Re: [PATCH 5.15 000/136] 5.15.100-rc1 review

Sudip Mukherjee
2023-03-11T12:47:32Z

Hi Greg,

On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 02:42:02PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.15.100 release.
> There are 136 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 Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:36:38 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.

Build test (gcc version 12.2.1 20230210):
mips: 62 configs -> no failure
arm: 99 configs -> no failure
arm64: 3 configs -> no failure
x86_64: 4 configs -> no failure
alpha allmodconfig -> no failure
csky allmodconfig -> no failure
powerpc allmodconfig -> no failure
riscv allmodconfig -> no failure
s390 allmodconfig -> no failure
xtensa allmodconfig -> no failure

Boot test:
x86_64: Failed to boot on my test laptop.
x86_64: Booted on qemu. No regression. [1]
arm64: Booted on rpi4b (4GB model). No regression. [2]

Note:
Failed to boot on my test laptop, just black screen.
Bisect pointed to 4eb6789f9177 ("drm/i915: Don't use BAR mappings for ring buffers with LLC")
which was added in v5.15.99. I failed to test v5.15.99 due to lack of time. :(

[1]. https://openqa.qa.codethink.co.uk/tests/3075
[2]. https://openqa.qa.codethink.co.uk/tests/3084

Tested-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@codethink.co.uk>

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Regards
Sudip