Bug 1886249 - Kernel 5.8.13-200 will not boot. Stops at "clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc"
Summary: Kernel 5.8.13-200 will not boot. Stops at "clocksource: Switched to clocksour...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 32
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-10-08 04:03 UTC by Brenden Wood
Modified: 2021-05-25 16:51 UTC (History)
22 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2021-05-25 16:51:00 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Brenden Wood 2020-10-08 04:03:22 UTC
1. Please describe the problem:
Microsoft Surface Go 2 cannot boot new kernel.
I suspect the problem is because of the following commit: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20200817092428.6176-1-tony@atomide.com/
My system seems to stop at "clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc" when trying to boot the kernel

2. What is the Version-Release number of the kernel:
5.8.13-200


3. Did it work previously in Fedora? If so, what kernel version did the issue
   *first* appear?  Old kernels are available for download at
   https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8 :
Worked find on kernel 5.8.12 which was prior to the abovementioned commit.

4. Can you reproduce this issue? If so, please provide the steps to reproduce
   the issue below:
Install kernel 5.8.13-200 on Surface GO 2 or other system with Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y CPU

5. Does this problem occur with the latest Rawhide kernel? To install the
   Rawhide kernel, run ``sudo dnf install fedora-repos-rawhide`` followed by
   ``sudo dnf update --enablerepo=rawhide kernel``:
Not yet tested. Will attempt and update ticket

6. Are you running any modules that not shipped with directly Fedora's kernel?:
No. Stock kernel.

7. Please attach the kernel logs. You can get the complete kernel log
   for a boot with ``journalctl --no-hostname -k > dmesg.txt``. If the
   issue occurred on a previous boot, use the journalctl ``-b`` flag.
Kernel does not get far enough through boot process to log the failure.

Comment 1 Brenden Wood 2020-10-08 05:10:55 UTC
Another user of the same hardware (Microsoft Surface Go 2) in the Surface Linux subreddit has confirmed that the issue is affecting kernel 5.8.13 on Arch Linux too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/j71vyl/surface_go_2_wont_boot_kernel_after_update_to/g82watc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

This seems to be directly a kernel issue but I'm not sure how to file a bug with kernel devs

Comment 2 Brenden Wood 2020-10-14 04:13:47 UTC
There seems to be some investigation of this issue already under way here: 
https://github.com/linux-surface/kernel/issues/63

Comment 3 Hans de Goede 2020-10-14 09:28:46 UTC
> There seems to be some investigation of this issue already under way here: 
> https://github.com/linux-surface/kernel/issues/63

Thanks, I've replied to the thread there. Hopefully someone will run a bisect and we can pinpoint the exact commit causing this soon.

Comment 4 Hans de Goede 2020-10-16 10:52:47 UTC
Sorry about the regression. A patch fixing this has been posted upstream, see:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-i2c/20201014144158.18036-1-hdegoede@redhat.com/
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-i2c/20201014144158.18036-2-hdegoede@redhat.com/

I've added the fix for this as a downstream patch to the Fedora kernels for now. The fix will hopefully show up in the upstream stable releases soon.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2020-10-20 11:50:21 UTC
FEDORA-2020-8c65b883c8 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 32. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-8c65b883c8

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2020-10-20 19:00:52 UTC
FEDORA-2020-8c65b883c8 has been pushed to the Fedora 32 testing repository.
In short time you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2020-8c65b883c8`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-8c65b883c8

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2020-10-21 09:58:11 UTC
Proposed as a Freeze Exception for 33-final by Fedora user frantisekz using the blocker tracking app because:

 If we're doing a respin for the shim bug, we can try and pull this one in.

Comment 8 Brenden Wood 2020-10-21 23:47:39 UTC
I've tested the kernel on my Surface Go 2 by running: 
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2020-8c65b883c8` 

Everything seems to be working great and I no longer experience the problem. Thanks to everyone involved in getting this fixed.

Comment 9 Adam Williamson 2020-10-23 21:20:48 UTC
F33 final is signed off, so there's no point to FE status any more.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2020-10-23 22:40:33 UTC
FEDORA-2020-8c65b883c8 has been pushed to the Fedora 32 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Program Management 2021-04-29 16:40:17 UTC
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Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 32 on 2021-05-25.
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Comment 12 Ben Cotton 2021-05-25 16:51:00 UTC
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