Hi, I'm getting the following crash on every boot on OCTEON (EdgeRouter Lite) with v4.9 (right after setting up ethernet bridging):
[ 16.814902] CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000000080, epc == ffffffff81458570, ra == ffffffff81458804 [ 16.827805] Oops[#1]: [ 16.830100] CPU: 0 PID: 706 Comm: ifconfig Not tainted 4.9.0-octeon-los_be07e6-00002-g29a0b7e #1 [ 16.838884] task: 800000041f9dec00 task.stack: 800000041f0d8000 [ 16.844801] $ 0 : 0000000000000000 0000000010108ce1 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 [ 16.852867] $ 4 : 800000041f98a000 800000041fb67800 0000000000000000 0000000000000002 [ 16.860932] $ 8 : 800000041fb67810 800000041f0dbb40 10434794771be290 771bf16800000001 [ 16.868997] $12 : 0000000000000000 ffffffff81383edc ffffffff81296950 0000000000000000 [ 16.877060] $16 : 800000041fb67800 800000041f98a000 ffffffff81508c48 800000041f817800 [ 16.885125] $20 : 0000000000000000 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 800000041f98a000 [ 16.893190] $24 : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 16.901256] $28 : 800000041f0d8000 800000041f0dbb10 800000041e109410 ffffffff81458804 [ 16.909321] Hi : 00000000000002c9 [ 16.912896] Lo : 0000000000001c1d [ 16.916484] epc : ffffffff81458570 phy_attach_direct+0x38/0x1b0 [ 16.922580] ra : ffffffff81458804 phy_connect_direct+0x24/0x88 [ 16.928671] Status: 10108ce3 KX SX UX KERNEL EXL IE [ 16.933723] Cause : 00800008 (ExcCode 02) [ 16.937730] BadVA : 0000000000000080 [ 16.941306] PrId : 000d0601 (Cavium Octeon+) [ 16.945660] Modules linked in: at803x [ 16.949353] Process ifconfig (pid: 706, threadinfo=800000041f0d8000, task=800000041f9dec00, tls=00000000771c3490) [ 16.959605] Stack : 800000041fb67800 800000041f98a000 ffffffff81508c48 0000000000000002 [ 16.967671] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 800000041e109400 ffffffff81458804 [ 16.975734] 800000041fb67800 800000041f98a000 ffffffff81508c48 ffffffff81504cd4 [ 16.983799] 800000041f98a000 800000041f98a000 ffffffff81509830 0000000000000000 [ 16.991864] 0000000000000000 ffffffff81508f58 0000000000000000 ffffffff815087e0 [ 16.999928] 800000041f98a000 800000041f98a048 ffffffff816fcc88 0000000000001302 [ 17.007993] 0000000000008914 ffffffff8150993c ffffffff816fcc88 0000000000001302 [ 17.016057] 800000041f98a000 ffffffff8153bc6c 800000041f98a000 0000000000000008 [ 17.024122] 8000000003c500d8 0000000000000000 800000041f98a000 0000000000000341 [ 17.032187] 0000000000001043 ffffffff8153bf94 00000000000000fe 800000041f98a000 [ 17.040251] ... [ 17.042722] Call Trace: [ 17.045175] [<ffffffff81458570>] phy_attach_direct+0x38/0x1b0 [ 17.050927] [<ffffffff81458804>] phy_connect_direct+0x24/0x88 [ 17.056682] [<ffffffff81504cd4>] of_phy_connect+0x54/0xb0 [ 17.062089] [<ffffffff81508f58>] cvm_oct_phy_setup_device+0x48/0xc0 [ 17.068361] [<ffffffff815087e0>] cvm_oct_common_open+0x58/0x2a8 [ 17.074285] [<ffffffff8150993c>] cvm_oct_rgmii_open+0x1c/0x90 [ 17.080040] [<ffffffff8153bc6c>] __dev_open+0x104/0x198 [ 17.085270] [<ffffffff8153bf94>] __dev_change_flags+0x94/0x180 [ 17.091107] [<ffffffff8153c0a4>] dev_change_flags+0x24/0x68 [ 17.096687] [<ffffffff815c6e30>] devinet_ioctl+0x6a8/0x8b0 [ 17.102181] [<ffffffff81516e0c>] sock_do_ioctl.constprop.14+0x24/0x68 [ 17.108626] [<ffffffff81518338>] compat_sock_ioctl+0xd18/0xfc8 [ 17.114471] [<ffffffff81296a10>] compat_SyS_ioctl+0xc0/0x1980 [ 17.120222] [<ffffffff8113109c>] syscall_common+0x18/0x3c [ 17.125621] Code: ffb20010 dc8204b8 dcb30298 <dc420080> de640000 dc520010 12440005 00a08025 0c46e4a6 [ 17.135490] [ 17.137147] ---[ end trace f1d7b064cedee4e4 ]--- [ 17.141882] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception [ 17.147140] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception Git bisect points to: commit ec988ad78ed6d184a7f4ca6b8e962b0e8f1de461 Author: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com> Date: Tue Dec 6 20:54:43 2016 -0800 phy: Don't increment MDIO bus refcount unless it's a different owner Reverting this patch from v4.9 fixes the issue... A.