From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61295C43461 for ; Wed, 9 Sep 2020 18:01:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11C2021D7D for ; Wed, 9 Sep 2020 18:01:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1599674475; bh=pgP4b85+7vWCX47zJKllmqZNSN2rbSk1645eUT2KDcI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=fkO6Iw9efScqrXrK9hwzQCjr7n2jkhBs3BKcmGz+pRRTyNWBFN5iPlyNjqLx4F8uw 3gtOIcxSVtaDIbIn1TViBy7b9x+kAkl3OjBtzSS9Yvmp3SZ605GNSPOddrMDN8Y2kh EQwrcdvmRmBTdbsomkySgLQ8DDdx1tFTuGi9XIz4= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729521AbgIISBO (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Sep 2020 14:01:14 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:58348 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726408AbgIISBN (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Sep 2020 14:01:13 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-74-64.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.74.64]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B2C4321D46; Wed, 9 Sep 2020 18:01:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1599674472; bh=pgP4b85+7vWCX47zJKllmqZNSN2rbSk1645eUT2KDcI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Fsfo9hAEgI98VGQewvG8mYFbBBuD0TO3DbV1GR5yA3kHtDXak0puLOTW7yRtYQuQT Ecbmjum8Z0yLAE0YNqSTzciTsAs1/XXh7pHVvEH5hGI4j8vXnV/2bUKo7Xw1wTmH0r teG7ruPbCR67OKzBV99SZu1FFnNhrxEIv+C2Pbg4= Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 20:01:21 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Guenter Roeck Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, shuah@kernel.org, patches@kernelci.org, ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk, lkft-triage@lists.linaro.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.8 000/186] 5.8.8-rc1 review Message-ID: <20200909180121.GD1003763@kroah.com> References: <20200908152241.646390211@linuxfoundation.org> <20200909164705.GE1479@roeck-us.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200909164705.GE1479@roeck-us.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 09:47:05AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 05:22:22PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.8.8 release. > > There are 186 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response > > to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please > > let me know. > > > > Responses should be made by Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:21:57 +0000. > > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > > > Build results: > total: 154 pass: 153 fail: 1 > Failed builds: > powerpc:allmodconfig > Qemu test results: > total: 430 pass: 430 fail: 0 > > The powerpc problem is the same as before: > > Inconsistent kallsyms data > Try make KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1 as a workaround > > KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1 doesn't help. The problem is sporadic, elusive, and all > but impossible to bisect. The same build passes on another system, for example, > with a different load pattern. It may pass with -j30 and fail with -j40. > The problem started at some point after v5.8, and got worse over time; by now > it almost always happens. I'd be happy to debug if there is a means to do it, > but I don't have an idea where to even start. I'd disable KALLSYMS in my > test configurations, but the symbol is selected from various places and thus > difficult to disable. So unless I stop building ppc:allmodconfig entirely > we'll just have to live with the failure. Ah, I was worried when I saw your dashboard orange for this kernel. I guess the powerpc maintainers don't care? Sad :( Anyway, thanks for testing them all and letting me know. greg k-h