Re: [PATCH 6.1 00/13] 6.1.38-rc2 review

Guenter Roeck
2023-07-05T14:25:14Z

On 7/4/23 01:48, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.38 release.
> There are 13 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 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 08:46:01 +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-6.1.38-rc2.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.1.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
> -------------
> Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
>
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Linux 6.1.38-rc2
>
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> gup: avoid stack expansion warning for known-good case
>

I am a bit puzzled by this patch. It avoids a warning introduced with
upstream commit a425ac5365f6 ("gup: add warning if some caller would
seem to want stack expansion"), or at least it says so, but that patch
is not in v6.1.y. Why is this patch needed here ?

Thanks,
Guenter

> Rodrigo Siqueira <Rodrigo.Siqueira@amd.com>
> drm/amd/display: Ensure vmin and vmax adjust for DCE
>
> Bas Nieuwenhuizen <bas@basnieuwenhuizen.nl>
> drm/amdgpu: Validate VM ioctl flags.
>
> Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@linutronix.de>
> docs: Set minimal gtags / GNU GLOBAL version to 6.6.5
>
> Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@linutronix.de>
> scripts/tags.sh: Resolve gtags empty index generation
>
> Krister Johansen <kjlx@templeofstupid.com>
> perf symbols: Symbol lookup with kcore can fail if multiple segments match stext
>
> Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org>
> nubus: Partially revert proc_create_single_data() conversion
>
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> execve: always mark stack as growing down during early stack setup
>
> Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
> PCI/ACPI: Call _REG when transitioning D-states
>
> Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
> PCI/ACPI: Validate acpi_pci_set_power_state() parameter
>
> Aric Cyr <aric.cyr@amd.com>
> drm/amd/display: Do not update DRR while BW optimizations pending
>
> Alvin Lee <Alvin.Lee2@amd.com>
> drm/amd/display: Remove optimization for VRR updates
>
> Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
> xtensa: fix lock_mm_and_find_vma in case VMA not found
>
>
> -------------
>
> Diffstat:
>
> Documentation/process/changes.rst | 7 +++++
> Makefile | 4 +--
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c | 4 +++
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++-------------
> drivers/nubus/proc.c | 22 ++++++++++---
> drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> include/linux/mm.h | 4 ++-
> mm/memory.c | 4 +++
> mm/nommu.c | 7 ++++-
> scripts/tags.sh | 9 +++++-
> tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 17 ++++++++--
> 11 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>
>