic) then it all works fine.
> - ---
> + I am running ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS on an AMD e-350D (GA-E350N-WIN8
> + motherboard). This has always worked fine until the kernel was upgraded
> + to 4.10 as part of the regular system upgrades. Since then the machine
> + wont boot, there are no errors, the screen just stays blank. If I boot
> + using a previous kernel (such as 4.8.0-58-generic) then it all works
> + fine.
> +
> + As of the 7th of Nov 2017, all the linux kernels above 4.8 that I have
> + tried have failed, currently this includes:
> +
> + linux-image-4.10.0-30-generic
> + linux-image-4.10.0-32-generic
> + linux-image-4.10.0-33-generic
> + linux-image-4.10.0-38-generic
> + linux-image-4.13.0-16-generic
> +
> + ---
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> - /dev/snd/controlC1: pim 1369 F.... pulseaudio
> - /dev/snd/controlC0: pim 1369 F.... pulseaudio
> + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> + /dev/snd/controlC1: pim 1369 F.... pulseaudio
> + /dev/snd/controlC0: pim 1369 F.... pulseaudio
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=46570214-98e0-4bad-9e3c-51fd31c04b18
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-11 (238 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215)
> IwConfig:
> - enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
> -
> - lo no wireless extensions.
> + enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
> +
> + lo no wireless extensions.
> MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
> Package: linux (not installed)
> ProcEnviron:
> - LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
> - TERM=screen
> - PATH=(custom, no user)
> - LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> - SHELL=/bin/bash
> + LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
> + TERM=screen
> + PATH=(custom, no user)
> + LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> + SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-58-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=25808329-ef64-4a67-960f-6140c5610dd4 ro quiet splash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
> PulseList:
> - Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
> - No PulseAudio da...

Trying the amd64 kernels at

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

The last 4.8 kernel (linux-image-4.8.17-040817-generic_4.8.17-040817.201701090438_amd64.deb) boots fine. None of the 4.9 kernels I tried (v4.9.1 and v4.9-rc1) boot.

So it seems that this regression was introduced in 4.9

> On 9 Nov 2017, at 7:04 PM, Patrick Mackinlay <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Trying the amd64 kernels at
>
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
>
> The last 4.8 kernel (linux-
> image-4.8.17-040817-generic_4.8.17-040817.201701090438_amd64.deb) boots
> fine. None of the 4.9 kernels I tried (v4.9.1 and v4.9-rc1) boot.
>
> So it seems that this regression was introduced in 4.9

Thanks for your testing.

Can you try v4.8? Not the v4.8.x but v4.8.

If you can confirm v4.8 works, we need to bisect between v4.8 and v4.9-rc1.

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>
> Title:
> kernel 4.10 fails to boot on AMD E-350D APU
>
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I am running ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS on an AMD e-350D (GA-E350N-WIN8
> motherboard). This has always worked fine until the kernel was
> upgraded to 4.10 as part of the regular system upgrades. Since then
> the machine wont boot, there are no errors, the screen just stays
> blank. If I boot using a previous kernel (such as 4.8.0-58-generic)
> then it all works fine.
>
> As of the 7th of Nov 2017, all the linux kernels above 4.8 that I have
> tried have failed, currently this includes:
>
> linux-image-4.10.0-30-generic
> linux-image-4.10.0-32-generic
> linux-image-4.10.0-33-generic
> linux-image-4.10.0-38-generic
> linux-image-4.13.0-16-generic
>
> ---
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC1: pim 1369 F.... pulseaudio
> /dev/snd/controlC0: pim 1369 F.... pulseaudio
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=46570214-98e0-4bad-9e3c-51fd31c04b18
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-11 (238 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215)
> IwConfig:
> enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
>
> lo no wireless extensions.
> MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
> Package: linux (not installed)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
> TERM=screen
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-58-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=25808329-ef64-4a67-960f-6140c5610dd4 ro quiet splash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
> PulseList:
> Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
> No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> linux-restricted-modules-4.8.0-58-generic N/A
> linux-backports-modules-4.8.0-58-generic N/A
> linux-firmware 1.157.13
> RfKill:
>
> Tags: xenial
> Uname: Linux 4.8.0-58-generic x86_64
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> UserGroups:
>
> _MarkForUpload: True
> dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2013
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: F3
> dmi.board.asset.tag: T...

I can confirm that 4.8.0-040800-generic works fine.

I can build kernel packages for you, but it'll be much faster if you build kernel locally:

$ sudo apt build-dep linux
$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
$ cd linux
$ git bisect start
$ git bisect good v4.8
$ git bisect bad v4.9-rc1
$ make localmodconfig
$ make -j`nproc` deb-pkg
Then install the newly built kernel.

If the issue still happens,
$ git bisect bad

Otherwise,
$ git bisect good

Repeat to "make -j`nproc` deb-pkg" until you find the commit that causes the regression.

I can do it, but the E-350D is not the fastest CPU out there (I dont have access to any other debian boxes at the moment). It took around 1.5 hours to build the first package and it looks like it will take up to 13 more steps, so it may be quite a few days before I have the broken commit.

I have found the broken commit, its 9479c7cebfb568f8b8b424be7f1cac120e9eea95

The git bisect process ended with:

Bisecting: 0 revisions left to test after this (roughly 0 steps)
[9479c7cebfb568f8b8b424be7f1cac120e9eea95] efi: Refactor efi_memmap_init_early() into arch-neutral code

That revisions kernel fails, the one before that, ab72a27da4c6c19b0e3d6d7556fdd4afb581c8ac, works.

Huge thanks!

Please file an upstream bug at https://bugzilla.kernel.org/
Product: EFI
Component: Boot

I have reported it at
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197895

I can confirm this bug, on different hardware.

My kernel bisection resulted in the same commit (thus I found this bug).

I commented on https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197895#c1

A patch was posted that solves my problem:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203463#c8

Can you check whether it helps for this bug too?