From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 950011E49B; Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:49:52 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1735307392; cv=none; b=BvUsYhLRpickk2aOaeoNV6GzXzRqaYiWGbMUrOSVRyPGN81mToZ9iSUEmkuAdkjO70+k9VwflNeNDOw7DlS63tHH+JRr25Jeh9O3MnWeGaC3aX9UjTYfIUNwgKwFPQgC+74NnoVAvBpAZZWWewDnHxt0I2shI3B86TxtSwljQg4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1735307392; c=relaxed/simple; bh=y6ScYUTR14akn4+SUeLD0Bm65OIJiGjSR54WfADEvp0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=VeftqbFcoj4Zefmzb33ZuwmEIordV2uOsLKkGlVY/NeazMPH0ylNgm7fbs3oYpfCkHeuZGxjtLZBTju8BO8VGqiXz2P4evU1LiFdlJlKEvplhceaXSZgTPGW/KVNgjYC2qZOPYm/XgyQKN7gm98/OI2nuugHcYjC5p1Cvwn9c4M= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=dkqj7IWm; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="dkqj7IWm" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7AFDBC4CED0; Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:49:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1735307392; bh=y6ScYUTR14akn4+SUeLD0Bm65OIJiGjSR54WfADEvp0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=dkqj7IWmWztbxc4HeOkZ7X3voe11hqA2KntKbiqydAknUHK+D1A9BeKrxn9sc2DAf MfOBY/Z74d0BXp4b3/K/aqvxc1qNkz/11N174Y83VSl9oYL20vgK5hMTlrbHQl3rL4 4EnzYTvAfeu1f4a+GUhNH2daUeICbA6yq7LNCRfw= Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:49:49 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Marc Zyngier Cc: Naresh Kamboju , stable@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux@roeck-us.net, shuah@kernel.org, patches@kernelci.org, lkft-triage@lists.linaro.org, pavel@denx.de, jonathanh@nvidia.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com, sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com, srw@sladewatkins.net, rwarsow@gmx.de, conor@kernel.org, hargar@microsoft.com, broonie@kernel.org, Catalin Marinas , Oliver Upton , Dan Carpenter , Arnd Bergmann , Anders Roxell Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.12 000/160] 6.12.7-rc1 review Message-ID: <2024122733-lumpish-everyday-fab3@gregkh> References: <20241223155408.598780301@linuxfoundation.org> <87y102r27e.wl-maz@kernel.org> <2024122713-vacant-muppet-06eb@gregkh> <87ed1tp8df.wl-maz@kernel.org> <2024122711-dab-submarine-a475@gregkh> <87cyhdp7fx.wl-maz@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: patches@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87cyhdp7fx.wl-maz@kernel.org> On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 01:43:46PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote: > On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:34:52 +0000, > Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 01:23:40PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote: > > > On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:04:11 +0000, > > > Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 01:41:41PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 19:12:40 +0000, > > > > > Naresh Kamboju wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 at 21:31, Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.7 release. > > > > > > > There are 160 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 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:53:30 +0000. > > > > > > > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: > > > > > > > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.12.7-rc1.gz > > > > > > > or in the git tree and branch at: > > > > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.12.y > > > > > > > and the diffstat can be found below. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > greg k-h > > > > > > > > > > > > The following test regressions found on arm64 selftests > > > > > > kvm kvm_set_id_regs. > > > > > > > > > > > > This was reported and fixed by a patch [1]. > > > > > > > > > > > > * graviton4-metal, kselftest-kvm > > > > > > - kvm_set_id_regs > > > > > > > > > > > > * rk3399-rock-pi-4b-nvhe, kselftest-kvm > > > > > > - kvm_set_id_regs > > > > > > > > > > > > * rk3399-rock-pi-4b-protected, kselftest-kvm > > > > > > - kvm_set_id_regs > > > > > > > > > > > > * rk3399-rock-pi-4b-vhe, kselftest-kvm > > > > > > - kvm_set_id_regs > > > > > > > > > > > > Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing > > > > > > > > > > This is totally harmless, and if anything, indicates that the *fix* > > > > > is doing its job, and that this patch *must* be backported. > > > > > > I think I caused the confusion here, as "this patch" refers to the > > > original fix which has been queued, rather than the patch to the > > > selftest, which I don't consider a candidate for backports. > > > > > > > Ok, but for some bizare reason someone stripped OFF the Fixes: tag, > > > > > > "Someone" == we, the KVM/arm64 maintainers. > > > > > > And that's on purpose. A selftest patch doesn't fix anything, and I > > > really don't want to use the "Fixes:" tag as a type of dependency. > > > Additionally, these tests are mostly pointless anyway, specially this > > > one, which really should be deleted. > > > > So should I drop something? Revert it? Add a new commit? What is > > going to help solve the issue that we now have selftests failing? > > There is nothing to add, as the fix for the selftest isn't upstream > yet. If you are that bothered about an utterly pointless test failing, > feel free to drop the backport of this patch and leave 6.12 being > broken. I'm not running arm kvm selftests, so it doesn't bother me! :) thanks, greg k-h