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From: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	ajd@linux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from drivers
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2023 09:08:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231009070816.2bxodfj3vufx7qkb@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87il7irrtb.fsf@mail.lhotse>

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On Sun, Oct 08, 2023 at 09:28:00AM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com> writes:
> > On Mon, Oct 02, 2023 at 12:27:18PM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> >> Le 02/10/2023 à 10:55, Joel Granados via B4 Relay a écrit :
> >> > From: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
> >> > 
> > <--- snip --->
> >> >          - The "yesall" config saves 2432 bytes [4]
> >> >          - The "tiny" config saves 64 bytes [5]
> >> >      * memory usage:
> >> >          In this case there were no bytes saved because I do not have any
> >> >          of the drivers in the patch. To measure it comment the printk in
> >> >          `new_dir` and uncomment the if conditional in `new_links` [3].
> >> > 
> >> > ---
> >> > Changes in v2:
> >> > - Left the dangling comma in the ctl_table arrays.
> >> > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230928-jag-sysctl_remove_empty_elem_drivers-v1-0-e59120fca9f9@samsung.com
> >> > 
> >> > Comments/feedback greatly appreciated
> >> 
> >> Same problem on powerpc CI tests, all boot target failed, most of them 
> >> with similar OOPS, see 
> >> https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=9496ce12-f51ddb24-9497455d-000babff9b5d-d6b001302bd0fd0d&q=1&e=044c4c09-2b44-4ded-a682-a5afe9b8beec&u=https%3A%2F%2Fpatchwork.ozlabs.org%2Fproject%2Flinuxppc-dev%2Fpatch%2F20231002-jag-sysctl_remove_empty_elem_drivers-v2-15-02dd0d46f71e%40samsung.com%2F
> > I found the culprit!. Here you are rebasing on top of v6.5.0-rc6 "INFO:
> > Looking for kernel version: 6.5.0-rc6-gbf2ac4d7d596". The error makes
> > sense becuase in that version we have not introduced the stopping
> > criteria based on the ctl_table array size, so the loop continues
> > looking for an empty sentinel past valid memory (and does not find it).
> > The ctl_table check catches it but then fails to do a proper error
> > because we have already tried to access invalid memory. The solution
> > here is to make sure to rebase in on top of the latest rc in v6.6.
> 
> Thanks for tracking it down.
> 
> This is my fault, previously Russell would update the branch that the CI
> uses as its base. Now that he has left I need to do that myself, but had
> forgotten.
> 
> Sorry for the noise.
no worries. It was very helpfull to have two runs to compare with. That
was actually the thing that helped me find the issue.

Best
> 
> cheers

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Joel Granados

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-10-09  7:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-02  8:55 [PATCH v2 00/15] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from drivers Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 01/15] cdrom: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02 21:45   ` Phillip Potter
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] hpet: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 03/15] xen: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 04/15] tty: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:58   ` Jiri Slaby
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 05/15] scsi: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 06/15] parport: Remove the " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 07/15] macintosh: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 08/15] infiniband: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 09/15] char-misc: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 10/15] vrf: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 11/15] sgi-xp: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 12/15] fw loader: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 13/15] raid: Remove " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 14/15] Drivers: hv: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02  8:55 ` [PATCH v2 15/15] intel drm: " Joel Granados via B4 Relay
2023-10-02 12:27 ` [PATCH v2 00/15] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from drivers Christophe Leroy
2023-10-03  8:47   ` Joel Granados
2023-10-07 22:28     ` Michael Ellerman
2023-10-09  7:08       ` Joel Granados [this message]
     [not found] ` <651a84ff.050a0220.51ca9.2e91SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2023-10-02 14:17   ` [PATCH v2 10/15] vrf: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array David Ahern
     [not found] ` <=?utf-8?q?=3C20231002-jag-sysctl=5Fremove=5Fempty=5Felem=5Fdrive?=>
2023-10-02 14:33   ` [PATCH v2 11/15] sgi-xp: " Steve Wahl
2023-10-10 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 00/15] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from drivers Luis Chamberlain

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