U-Boot v2023.01 broken on riscv64 qemu virt platform: "fdt fixup event failed"

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Thu Jan 12 01:16:43 CET 2023


On 1/12/23 01:04, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 01:01:55AM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
>> On 1/12/23 00:59, Tom Rini wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 12:40:05AM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
>>>> On 1/12/23 00:29, Simon Glass wrote:
>>>>> () Hi Heinrich,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 at 16:22, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/11/23 20:08, Karsten Merker wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> it looks like U-Boot v2023.01 is currently broken for the riscv64
>>>>>>> architecture on the qemu "virt" platform; the boot process of a
>>>>>>> riscv64 VM fails during FDT fixup:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<-----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OpenSBI v1.1
>>>>>>>        ____                    _____ ____ _____
>>>>>>>       / __ \                  / ____|  _ \_   _|
>>>>>>>      | |  | |_ __   ___ _ __ | (___ | |_) || |
>>>>>>>      | |  | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ \ \___ \|  _ < | |
>>>>>>>      | |__| | |_) |  __/ | | |____) | |_) || |_
>>>>>>>       \____/| .__/ \___|_| |_|_____/|____/_____|
>>>>>>>             | |
>>>>>>>             |_|
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Platform Name             : riscv-virtio,qemu
>>>>>>> Platform Features         : medeleg
>>>>>>> Platform HART Count       : 4
>>>>>>> Platform IPI Device       : aclint-mswi
>>>>>>> Platform Timer Device     : aclint-mtimer @ 10000000Hz
>>>>>>> Platform Console Device   : uart8250
>>>>>>> Platform HSM Device       : ---
>>>>>>> Platform Reboot Device    : sifive_test
>>>>>>> Platform Shutdown Device  : sifive_test
>>>>>>> Firmware Base             : 0x80000000
>>>>>>> Firmware Size             : 312 KB
>>>>>>> Runtime SBI Version       : 1.0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Domain0 Name              : root
>>>>>>> Domain0 Boot HART         : 2
>>>>>>> Domain0 HARTs             : 0*,1*,2*,3*
>>>>>>> Domain0 Region00          : 0x0000000002000000-0x000000000200ffff (I)
>>>>>>> Domain0 Region01          : 0x0000000080000000-0x000000008007ffff ()
>>>>>>> Domain0 Region02          : 0x0000000000000000-0xffffffffffffffff (R,W,X)
>>>>>>> Domain0 Next Address      : 0x0000000080200000
>>>>>>> Domain0 Next Arg1         : 0x0000000082200000
>>>>>>> Domain0 Next Mode         : S-mode
>>>>>>> Domain0 SysReset          : yes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Boot HART ID              : 2
>>>>>>> Boot HART Domain          : root
>>>>>>> Boot HART Priv Version    : v1.12
>>>>>>> Boot HART Base ISA        : rv64imafdch
>>>>>>> Boot HART ISA Extensions  : time,sstc
>>>>>>> Boot HART PMP Count       : 16
>>>>>>> Boot HART PMP Granularity : 4
>>>>>>> Boot HART PMP Address Bits: 54
>>>>>>> Boot HART MHPM Count      : 16
>>>>>>> Boot HART MIDELEG         : 0x0000000000001666
>>>>>>> Boot HART MEDELEG         : 0x0000000000f0b509
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> U-Boot 2023.01+dfsg-1 (Jan 10 2023 - 03:18:09 +0000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CPU:   rv64imafdch_zicsr_zifencei_zihintpause_zba_zbb_zbc_zbs_sstc
>>>>>>> Model: riscv-virtio,qemu
>>>>>>> DRAM:  8 GiB
>>>>>>> Core:  31 devices, 15 uclasses, devicetree: board
>>>>>>> Flash: 32 MiB
>>>>>>> Loading Environment from nowhere... OK
>>>>>>> In:    serial at 10000000
>>>>>>> Out:   serial at 10000000
>>>>>>> Err:   serial at 10000000
>>>>>>> Net:   eth0: virtio-net#2
>>>>>>> Working FDT set to ff7344b0
>>>>>>> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Device 0: QEMU VirtIO Block Device
>>>>>>>                 Type: Hard Disk
>>>>>>>                 Capacity: 102400.0 MB = 100.0 GB (209715200 x 512)
>>>>>>> ... is now current device
>>>>>>> Scanning virtio 0:1...
>>>>>>> Found /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
>>>>>>> Retrieving file: /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
>>>>>>> U-Boot menu
>>>>>>> 1:    Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid 6.1.0-1-riscv64
>>>>>>> 2:    Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid 6.1.0-1-riscv64 (rescue target)
>>>>>>> 3:    Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid 6.0.0-6-riscv64
>>>>>>> 4:    Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid 6.0.0-6-riscv64 (rescue target)
>>>>>>> 5:    Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid 6.0.0-5-riscv64
>>>>>>> 6:    Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid 6.0.0-5-riscv64 (rescue target)
>>>>>>> Enter choice: 1:      Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid 6.1.0-1-riscv64
>>>>>>> Retrieving file: /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-1-riscv64
>>>>>>> Retrieving file: /boot/vmlinux-6.1.0-1-riscv64
>>>>>>> append: root=/dev/vda1 rw noquiet
>>>>>>> Moving Image from 0x84000000 to 0x80200000, end=815e5000
>>>>>>> ## Flattened Device Tree blob at ff7344b0
>>>>>>>        Booting using the fdt blob at 0xff7344b0
>>>>>>> Working FDT set to ff7344b0
>>>>>>>        Using Device Tree in place at 00000000ff7344b0, end 00000000ff738dea
>>>>>>> Working FDT set to ff7344b0
>>>>>>> ERROR: fdt fixup event failed: -22
>>>>>>>      - must RESET the board to recover.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FDT creation failed! hanging...### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<-----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Software versions used:
>>>>>>> - OpenSBI 1.1 (Debian package: opensbi 1.1-2)
