# Phase 4 — iter6 v3 plan (KASAN+KCSAN delta on v2 substrate) Plan ID: iter6-v3-kasan-kcsan Author: Claude Opus 4.7 Status: Pending Phase 5 architect delta-review Cross-ref: phase4_plan_iter6_postmortem_v2.md (commit 1656f84, executed), iter6_v2_attempt2_close.md (commit 53e2477) ## Why v3 v2 attempt-2 found: 0004 alone passes headless HEVC clean, but wedges silently ~10 min later under GPU compositor + concurrent vb2 traffic. PROVE_LOCKING+9 lock-debug flags did NOT fire before the wedge → not a classical lock-order inversion lockdep models. Refined hypothesis (4 candidates) needs different sanitizers: - H1' cross-context wait not lockdep-visible → KCSAN - H2 use-after-free / double-signal of dma_fence → KASAN - H3 race in fence alloc/init → KCSAN - H4 panthor consumer-side bug → headless-only repro path ## Delta from v2 plan All v2 pre-flight + lockdep config + ramoops setup is preserved (already executed and validated). v3 adds: ### Kernel config additions (step 1.2-DELTA) ``` ./scripts/config --enable KASAN --enable KASAN_GENERIC \ --enable KASAN_OUTLINE \ --enable KCSAN --enable KCSAN_REPORT_ONCE_IN_MS=2000 \ --enable DEBUG_PREEMPT \ --enable DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP \ --enable DEBUG_OBJECTS --enable DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD \ --enable DEBUG_LIST \ --enable SLUB_DEBUG --enable SLUB_DEBUG_ON \ --enable PAGE_POISONING CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-lockdep-kasan" ``` Notes: - KASAN_GENERIC (not SW_TAGS) — generic mode works on all aarch64 - KASAN_OUTLINE (not INLINE) — slower but smaller binary, supports more features - KCSAN_REPORT_ONCE_IN_MS=2000 — rate-limit reports so console doesn't drown - SLUB_DEBUG_ON — enable all SLUB debug at boot (poisoning, redzone, owner-tracking) - DEBUG_OBJECTS — catches double-init / use-after-free of registered kernel objects (dma_fences are registered) - DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP — re-enable explicitly per round-3 review (don't assume v2 setting carries) - DEBUG_LIST — catches list_head corruption at the point of corruption (dma_fence + vb2 use list_heads heavily) - PAGE_POISONING WITHOUT `_NO_SANITY` — keep the sanity check (round-3 review: dropping _NO_SANITY gives more info) ### Build (step 1.3-DELTA) `time make -j8 Image modules dtbs` — estimated 75-90 min (KASAN+KCSAN compile slow) ### Install (step 1.4-1.7-DELTA) - Modules install to `/lib/modules/7.0.0-rc3-lockdep-kasan+/` (separate via LOCALVERSION) - Image installs to `/boot/firmware/Image-7.0.0-rc3-lockdep-kasan+` - Initramfs for new release - Copy lockdep DTB (with ramoops node) to `/boot/firmware/rk3588-coolpi-cm5-genbook.dtb-7.0.0-rc3-lockdep-kasan+` - ADD third extlinux label `arch_devices_lockdep_kasan`. Keep `arch_devices` (vanilla) as default. Keep `arch_devices_lockdep` (without KASAN) as a fallback if KASAN kernel doesn't boot - User picks `arch_devices_lockdep_kasan` at U-Boot menu (requires HDMI for first boot — OR temporarily flip default for the test) ### Bisect-apply (step 2.x-DELTA) Same as v2: 0004 → 0005 → 0006 → 0007-v2. Between each: reboot + smoke + harvest journal/pstore for KASAN/KCSAN reports. **Critical addition for step 2.1**: after the headless smoke test passes, intentionally trigger GPU compositor activity to reproduce the v2 wedge condition: 1. Log into plasma wayland at SDDM prompt (manual, physical) 2. Start a video that ACTUALLY uses the V4L2 hardware decode path (round-3 review correction: vaapi-copy is SW decode, doesn't drive vb2). Use: - `mpv --hwdec=v4l2m2m ~/measurements/encoded/bbb_60s_720p.hevc.mp4`, OR - `mpv --hwdec=rkmpp ~/measurements/encoded/bbb_60s_720p.hevc.mp4`, OR - Concurrent: `glmark2 &` (GPU compositor load) + `ffmpeg -hwaccel vaapi -i bbb.hevc.mp4 -f null -` (V4L2 decode load) in a tight loop 3. Watch for ~20 minutes (v2 wedge timing was ~10 min; KASAN+KCSAN slow runtime 3-8x → effective wedge time may be 30-80 min wallclock. 