System freezes under heavy GPU load after today's update. AMDGPU RDNA3

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Hello today’s update causes my system (with RX7900XTX) to freeze under heavy GPU load such as playing games. This happens a few seconds the GPU is under full load. journalctl does not show any GPU crash/erros. I have swapped the GPU with a different card, RX6900XT, which does not freeze.

Checking the pacman logs there are 2 notable updates:

[2025-07-20T13:36:21-0400] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (1:25.1.5-1 -> 1:25.1.6-1)
[2025-07-20T13:36:23-0400] [ALPM] upgraded linux615 (6.15.6-1 -> 6.15.7-1)

I have confirmed this is not a hardware issue as I tested the original card in another PC. I have heard there was a issue with linux-firmware with RDNA3 and RDNA4 cards but I am not sure if the issue I have are related.
Is there a way for me to undo the update?

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Indeed, a note was included in a recent Stable update announcement thread under Known Issues and Solutions about the general replacement;

and in the Unstable update thread (July 2005);

However, at face value, this doesn’t seem obviously related to the issue you describe; with a little more detail, others should be able to help pinpoint the problem.

Please provide system information as described (below) and any other specifics that might assist those wishing to help.

Regards.

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Does it also happen with Linux 6.12?

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No - you cannot.

BUT - if you have a copy of your system before the update - e.g. timeshift snapshot - you could roll back.

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Kernel 6.12 does seem to work better than 6.15. Today in my testing 6.15 does freeze or green screen during some benchmark runs but unlike yesterday the system just freezes for a second before continuing.

I will need to do some more testing but so far I have not encountered issues with the 6.12 kernel.

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System information has been previously requested;

inxi -zv8

which may assist others to identify contributing issues.

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Sorry here is the inxi output:

