Re: [PATCH 3.14 00/77] 3.14.29-stable review

Guenter Roeck
2015-01-14T18:05:59Z

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 05:48:54PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 01/14/2015, 05:37 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 11:22:40PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.14.29 release.
> >> There are 77 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 Jan 16 07:22:07 UTC 2015.
> >> Anything received after that time might be too late.
> >>
> > There are several powerpc build failures.
> >
> > Building powerpc:defconfig ... failed
> > Building powerpc:allmodconfig ... failed
> > Building powerpc:cell_defconfig ... failed
> > Building powerpc:maple_defconfig ... failed
> >
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.o: In function `machine_check_handle_early':
> > (.text+0x918c): undefined reference to `.power7_enter_nap_mode'
>
> Dots from functions were removed only in commit b1576fec7f4 (powerpc: No
> need to use dot symbols when branching to a function).
>
> The backport of commit 8117ac6a6c2 (powerpc/powernv: Switch off MMU
> before entering nap/sleep/rvwinkle mode) should redefine
> power7_enter_nap_mode with dots IMO.
>
Yes, something like that, or drop that commit for the time being.
Reverting it fixes the problem.

Guenter