Re: [PATCH 5.4 00/45] 5.4.299-rc1 review

Re: [PATCH 5.4 00/45] 5.4.299-rc1 review

[Naresh Kamboju]

On Mon, 8 Sept 2025 at 01:40, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.4.299 release.
> There are 45 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 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:55:53 +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/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.4.299-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-5.4.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h


Results from Linaro’s test farm.
No regressions on arm64, arm, x86_64, and i386.

Tested-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@linaro.org>

NOTE:
Following list of new build warnings noticed on arm build with gcc-12 and clang.

drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c: In function 'lbs_associate':
include/linux/kernel.h:843:43: warning: comparison of distinct pointer
types lacks a cast
  843 |                 (!!(sizeof((typeof(x) *)1 == (typeof(y) *)1)))
      |                                           ^~

drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/sta.c:1292:20: warning: comparison of
distinct pointer types ('typeof (ssidie[1]) *' (aka 'const unsigned
char *') and 'typeof (32) *' (aka 'int *'))
[-Wcompare-distinct-pointer-types]
 1292 |                         join.ssid_len = min(ssidie[1],
IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN);
      |
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c:1106:18: warning:
comparison of distinct pointer types ('typeof (ssid_eid[1]) *' (aka
'const unsigned char *') and 'typeof (32) *' (aka 'int *'))
[-Wcompare-distinct-pointer-types]
 1106 |                 u32 ssid_len = min(ssid_eid[1], IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN);
      |                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

## Build
* kernel: 5.4.299-rc1
* git: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
* git commit: f858bf5484295b4f9ee720b49c5348ce54eceae3
* git describe: v5.4.297-70-gf858bf548429
* test details:
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-linux-5.4.y/build/v5.4.297-70-gf858bf548429

## Test Regressions (compared to v5.4.297-24-g79c1b3cebd7a)

## Metric Regressions (compared to v5.4.297-24-g79c1b3cebd7a)

## Test Fixes (compared to v5.4.297-24-g79c1b3cebd7a)

## Metric Fixes (compared to v5.4.297-24-g79c1b3cebd7a)

## Test result summary
total: 39701, pass: 30356, fail: 2171, skip: 7026, xfail: 148

## Build Summary
* arc: 5 total, 5 passed, 0 failed
* arm: 131 total, 131 passed, 0 failed
* arm64: 31 total, 29 passed, 2 failed
* i386: 18 total, 13 passed, 5 failed
* mips: 25 total, 25 passed, 0 failed
* parisc: 3 total, 0 passed, 3 failed
* powerpc: 26 total, 26 passed, 0 failed
* riscv: 9 total, 3 passed, 6 failed
* s390: 6 total, 6 passed, 0 failed
* sh: 10 total, 10 passed, 0 failed
* sparc: 6 total, 6 passed, 0 failed
* x86_64: 27 total, 27 passed, 0 failed

## Test suites summary
* boot
* kselftest-arm64
* kselftest-breakpoints
* kselftest-capabilities
* kselftest-clone3
* kselftest-core
* kselftest-cpu-hotplug
* kselftest-exec
* kselftest-fpu
* kselftest-futex
* kselftest-intel_pstate
* kselftest-kcmp
* kselftest-membarrier
* kselftest-mincore
* kselftest-mqueue
* kselftest-openat2
* kselftest-ptrace
* kselftest-rseq
* kselftest-rtc
* kselftest-sigaltstack
* kselftest-size
* kselftest-timers
* kselftest-tmpfs
* kselftest-tpm2
* kselftest-user_events
* kselftest-vDSO
* kselftest-x86
* kunit
* lava
* libhugetlbfs
* log-parser-boot
* log-parser-build-clang
* log-parser-build-gcc
* log-parser-test
* ltp-capability
* ltp-commands
* ltp-containers
* ltp-controllers
* ltp-crypto
* ltp-cve
* ltp-dio
* ltp-fcntl-locktests
* ltp-fs
* ltp-fs_bind
* ltp-fs_perms_simple
* ltp-hugetlb
* ltp-math
* ltp-mm
* ltp-nptl
* ltp-pty
* ltp-sched
* ltp-smoke
* ltp-syscalls
* ltp-tracing
* perf
* rcutorture

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https://lkft.linaro.org

Re: [PATCH 5.4 00/45] 5.4.299-rc1 review

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 01:22:42PM +0530, Naresh Kamboju wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Sept 2025 at 01:40, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.4.299 release.
> > There are 45 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 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:55:53 +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/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.4.299-rc1.gz
> > or in the git tree and branch at:
> >         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-5.4.y
> > and the diffstat can be found below.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
> 
> 
> Results from Linaro’s test farm.
> No regressions on arm64, arm, x86_64, and i386.
> 
> Tested-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@linaro.org>
> 
> NOTE:
> Following list of new build warnings noticed on arm build with gcc-12 and clang.
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c: In function 'lbs_associate':
> include/linux/kernel.h:843:43: warning: comparison of distinct pointer
> types lacks a cast
>   843 |                 (!!(sizeof((typeof(x) *)1 == (typeof(y) *)1)))
>       |                                           ^~
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/sta.c:1292:20: warning: comparison of
> distinct pointer types ('typeof (ssidie[1]) *' (aka 'const unsigned
> char *') and 'typeof (32) *' (aka 'int *'))
> [-Wcompare-distinct-pointer-types]
>  1292 |                         join.ssid_len = min(ssidie[1],
> IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN);
>       |
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c:1106:18: warning:
> comparison of distinct pointer types ('typeof (ssid_eid[1]) *' (aka
> 'const unsigned char *') and 'typeof (32) *' (aka 'int *'))
> [-Wcompare-distinct-pointer-types]
>  1106 |                 u32 ssid_len = min(ssid_eid[1], IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN);
>       |                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Not much I can do about this one, as the call to min() is correct.  It's
a type-check issue :(

thanks,

greg k-h