Comment 637 for bug 1690085
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(Get the code!)
(In reply to ison from comment #544)
> (In reply to Philip Rosvall from comment #541)
> > Try idle=halt! It is the workaround that fixes the random freezes! You
> don't
> > need anything else (at least not with Ryzen 1*** and 2***U processors, as
> it
> > works wonders on my desktop with a 1600 and my notebook with a 2700U).
> >
> > IDLE=HALT IS THE WORKAROUND THAT FIXES THIS BULLSHIT!
> > I REPEAT:
> > IDLE=HALT!
> >
> > It will probably work for most of you too!
>
> In light of the last few comments here I can say that I may have been
> confusing 2 separate issues: The random segfaults and the lockups.
> I tested idle=halt a while back and I may have inadvertently concluded that
> it didn't work due to my machine still receiving segfaults, which I was
> assuming would eventually lead to a lockup.
>
> Likewise, the solution I mentioned earlier (disabling PAGE_TABLE_
> seems to have fixed my crashes, but my machine just locked up.
>
> I've set idle=halt again and this time I'll try to keep the two issues
> separate and only post back here if I still receive lockups.
> Thanks for clarifying the issue.
It seems like seperate issues. The lockups seems, to me, to be related to MWAIT and misconfigured C-states. Have you taken a look at your dmesg after a boot without idle=halt, if you get the error "[Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)"?