Re: [PATCH 6.1&6.6 2/3] vmlinux: Avoid weak reference to notes section

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

[ Sasha's backport helper bot ]

Hi,

The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 377d9095117c084b835e38c020faf5a78e386f01

WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit:
Backport author: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
Commit author: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>


Status in newer kernel trees:
6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.6.y | Not found

Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit:
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1:  377d9095117c0 ! 1:  c735ac7f41f90 vmlinux: Avoid weak reference to notes section
    @@ Metadata
      ## Commit message ##
         vmlinux: Avoid weak reference to notes section
     
    +    [ Upstream commit 377d9095117c084b835e38c020faf5a78e386f01 ]
    +
         Weak references are references that are permitted to remain unsatisfied
         in the final link. This means they cannot be implemented using place
         relative relocations, resulting in GOT entries when using position
    @@ Commit message
         Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
         Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
         Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
    +    Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
     
      ## kernel/ksysfs.c ##
     @@ kernel/ksysfs.c: KERNEL_ATTR_RW(rcu_normal);
---

Results of testing on various branches:

| Branch                    | Patch Apply | Build Test |
|---------------------------|-------------|------------|
| stable/linux-6.6.y        |  Success    |  Success   |
| stable/linux-6.1.y        |  Success    |  Success   |