>>>>>>> - QEMU 7.2.0 (Debian package: qemu-system-misc 1:7.2+dfsg-1+b2)
>>>>>>> - U-Boot v2023.01 (Debian package: u-boot-qemu 2023.01+dfsg-1)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The issue is independent from the kernel that gets booted.  With
>>>>>>> U-Boot v2022.10 everything works without problems.  I have used
>>>>>>> git bisect (with qemu-riscv64_smode_defconfig) to narrow down the
>>>>>>> specific change that triggers the issue and that has resulted in
>>>>>>> the following commit:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<-----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> commit a56f663f07073713042bb0fd08053aeb667e717b (HEAD)
>>>>>>> Author: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>>>>>>> Date:   Thu Oct 20 18:23:14 2022 -0600
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         vbe: Add info about the VBE device to the fwupd node
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         At present we put the driver in the /chosen node in U-Boot. This is a bit
>>>>>>>         strange, since U-Boot doesn't normally use that node itself. It is better
>>>>>>>         to put it under the bootstd node.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         To make this work we need to copy create the node under /chosen when
>>>>>>>         fixing up the device tree. Copy over all the properties so that fwupd
>>>>>>>         knows what to do.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         Update the sandbox device tree accordingly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<-----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you should happen to run Debian/unstable, the easiest way to
>>>>>>> reproduce the problem is as follows:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $ sudo apt install qemu-system-misc opensbi u-boot-qemu
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can then either manually set up a riscv64 VM image as described at
>>>>>>> https://wiki.debian.org/RISC-V#Setting_up_a_riscv64_virtual_machine
>>>>>>> or you can use a prebuilt VM image from the Debian Quick Image
>>>>>>> Baker as described at https://people.debian.org/~gio/dqib/:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $ wget -O riscv64-virt.zip https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/giomasce%2Fdqib/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=convert_riscv64-virt
>>>>>>> $ unzip -x riscv64-virt.zip
>>>>>>> $ cd artifacts
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and boot the VM image with
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $ qemu-system-riscv64 -smp 4 -nographic -machine virt -m 8G -bios /usr/lib/riscv64-linux-gnu/opensbi/generic/fw_jump.elf -kernel /usr/lib/u-boot/qemu-riscv64_smode/u-boot.bin -object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-device,rng=rng0 -append "console=ttyS0 rw root=/dev/vda1 scsi_mod.use_blk_mq=0" -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -drive file=image.qcow2,format=qcow2,id=hd0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=usernet -netdev user,id=usernet,hostfwd=tcp::22222-:22
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Karsten
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Karsten for reporting the issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bisection points to Simon's patch:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> a56f663f0707371
>>>>>> vbe: Add info about the VBE device to the fwupd node
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In bootmeth_vbe_simple_ft_fixup() probing device vbe_simple fails
>>>>>> because all fwupd related properties are missing in the QEMU device-tree.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The following change is enough to make QEMU boot again:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CONFIG_BOOTMETH_VBE=n
>>>>>>
>>>>>> @Simon:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CONFIG_BOOTMETH_VBE should default to 'no' as only the sandbox provides
>>>>>> the required data in the devicetree. Or bootmeth_vbe_simple_ft_fixup()
>>>>>> should ignore a failure to probe vbe_simple.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is supposed to ignore that failure. Could it be that there is a bug
>>>>> in vbe_find_next_device() that it should set *devp to NULL when it
>>>>> doesn't find anything?
>>>>
>>>> The vbe_simple device exists on qemu-riscv64_smode_defconfig but cannot
>>>> be probed.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How come this failure does not show in CI?
>>>>
>>>> We currently lack tests to actually start a binary via the Linux legacy
>>>> entry point.
>>>
>>> It would be good if we had more tests like test/nokia_rx51_test.sh that
>>> booted up a full image. I feel like for platforms that are EBBR
>>> compliant it should be less of a problem to do so than it is for
>>> nokia_rx51 where part of the challenge is that we need the custom QEMU
>>> for it at all.
>>>
>>
>> The EBBR/EFI part is covered by starting GRUB.
>>
>> The missing part is booting non-EFI images.
>
> OK.  FWIW, the nokia_rx51 script boots the system a number of ways.
> While it would be great if this was part of pytest, that might be
> a lot harder than just making more simple script to deal with grabbing
> an image and ensuring the system boots in the right way.  Once we've got
> a few of these, we can then see what a more general solution looks like.
>

There is a patch series for TPM measurements when booting via bootm.

Here too a test would require booting some binary that provides feedback
after being launched by U-Boot.

I guest we are only talking about tests on the sandbox and on QEMU.

Best regards

Heinrich


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