20 min is the lower bound) 4. From ssh: `journalctl -k -f | grep -E "KASAN|KCSAN|BUG:|race|use-after|list_add|list_del|object .* not init"` piped live for early-warning report capture 5. If a report fires, capture it AND `sudo cat /sys/fs/pstore/*` (in case panic-trigger followed) then reboot back to lockdep-non-kasan kernel for analysis **Alternative H4 isolation path** (if step-2.1 KASAN/KCSAN silent under plasma session): re-run headless-only (no compositor) with `ffmpeg -hwaccel drm -i ~/measurements/encoded/bbb_60s_720p.hevc.mp4 -f null -` looped for 20 min. If WEDGE under headless-DRM = vb2 fence bug. If CLEAN under headless = H4 panthor-compositor-specific (vb2 not at fault). ## Risk register additions vs v2 | # | Risk | Mitigation | |---|------|-----------| | R7 | KASAN+KCSAN combined boot too slow → systemd timeout → boot failure | Multiple fallback labels in extlinux: `arch_devices_lockdep_kasan` (new), `arch_devices_lockdep` (no kasan), `arch_devices` (default vanilla). User picks at U-Boot. systemd unit timeouts may need extension via `DefaultTimeoutStartSec=` if observed | | R8 | KASAN region overlaps with our ramoops carve-out (0x10000000-0x100fffff) | KASAN shadow region uses high VA, not low PA. Carve-out is from real physical RAM, KASAN shadow is in vmalloc space. No conflict expected — verify with `/proc/iomem` post-boot | | R9 | KASAN tags trigger false positives on pre-existing kernel code (e.g. panel-edp's WARN) → noise drowns real signal | KASAN reports are distinctive ("BUG: KASAN:" prefix). Grep filtering should isolate. If false-positive volume is overwhelming, switch to KASAN_SW_TAGS or selectively disable instrumentation per-file | | R10 | GPU-compositor wedge reproduction requires physical login (no remote-wayland start) | User has physical access to ampere for this test step (per v2 plan A4 conditional). Time-boxed: if wedge not reproduced in ~20 min of compositor activity (per round-3 amendment), declare iter6 v3 inconclusive | | R11 | /boot/firmware partition headroom for a third Image (KASAN_OUTLINE adds 15-25 % size) | Pre-flight `df -h /boot/firmware`. Need ≥ 30 MB free. If tight: overwrite the lockdep Image instead of keeping both — lockdep label becomes the lockdep-kasan label after rebuild | ## Estimated wall-time | Phase | Time | |-------|------| | Pre-flight + config delta | 5 min (config additions only, no new pre-flight) | | KASAN+KCSAN kernel build | 75-90 min | | Install + reboot + lockdep-kasan baseline | 10 min | | Apply 0004 + module rebuild + install + reboot + headless smoke | 15 min | | GPU-compositor concurrent test + monitor for KASAN/KCSAN reports | 15 min | | **Subtotal for 0004 verdict** | ~120 min wall-time | | 0005/0006/0007 follow-ups if 0004 verdict is "clean under KASAN" | +30 min each | ## Exit conditions **Success**: KASAN or KCSAN report fires during step 2.1's GPU-compositor test, pinpointing the bug class + responsible code. → file kernel-agent issue, fix in 0004 v2 OR upstream, retry. **Partial**: 0004 v3 (with KASAN) still wedges silently with NO KASAN/KCSAN report. Means bug is OUTSIDE the sanitizer-instrumented memory (e.g. firmware blob, GPU hardware state machine). **Final-fallback netconsole** (round-3 amendment replaces serial): before triggering the wedge, `sudo modprobe netconsole netconsole=6666@/eth0,6667@/eth0`; on boltzmann run `nc -u -l 6667 | tee netconsole-iter6v3-$(date +%s).log`. Netconsole survives kernel panic that consumes the display, requires no hardware-clip work, uses the existing 7.0-lockdep kernel as-is. Serial console remains as documented last-resort only. **Failure**: KASAN+KCSAN kernel doesn't boot at all → fall back to lockdep kernel, declare iter6 line closed, move iter7 to non-fence cache-coherency angle.