Re: Linux 3.9.5

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 08:10:11AM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 07:08:17AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 08:53:12PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 12:58:16PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> >> > > I'm announcing the release of the 3.9.5 kernel.
> >> > >
> >> > > All users of the 3.9 kernel series must upgrade.
> >> > >
> >> > > The updated 3.9.y git tree can be found at:
> >> > >   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.9.y
> >> > > and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
> >> > >   http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary
> >> > >
> >> > > thanks,
> >> > >
> >> > > greg k-h
> >> > >
> >> > powerpc build fails:
> >> >
> >> > arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c: In function 'alignment_exception':
> >> > arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c:1154:3: error: label 'bail' used but not defined
> >> > make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.o] Error 1
> >> > make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> >> >
> >> > Due to commit 6ce6c629 (powerpc/tm: Abort on emulation and alignment faults).
> >>
> >> Is there a upstream patch that fixes this problem that I should apply?
> >>
> > No, this is not a problem upstream. The missing label was introduced by patch
> > ba12eedee (powerpc: Exception hooks for context tracking subsystem) which, if I
> > understand correctly, was necessary due to 6ba3c97a388 (x86: Exception hooks
> > for userspace RCU extended QS) and a couple of other patches. All that doesn't
> > look like stable material to me.
> 
> This can probably be fixed just by replacing 'goto bail' with 'return'
> on that line.
> Mikey, does that sound right?
> 
I submitted a patch doing just that.

Guenter