Kernel build was failing with the uninitialized patches when CONFIG_CRC16=m. The patch below resolves this issue. Also, when testing the patches, filesystem mount fails: EXT4-fs error (device sdc1): ext4_check_descriptors: Checksum for group 1 failed (0!=1) EXT4-fs: group descriptors corrupted! EXT4-fs error (device sdc1): ext4_check_descriptors: Checksum for group 7 failed (0!=1) Even though the uninitgrps feature is not enabled, the gdp->bg_checksum on disk is nonzero. Mingming will pull the patches out of the patch queue until this is fixed. Thanks Avantika ---