Boot freeze updating from kernel 5.15 to 6.1

Hi folks, I wanted to upgrade my kernel to the 6.X series but my laptop won’t boot anymore (it boots if I choose to boot on the 5.15 kernel)

I have this in the logs :

journalctl -b-1 -p4 --no-pager
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.html for more details.
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: MMIO Stale Data CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.html for more details.
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel:   #7  #8  #9 #10 #11
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance'
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.HS01._UPC], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.HS01._PLD], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.HS02._UPC], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.HS02._PLD], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.HS03._UPC], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.HS03._PLD], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.HS04._UPC], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.HS04._PLD], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.HS05._UPC], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.HS05._PLD], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326)
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: hpet_acpi_add: no address or irqs in _CRS
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: i8042: Warning: Keylock active
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: usb: port power management may be unreliable
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: vboxdrv: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: VBoxNetAdp: Successfully started.
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart kernel: VBoxNetFlt: Successfully started.
août 10 18:58:02 kwikemart systemd-journald[311]: File /var/log/journal/97165eae32224043ba8b42198f73ab57/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
août 10 18:58:03 kwikemart kernel: wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:05: WQBC data block query control method not found
août 10 18:58:03 kwikemart kernel: i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Accelerometer lis3lv02d is present on SMBus but its address is unknown, skipping registration
août 10 18:58:03 kwikemart kernel: spi-nor spi0.0: BFPT parsing failed. Please consider using SPI_NOR_SKIP_SFDP when declaring the flash
août 10 18:58:03 kwikemart kernel: spi-nor: probe of spi0.0 failed with error -524
août 10 18:58:03 kwikemart (udev-worker)[389]: cfg80211: Process '/usr/bin/set-wireless-regdom' failed with exit code 1.
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20220331/nsarguments-61)
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Warning: Time parameter 250 us > 100 us violating ACPI spec, please fix the firmware. (20220331/exsystem-141)
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Warning: Time parameter 250 us > 100 us violating ACPI spec, please fix the firmware. (20220331/exsystem-141)
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Warning: Time parameter 250 us > 100 us violating ACPI spec, please fix the firmware. (20220331/exsystem-141)
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Warning: Time parameter 250 us > 100 us violating ACPI spec, please fix the firmware. (20220331/exsystem-141)
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Warning: Time parameter 250 us > 100 us violating ACPI spec, please fix the firmware. (20220331/exsystem-141)
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Warning: Time parameter 250 us > 100 us violating ACPI spec, please fix the firmware. (20220331/exsystem-141)
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Warning: Time parameter 250 us > 100 us violating ACPI spec, please fix the firmware. (20220331/exsystem-141)
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart kernel: ACPI Warning: Time parameter 250 us > 100 us violating ACPI spec, please fix the firmware. (20220331/exsystem-141)
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart tlp[603]: Warning: systemd-rfkill.service is not masked, radio device switching may not work as configured.
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart tlp[603]: >>> Invoke 'systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.service' to correct this.
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart tlp[603]: Warning: systemd-rfkill.socket is not masked, radio device switching may not work as configured.
août 10 19:52:50 kwikemart tlp[603]: >>> Invoke 'systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.socket' to correct this.

inxi :

inxi --full --admin --filter --width
System:
Kernel: 5.15.122-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=3a73c777-2409-40d3-91ca-9d74d96413c2 rw quiet
resume=UUID=9b5e4530-6b1c-46c6-a66c-984c6986ebe0
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 info: polybar wm: kwin_x11
vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 15 9570 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0D0T05 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: 1.14.0 date: 11/08/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 51.1 Wh (99.0%) condition: 51.6/97.0 Wh (53.2%)
volts: 12.7 min: 11.4 model: LGC-LGC8.33 DELL 5XJ288A type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-8750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF2
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 9 MiB desc: 1x9 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1487 high: 3352 min/max: 800/4100 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1659 2: 3352 3: 900 4: 900
5: 3209 6: 900 7: 900 8: 900 9: 900 10: 900 11: 2435 12: 900
bogomips: 52815
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: conditional,
RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] vendor: Dell
driver: N/A alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia non-free: 535.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-07) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
built: 2016-21 pcie: speed: Unknown lanes: 63 link-max: gen: 6
speed: 64 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c8c class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-12:5 chip-ID: 0c45:671d
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Sharp 0x149a built: 2018 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL
GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k5.15.122-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.75 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
status: active tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: 1: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Rivet Networks Killer Wireless-n/a/ac 1535 driver: ath10k_pci
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3b:00.0
chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280 temp: 53.0 C
IF: wlp59s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-0ed07940f845 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4 Bluetooth 4.0 driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3
chip-ID: 0cf3:e300 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 196.56 GiB (41.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: PC401 NVMe 512GB
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 80006E00 temp: 33.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 100.14 GiB size: 98.01 GiB (97.87%) used: 41.31 GiB (42.2%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 650 MiB size: 646 MiB (99.38%)
used: 83.5 MiB (12.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 121.19 GiB size: 118.72 GiB (97.97%)
used: 104.78 GiB (88.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p10 maj-min: 259:10
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 18.04 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p9 maj-min: 259:9
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C pch: 52.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2469 fan-2: 2480
Info:
Processes: 323 Uptime: 9m wakeups: 1293 Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est.
available: 15.27 GiB used: 3.63 GiB (23.8%) Init: systemd v: 253
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 clang: 15.0.7
Packages: 2041 pm: pacman pkgs: 2016 libs: 485 tools: octopi,pamac,trizen,yay
pm: flatpak pkgs: 25 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.28

edit: I updated my BIOS just to be sure, and I still have the exact same logs.

Do your BIOS updates…

Oh. Nevermind. :sweat_smile:

I also tried to add ibt=off to my boot parameters, but still the same.

Also tried kernel 6.4, with and without ibt=off
Still cannot boot.

I’m continuing my investigations.

I updated to latest stable update (2023-09-18) just in case, but still cannot boot with kernel 6.1.

I don’t have any more clues.