From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752216AbcHQE7D (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:59:03 -0400 Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.156.1]:55789 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750784AbcHQE7B (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:59:01 -0400 X-IBM-Helo: d24dlp01.br.ibm.com X-IBM-MailFrom: bauerman@linux.vnet.ibm.com X-IBM-RcptTo: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org From: Thiago Jung Bauermann To: Dave Young Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Balbir Singh , Paul Mackerras , "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-ima-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Stewart Smith , Baoquan He , Michael Ellerman , x86@kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Mimi Zohar , Vivek Goyal , Petko Manolov , Thomas Gleixner , Eric Richter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, David Laight , Eric Biederman , Andrew Morton , Samuel Mendoza-Jonas , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] kexec_file: Add buffer hand-over for the next kernel Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:58:51 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/4.14.3 (Linux/3.13.0-93-generic; KDE/4.14.13; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <20160817025226.GA4638@dhcp-128-65.nay.redhat.com> References: <1471058305-30198-1-git-send-email-bauerman@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20160817025226.GA4638@dhcp-128-65.nay.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-TM-AS-MML: disable X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 16081704-0028-0000-0000-000001340491 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 16081704-0029-0000-0000-000013EA6403 Message-Id: <7590280.XAE4qXVcVR@hactar> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2016-08-17_03:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1604210000 definitions=main-1608170065 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Dave, Am Mittwoch, 17 August 2016, 10:52:26 schrieb Dave Young: > On 08/13/16 at 12:18am, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote: > > This series applies on top of v5 of the "kexec_file_load implementation > > for PowerPC" patch series (which applies on top of v4.8-rc1): > > > > https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2016-August/016843.html > > I'm trying to review your patches, but seems I can not apply them > cleanly to mainline kernel or v4.8-rc1 Strange, I just did a test using the patches I received via the kexec mailing list, and git am applied them cleanly on v4.8-rc1. > Apply the kexec_file_load series failed as below on v4.8-rc1: > > Applying: kexec_file: Allow arch-specific memory walking for > kexec_add_buffer > error: patch failed: include/linux/kexec.h:149 > error: include/linux/kexec.h: patch does not apply > Patch failed at 0001 kexec_file: Allow arch-specific memory walking for > kexec_add_buffer > The copy of the patch that failed is found in: .git/rebase-apply/patch > When you have resolved this problem, run "git am --continue". > If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git am --skip" instead. > To restore the original branch and stop patching, run "git am --abort". > > What is the order of your patch series of the three patchset? > > [PATCH v2 0/2] extend kexec_file_load system call > [PATCH v5 00/13] kexec_file_load implementation for PowerPC > [PATCH v2 0/6] kexec_file: Add buffer hand-over for the next kernel Yes, that is correct. > Do they depend on other patches? No, they apply directly on v4.8-rc1. I just published a branch with the patches, if you want you can use that instead. The branch is called kexec-patches and is at the repo git@github.com:bauermann/linux -- []'s Thiago Jung Bauermann IBM Linux Technology Center