Bug 215678 - vmwgfx: probe of 0000:00:0f.0 failed with error -16

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Hi, this is your Linux kernel regression tracker.

I noticed a regression report in bugzilla.kernel.org that afaics nobody
acted upon since it was reported about a week ago, that's why I decided
to forward it to the lists and a few relevant people to the CC. To quote
from https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215678 :

> With latest kernel, i notice this:
> 
> dmesg | grep vmwgfx
> [    2.959200] vmwgfx 0000:00:0f.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
> [    2.959764] vmwgfx 0000:00:0f.0: BAR 1: can't reserve [mem 0xf0000000-0xf7ffffff pref]
> [    2.959766] vmwgfx: probe of 0000:00:0f.0 failed with error -16
> 
> 
> lspci -s 0000:00:0f.0 -nnvv
> 00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>         Subsystem: VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405]
>         Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
>         Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
>         Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
>         Region 0: I/O ports at 2140 [size=16]
>         Region 1: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
>         Region 2: Memory at fb800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
>         Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>         Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=00 <?>
>         Capabilities: [44] PCI Advanced Features
>                 AFCap: TP+ FLR+
>                 AFCtrl: FLR-
>                 AFStatus: TP-
>         Kernel modules: vmwgfx
> 
> Driver version:
> #define VMWGFX_DRIVER_DATE "20211206"
> 
> Host: Windows 11 & VMware Workstation 16 Pro 16.2.0 build-18760230
> Guest: Debian 11

Could somebody take a look into this? Or was this discussed somewhere
else already? Or even fixed?

Anyway, to get this tracked:

#regzbot introduced: v5.16..v5.17-rc7
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#regzbot link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215678

Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)

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