Boot regression on am335x-hs-evm

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Fri Jun 10 17:01:47 CEST 2022


On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 04:51:12PM +0200, LABBE Corentin wrote:
> Le Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 08:16:10AM -0400, Tom Rini a écrit :
> > On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 11:59:23AM +0200, LABBE Corentin wrote:
> > > Hello
> > > 
> > > I hit a boot regression on am335x-hs-evm.
> > > On current uboot, the board does not boot at all.
> > > This board uses both MLO and u-boot.img and only MLO was the problem.
> > > 
> > > After a bisect, I found that e41651fffda7 ("dm: Support parent devices with of-platdata") was the problem.
> > > Reverting this patch lead to a success boot.
> > > 
> > > I cutdown the revert to a minimal fix:
> > > --- a/drivers/core/lists.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/core/lists.c
> > > @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ int lists_bind_drivers(struct udevice *parent, bool pre_reloc_only)
> > >                 int ret;
> > >  
> > >                 ret = bind_drivers_pass(parent, pre_reloc_only);
> > > +               return ret;
> > >                 if (!ret)
> > >                         break;
> > >                 if (ret != -EAGAIN && !result)
> > > 
> > > I cannot debug further since printf() is not working at this stage.
> > > 
> > > Since I wanted to know which error was badly handled, I tried to do this:
> > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/sec-common.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/sec-common.c
> > > @@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ static u32 find_sig_start(char *image, size_t size)
> > >         return 0;
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > +extern int errorcount;
> > > +
> > >  int secure_boot_verify_image(void **image, size_t *size)
> > >  {
> > >         int result = 1;
> > > @@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ auth_exit:
> > >          * via YMODEM. This is done to avoid disturbing the YMODEM serial
> > >          * protocol transactions.
> > >          */
> > > +       printf("ERRORCOUNT %d\n", errorcount);
> > >         if (!(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) &&
> > >               IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_YMODEM_SUPPORT) &&
> > >               spl_boot_device() == BOOT_DEVICE_UART))
> > > --- a/drivers/core/lists.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/core/lists.c
> > > @@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
> > >  #include <fdtdec.h>
> > >  #include <linux/compiler.h>
> > >  
> > > +static int _errorcount;
> > > +int errorlist[1024];
> > > +int errorcount;
> > > +
> > >  struct driver *lists_driver_lookup_name(const char *name)
> > >  {
> > >         struct driver *drv =
> > > @@ -120,8 +124,9 @@ int lists_bind_drivers(struct udevice *parent, bool pre_reloc_only)
> > >                 int ret;
> > >  
> > >                 ret = bind_drivers_pass(parent, pre_reloc_only);
> > > -               if (!ret)
> > > -                       break;
> > > +               errorlist[_errorcount] = ret;
> > > +               _errorcount++;
> > > +               errorcount = _errorcount;
> > >                 if (ret != -EAGAIN && !result)
> > >                         result = ret;
> > >         }
> > > 
> > > But errorcount is always 0 which is puzzling me since according to my think, lists_bind_drivers() is ran before secure_boot_verify_image().
> > > 
> > > Any idea on how to debug further ?
> > 
> > You should be able to enable DEBUG_UART and get output that way.  But
> > it's likely something related to the space constraints of the HS chip
> > rather than GP.
> > 
> 
> Hello
> 
> Thanks for your suggestion, I successfully got futher with:
> diff --git a/drivers/core/lists.c b/drivers/core/lists.c
> index b23ee3030e..415ba814f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/core/lists.c
> +++ b/drivers/core/lists.c
> @@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ int lists_bind_drivers(struct udevice *parent, bool pre_reloc_only)
>         int result = 0;
>         int pass;
>  
> +       debug_uart_init();
> +
>         /*
>          * 10 passes is 10 levels deep in the devicetree, which is plenty. If
>          * OF_PLATDATA_PARENT is not enabled, then bind_drivers_pass() will
> diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
> index b4805a2e4e..7ab059b4ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
> @@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ config TPL_DM_SERIAL
>  
>  config DEBUG_UART
>         bool "Enable an early debug UART for debugging"
> +       default y
>         help
>           The debug UART is intended for use very early in U-Boot to debug
>           problems when an ICE or other debug mechanism is not available.
> @@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ config DEBUG_UART
>  choice
>         prompt "Select which UART will provide the debug UART"
>         depends on DEBUG_UART
> -       default DEBUG_UART_NS16550
> +       default DEBUG_UART_OMAP
>  
>  config DEBUG_UART_ALTERA_JTAGUART
>         bool "Altera JTAG UART"
> @@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ endchoice
>  config DEBUG_UART_BASE
>         hex "Base address of UART"
>         depends on DEBUG_UART
> -       default 0 if DEBUG_UART_SANDBOX
> +       default 0x44e09000
>         help
>           This is the base address of your UART for memory-mapped UARTs.
>  
> @@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ config DEBUG_UART_BASE
>  config DEBUG_UART_CLOCK
>         int "UART input clock"
>         depends on DEBUG_UART
> -       default 0 if DEBUG_UART_SANDBOX
> +       default 48000000
>         help
>           The UART input clock determines the speed of the internal UART
>           circuitry. The baud rate is derived from this by dividing the input
> @@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ config DEBUG_UART_CLOCK
>  config DEBUG_UART_SHIFT
>         int "UART register shift"
>         depends on DEBUG_UART
> -       default 0 if DEBUG_UART
> +       default 2
>         help
>           Some UARTs (notably ns16550) support different register layouts
>           where the registers are spaced either as bytes, words or some other
> @@ -449,6 +450,7 @@ config DEBUG_UART_BOARD_INIT
>  config DEBUG_UART_ANNOUNCE
>         bool "Show a message when the debug UART starts up"
>         depends on DEBUG_UART
> +       default y
>         help
>           Enable this option to show a message when the debug UART is ready
>           for use. You will see a message like "<debug_uart> " as soon as
> 
> I got:
> <debug_uart>-
> <debug_uart>
> alloc space exhausted

Looks like you need to increase SPL_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN

-- 
Tom
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