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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 10:30:55 +0200
From: gregkh <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Olof's autobuilder <build@lixom.net>,
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Subject: Re: stable-rc build: 0 warnings 2 failures
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On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 03:00:19PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Olof's autobuilder <build@lixom.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Failed defconfigs:
> >>         powerpc.pasemi_defconfig
> >>         powerpc.ppc64_defconfig
> >>
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> Errors:
> >>
> >> /work/build/batch/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S:72: Error: .localentry expression for `flush_icache_range' does not evaluate to a constant
> >
> > This is a regression in 4.4-stable-rc, caused by the backport of commit
> > 8f5f525d5b83f7d7 ("powerpc/64: Fix flush_(d|i)cache_range() called from
> > modules").
> >
> > The patch was also backported into v4.9-stable-rc, but did not cause
> > problems there. The fixes tag suggests that the patch is needed on
> > every version from 3.16 up, but apparently the fix needs to be a little
> > different compared to newer kernels.
> 
> Yeah, the auto-backport failed, and then I sent a version for 4.4 which
> fixed the bug but broke other configs (big endian).
> 
> I've asked Greg to drop it for now.

It's now dropped, thanks.

greg k-h