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

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-01-15T00:34:01Z

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:05:50AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, I've dropped this patch for now because of this.

greg k-h