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.39-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=e1b6d12f-3568-4c52-b9de-a3240bb66a9e rw quiet splash
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.6 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.16.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X670E-PRO WIFI v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3222 date: 03/05/2025
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 64 GiB available: 60.48 GiB used: 3.12 GiB (5.2%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 32 GiB speed: 4800 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl
    part-no: F5-6400J3239G32G serial: <filter>
  Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 32 GiB speed: 4800 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl
    part-no: F5-6400J3239G32G serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: N/A level: v4
    note: check family: 0x1A (26) model-id: 0x44 (68) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xB404023
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 480 KiB desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB
    desc: 6x1024 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3004 min/max: 600/5484 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3004 2: 3004 3: 3004
    4: 3004 5: 3004 6: 3004 7: 3004 8: 3004 9: 3004 10: 3004 11: 3004 12: 3004
    bogomips: 93446
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes amd_lbr_pmc_freeze amd_lbr_v2 aperfmperf
    apic arat avic avx avx2 avx512_bf16 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2
    avx512_vnni avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd
    avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2 bpext
    bus_lock_detect cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov
    cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local
    cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms
    extapic extd_apicid f16c flush_l1d flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr
    fxsr_opt gfni ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibs invpcid irperf
    lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe
    movdir64b movdiri msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx ospke
    osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core
    perfctr_llc perfctr_nb perfmon_v2 pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt pse
    pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni
    skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp
    succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_adjust tsc_scale umip
    user_shstk v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
    vnmi vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt x2avic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr
    xsaveopt xsaves xtopology
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
    conditional; STIBP: always-on; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900
    XTX/7900 GRE/7900M] vendor: ASRock driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3
    code: Navi-3x process: TSMC n5 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3,
    Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:744c class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Granite Ridge [Radeon Graphics]
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-4,HDMI-A-2,Writeback-2
    bus-ID: 13:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:13c0 class-ID: 0300 temp: 55.0 C
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: HDMI-CAPTURE serial: <filter> built: 2024 res:
    mode: 2560x1440 hz: 60 scale: 125% (1.25) to: 2048x1152 dpi: 61 gamma: 1.2
    chroma: red: x: 0.639 y: 0.329 green: x: 0.298 y: 0.600 blue: x: 0.149
    y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 800x450mm (31.5x17.72")
    diag: 1836mm (72.3") ratio: 16:9 modes: 3840x2160, 2560x1440, 2560x1080,
    1920x1200, 1920x1080, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900,
    1280x800, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480,
    640x480
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 97 2: parse_edid:
    unhandled CEA mode 96 3: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 95 4: parse_edid:
    unhandled CEA mode 94 5: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 93 6: parse_edid:
    unhandled CEA mode 90 7: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 89 8: parse_edid:
    unhandled CEA mode 88 9: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 87
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi
    surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.1.6-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (radeonsi
    navi31 LLVM 20.1.8 DRM 3.61 6.12.39-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:744c
    memory: 23.44 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV NAVI31) driver: mesa radv v: 25.1.6-arch1.1
    device-ID: 1002:744c surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon Graphics (RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO) driver: mesa radv
    v: 25.1.6-arch1.1 device-ID: 1002:13c0 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Radeon High Definition Audio
    [Rembrandt/Strix] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 13:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 13:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.39-1-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: 1.4.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 0c:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 2500 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921K Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 0d:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0608
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp13s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 0e8d:0608
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 54.93 GiB used: 12.96 GiB (23.6%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEK1A058GA
    size: 54.93 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: U5110550 temp: 46.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 54.63 GiB size: 53.47 GiB (97.88%) used: 12.96 GiB (24.2%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
    uuid: e1b6d12f-3568-4c52-b9de-a3240bb66a9e
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 320 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 222D-9C48
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 5 rev: 3.1
    speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2:2 info: MediaTek Wireless_Device type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0e8d:0608 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 3-5:10 info: VIA Labs USB2.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 2109:2817
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-5.1:11 info: SINOWEALTH Wired Gaming Mouse
    type: mouse,keyboard driver: glorious,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 480mA
    chip-ID: 258a:0033 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 3-5.2:12 info: Keychron Q6 Max type: keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 3434:0860 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 3-8:4 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 16mA chip-ID: 0b05:19af class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 4-5:4 info: VIA Labs USB3.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 2109:0817
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 7-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-10: 8-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-11: 9-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-12: 10-0:1 info: Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub ports: N/A rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.6 C mobo: 47.5 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
  GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 55.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 92.0 C mem: 85.0 C
    fan: 1759 watts: 321.00
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1233 libs: 332 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://mirror.ufam.edu.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: http://ftp.free.org/mirrors/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://mirror.zetup.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirrors.eric.ovh/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://ct.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 334
  1: cpu: 1.8% command: kwin_wayland pid: 829 mem: 395.2 MiB (0.6%)
  2: cpu: 0.6% command: Xwayland pid: 942 mem: 59.9 MiB (0.0%)
  3: cpu: 0.3% command: firefox pid: 1624 mem: 419.9 MiB (0.6%)
  4: cpu: 0.2% command: plasmashell pid: 1048 mem: 445.5 MiB (0.7%)
  5: cpu: 0.1% command: [kworker/u48:7-flush-259:0] pid: 147
    mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
  Memory top: 5 of 334
  1: mem: 445.5 MiB (0.7%) command: plasmashell pid: 1048 cpu: 0.2%
  2: mem: 419.9 MiB (0.6%) command: firefox pid: 1624 cpu: 0.3%
  3: mem: 395.2 MiB (0.6%) command: kwin_wayland pid: 829 cpu: 1.8%
  4: mem: 164.0 MiB (0.2%) command: firefox pid: 1878 cpu: 0.0%
  5: mem: 128.6 MiB (0.2%) command: konsole pid: 1441 cpu: 0.0%
Info:
  Processes: 334 Power: uptime: 20m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 24.17 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: N/A Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.3.0
    running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38

Mod edit: changed formatting from quoted text to code

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The card I was having issues with also froze up in Windows. This was a hardware problem not a Manjaro/Linux issue. Thanks for the assistance everyone.

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