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1. Please describe the problem: see dmesg.txt (see last third !) 2. What is the Version-Release number of the kernel: 6.16.3-200.fc42.x86_64 3. Did it work previously in Fedora? elder kernel 6.15.9-201.fc42 and homebrewed 6.16.3 are working 4. Can you reproduce this issue? If so, please provide the steps to reproduce the issue below: yes 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 tested 6. Are you running any modules that not shipped with directly Fedora's kernel?: no 7. Please attach the kernel logs. You can get the complete kernel log for a boot with ``journalctl --no-hostname -k > dmesg.txt``. attached Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 2104589 [details] journalctl --no-hostname -k
I am rather curious about your home brewed kernel. Given the first failure in the existing log, it appears to be a problem stemming from the ASUS WMI driver, and we do not patch that at all. I would expect a similar failure in your homebrewed kernel. Might I ask for a quick summary of what is different in your kernel?
no WMI driver failures with homebrewed I upload my defconfig (generated with make savedefconfig)
Created attachment 2104768 [details] defconfig defconfig (from "make savedefconfig")
Created attachment 2105301 [details] dmesg output from kernel 6.16.3-200, showing error similar to original poster's
Created attachment 2105302 [details] dmesg output from kernel 6.15.10-200, showing lack of kernel oops (lesson learned: attach files first?) I decided to piggy-back on this error report because it was so similar to what I've seen starting with 6.16.3-200. The Oops is immediately preceded by "kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:35!" just like with the original poster, and asus_wmi_probe appears in the call trace. We both have an ASUS motherboard. Hopefully my use of a standard kernel will make debugging this easier. I also have the hanging restart, but numerous others have that, too, so that might be a separate problem.
I have the same issue on my system. I also have an ASUS motherboard (PRIME Z790-P WIFI) with standard kernel and integrated Intel Graphics (no additional modules). It does not hang every time. Maybe about 40% of the boots, though the kernel error with the ASUS module always shows up. The system hangs on shutdown and reboot as well (every time). I see other reports about it. They seem to be cause by the same issue though. Both are avoided by blacklisting asus_nb_wmi (#1). Are there any issues that could happen because of blacklisting this module? Both problems also happen on rawhide (6.17.0-0.rc3.250826gfab1beda7597.32.fc44.x86_64) #1: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/1n3uwvh/comment/nbmgbvh/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
thanks @Eduardo NO crash booting kernel-6.16.4-200.fc42 with /etc/modprobe.d/asus-nb-wmi-blacklist.conf
Kernel 6.16.9-200.fc42.x86_64 solved the problem for me. I removed the blacklist (depmod + dracut) and the system boots without error and shuts down without hanging.
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