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charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-snps-arc" Errors-To: linux-snps-arc-bounces+linux-snps-arc=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Sat, Nov 07, 2020 at 03:10:06PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 08:27:44PM +0000, Vineet Gupta wrote: > > Hi Stable Team, > > > > On 10/19/20 7:19 PM, Vineet Gupta wrote: > > > This reverts commit 00fdec98d9881bf5173af09aebd353ab3b9ac729. > > > (but only from 5.2 and prior kernels) > > > > > > The original commit was a preventive fix based on code-review and was > > > auto-picked for stable back-port (for better or worse). > > > It was OK for v5.3+ kernels, but turned up needing an implicit change > > > 68e5c6f073bcf70 "(ARC: entry: EV_Trap expects r10 (vs. r9) to have > > > exception cause)" merged in v5.3 which itself was not backported. > > > So to summarize the stable backport of this patch for v5.2 and prior > > > kernels is busted and it won't boot. > > > > > > The obvious solution is backport 68e5c6f073bcf70 but that is a pain as > > > it doesn't revert cleanly and each of affected kernels (so far v4.19, > > > v4.14, v4.9, v4.4) needs a slightly different massaged varaint. > > > So the easier fix is to simply revert the backport from 5.2 and prior. > > > The issue was not a big deal as it would cause strace to sporadically > > > not work correctly. > > > > > > Waldemar Brodkorb first reported this when running ARC uClibc regressions > > > on latest stable kernels (with offending backport). Once he bisected it, > > > the analysis was trivial, so thx to him for this. > > > > > > Reported-by: Waldemar Brodkorb > > > Bisected-by: Waldemar Brodkorb > > > Cc: stable # 5.2 and prior > > > Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta > > > > Can this revert be please applied to 4.19 and older kernels for the next cycle. > > > > Or is there is a procedural issue given this revert is not in mainline. I've > > described the issue in detail above so if there's a better/desirable way of > > reverting it from backports, please let me know. > > THis is fine, sorry, it's just in a backlog of lots of stable patches... > > We will get to it soon. Now queued up, thanks. gre gk-h _______________________________________________ linux-snps-arc mailing list linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-snps-arc