It appears that selecting the "Typical Current Idle" BIOS option (where available) eliminates the "freeze when idle" problem (somehow).
That said, it also appears that this is *not* the default. The need for the option appears to be Linux specific, or at least it is not needed for W*nd*rs. That said, I am damned if I can find any documentation for the option, or any authoritative recommendation for its use with Linux. So, anyone bitten by this problem may struggle to find their way to selecting "Typical Current Idle". Particularly as the symptoms have all the appearance of a hardware issue -- possibly an overclocking step too far. Would it be possible for the Kernel to set whatever the "Typical Current Idle" BIOS option sets ? Or invoke some BIOS function to select the option ? That way, at least an up to date version of Linux would avoid this problem "out of the box". I have been clapping my hands vigorously for some time, but I am coming to the conclusion that the platform_x86...@kernel-bugs.osdl.org fairy does not, in fact, exist (or perhaps not in this universe). While I am practising believing the regulation six impossible things before breakfast, I note that the platform_x86...@kernel-bugs.osdl.org fairy would have to be able to communicate with the AMD documentation fairy... perhaps using a 56k ouija board ? Finally and FWIW, I tried turning off "rcu_nocbs=0-15" and "Typical Current Idle", and my Ryzen 7 1800X/ASUS X370-Pro/Linux 4.18/Fedora froze within hours. Before the "Typical Current Idle" option became available, I was running "rcu_nocbs=0-15" (following the advice in this thread), and my machine froze every week or so. I have now been running for some days with "Typical Current Idle" turned back on, but without the "rcu_nocbs=0-15" voodoo -- so far, so good (as the man said as he fell past the 7th floor). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1690085 Title: Ryzen 1800X freeze - rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks Status in Linux: Confirmed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, We aregetting various kernel crash on a pretty new config. We're using Ryzen 1800X CPU with X370 Gaming Pro Carbon MB (7A32V1) using latest BIOS available (1.52) We are running Ubuntu 17.04 (amd64), we've tried different kernel version, native one and releases from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ too. Tested kernel version: native 17.04 kernel 4.10.15 Issues are the same, we're getting random freeze on the machine. Here is kern.log entry when happening : May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.186246] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.187618] 0-...: (1 GPs behind) idle=49b/1/0 softirq=28561/28563 fqs=913449 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.188977] (detected by 12, t=1860207 jiffies, g=10001, c=10000, q=4656) May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190344] Task dump for CPU 0: May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190345] swapper/0 R running task 0 0 0 0x00000008 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190348] Call Trace: May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190354] ? native_safe_halt+0x6/0x10 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190355] ? default_idle+0x20/0xd0 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190358] ? arch_cpu_idle+0xf/0x20 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190360] ? default_idle_call+0x23/0x30 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190362] ? do_idle+0x16f/0x200 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190364] ? cpu_startup_entry+0x71/0x80 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190366] ? rest_init+0x77/0x80 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190368] ? start_kernel+0x464/0x485 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190369] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190371] ? x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x26 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190372] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0x14d/0x170 May 10 22:41:56 dev2 kernel: [24366.190373] ? start_cpu+0x14/0x14 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.188093] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.189461] 0-...: (1 GPs behind) idle=49b/1/0 softirq=28561/28563 fqs=935027 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.190823] (detected by 14, t=1905212 jiffies, g=10001, c=10000, q=4740) May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192191] Task dump for CPU 0: May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192192] swapper/0 R running task 0 0 0 0x00000008 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192195] Call Trace: May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192199] ? native_safe_halt+0x6/0x10 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192201] ? default_idle+0x20/0xd0 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192203] ? arch_cpu_idle+0xf/0x20 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192204] ? default_idle_call+0x23/0x30 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192206] ? do_idle+0x16f/0x200 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192208] ? cpu_startup_entry+0x71/0x80 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192210] ? rest_init+0x77/0x80 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192211] ? start_kernel+0x464/0x485 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192213] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192214] ? x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x26 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192215] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0x14d/0x170 May 10 22:44:56 dev2 kernel: [24546.192217] ? start_cpu+0x14/0x14 Depending on the kernel version, we've got NMI watchdog errors related to CPU stuck (mentioning the CPU core id, which is random). Crash is happening randomly, but in general after some hours (3-4h). Now, we've installed kernel 4.11.0-041100-generic #201705041534 this morning and waiting for crash... For now, the machine is not "used", at least, it's not CPU stressed... Thanks --- ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-09 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Tags: zesty Uname: Linux 4.11.0-041100-generic x86_64 UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1690085/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp