From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Rajotte-Julien Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] lttng-modules: Backport patches to fix compilation failures since kernel v5.1 Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:56:26 -0400 Message-ID: <20190612145626.GA972@joraj-alpa> References: <1560243834-266906-1-git-send-email-zhe.he@windriver.com> <20190612105114.GA23143@localhost> <1859381600.42862.1560337102909.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> <0ea3a599-7adb-a001-dbdd-3843d0fa8b6e@windriver.com> <20190612145236.GA27613@joraj-alpa> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190612145236.GA27613@joraj-alpa> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: openembedded-core-bounces-ZwoEplunGu3dfDuKDZ/zN51Ccm5ICvs9@public.gmane.org Errors-To: openembedded-core-bounces-ZwoEplunGu3dfDuKDZ/zN51Ccm5ICvs9@public.gmane.org To: He Zhe Cc: openembedded-core , lttng-dev , Jeremie Galarneau , Mathieu Desnoyers , Adrian Bunk List-Id: lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:52:36AM -0400, Jonathan Rajotte-Julien wrote: > Hi, > > > > Please don't base distributions on -rc tags. They are not meant for this. > > > > > > We always integrate support for newer kernel versions instrumentation back > > > into our current stable release. So as soon as 5.2 final comes out, we will > > > release a 2.10.x version including support for it in lttng-modules. > > > > I'm one of the people who need to use lttng-modules on rc kernel. > > If so, please use a git based recipe building the HEAD of the latest released > stable branch (stable-2.10 currently since 2.11 is in currently in the RC > stage). If you have problem, report them on our mailing list [1] or our bug > tracker [2]. We have extensive CI jobs for lttng-modules against the vanilla > kernel [3] and other usual suspects [4]. We normally catch those problems > quite quickly. Keep in mind that in no way should a production image be built > with a non tagged release. > > As for the oe-core recipe, please send us a quick email to let us know, patch > level releases are cheap. Keep in mind that we are chasing a moving target > here. > > To add to Mathieu statement, not only do we integrate support for newer kernels into > the current stable branch but also in all the supported stable branch when > possible. The supported stable release are normally the 3 latest minor-level releases. 3 -> 2 latest release. > Currently this set is : 2.8, 2.9, 2.10 . Slight correction : 2.9, 2.10 > > [1] https://lists.lttng.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lttng-dev > [2] https://bugs.lttng.org/ > [3] An example of such job running: https://ci.lttng.org/view/LTTng-modules/job/lttng-modules_master_build-vanilla/648/console > This job validate that lttng-modules master builds against the following vanilla kernel tags. We have > similar jobs for master, stable 2.11, stable 2.10, stable 2.9, stable 2.10 lttng-modules branch. > v3.0.101 > v3.1.10 > v3.2.102 > v3.3.8 > v3.4.113 > v3.5.7 > v3.6.11 > v3.7.10 > v3.8.13 > v3.9.11 > v3.10.108 > v3.11.10 > v3.12.74 > v3.13.11 > v3.14.79 > v3.15.10 > v3.16.68 > v3.17.8 > v3.18.140 > v3.19.8 > v4.0.9 > v4.1.52 > v4.2.8 > v4.3.6 > v4.4.181 > v4.5.7 > v4.6.7 > v4.7.10 > v4.8.17 > v4.9.181 > v4.10.17 > v4.11.12 > v4.12.14 > v4.13.16 > v4.14.125 > v4.15.18 > v4.16.18 > v4.17.19 > v4.18.20 > v4.19.50 > v4.20.17 > v5.0.21 > v5.1.9 > v5.2-rc4 > [4] https://ci.lttng.org/view/LTTng-modules/ > > -- > Jonathan Rajotte-Julien > EfficiOS -- Jonathan Rajotte-Julien EfficiOS --