Re: [Qemu-devel] S390 bios breaks in qemu 2.10.rc3

[Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>]

On 08/25/2017 10:29 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:21:58 +0200
> Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 08/25/2017 09:20 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> 
>>> OK, to recap:
>>>
>>> - the current pre-built bios seems fine
>>> - rebuilding the bios may yield a version that fails on some systems
>>>   (different compiler?)
>>> - adding aligned(8) looks like the right thing to do
>>> - it seems to fix the problem, but on at least one system something
>>>   still seems off (under investigation)  
>>
>> Yes. I am out of office today, so for any aligned(8) patch
>> Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
>> even for 2.10.
> 
> I fear the 2.10 train has already left the station, but any aligned(8)
> patch should be cc:stable.

I think this could be a topic for QEMU summit. Our process of not allowing
fixes in rcx without requiring an rc(x+1) seems a bit odd. The Linux kernel
style (there are fixes between the last rc and release) seems more balanced
as long as we establish some safety nets.