From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE18EC433F5 for ; Wed, 4 May 2022 03:19:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1344169AbiEDDXR (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2022 23:23:17 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58510 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1344166AbiEDDXP (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2022 23:23:15 -0400 Received: from gandalf.ozlabs.org (gandalf.ozlabs.org [150.107.74.76]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8EB05167CD for ; Tue, 3 May 2022 20:19:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from authenticated.ozlabs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4KtMWX3hQxz4xXh; Wed, 4 May 2022 13:19:36 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ellerman.id.au; s=201909; t=1651634379; bh=dx0pYKCWg/7xO+Xxz9/wH02elJnU6V0zNRaze2rHkO8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=og4YXSe0xIAvMRF3oSOzvqUewub0MWtZ5/k3jXnsc03uOTx73qmHm4PBnKXPS3ZXa E3SiHwWcXqjQAkmjCrGoy8M0q0vqQ0qyOE0GSalEsjC6s2u/Fe6aTclMSCuUUbpJCi W9PUXoNhmMUGHpiJ+xNieY6ykTF/QrMiepccS3Ofxg7Oy5nL5ERI7P3TB/VVxJiJa2 3vVWH6+mo6BX1TJm1XW/8mF366uI0MWCQSbwtZbT0+8JDQs7gFIIRL1xKzZpitLUtJ dALX44cjaDZ1XOUna68EJN+jeC7AkrcGBpfCBqflMeQ09StIn/fPtpGifovRuwlQxP 2UTZ/GS8Sx/wg== From: Michael Ellerman To: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Sasha Levin , Nick Desaulniers , Tom Rix , Paul Menzel , stable@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: Apply d799769188529abc6cbf035a10087a51f7832b6b to 5.17 and 5.15? In-Reply-To: References: <877d7ig9oz.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au> Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 13:19:32 +1000 Message-ID: <87o80eugqj.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org Nathan Chancellor writes: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 08:13:13AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 05:46:52PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote: >> > Nathan Chancellor writes: >> > > Hi Greg, Sasha, and Michael, >> > > >> > > Commit d79976918852 ("powerpc/64: Add UADDR64 relocation support") fixes >> > > a boot failure with CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y kernels linked with recent >> > > versions of ld.lld [1]. Additionally, it resolves a separate boot >> > > failure that Paul Menzel reported [2] with ld.lld 13.0.0. Is this a >> > > reasonable backport for 5.17 and 5.15? It applies cleanly, resolves both >> > > problems, and does not appear to cause any other issues in my testing >> > > for both trees but I was curious what Michael's opinion was, as I am far >> > > from a PowerPC expert. >> > > >> > > This change does apply cleanly to 5.10 (I did not try earlier branches) >> > > but there are other changes needed for ld.lld to link CONFIG_RELOCATABLE >> > > kernels in that branch so to avoid any regressions, I think it is safe >> > > to just focus on 5.15 and 5.17. >> > >> > I considered tagging it for stable, but I wanted it to get a bit of >> > testing first, it's a reasonably big patch. >> > >> > I think we're reasonably confident it doesn't introduce any new bugs, >> > but more testing time is always good. >> > >> > So I guess I'd be inclined to wait another week or so before requesting >> > a stable backport? >> >> Sure, thanks for the response! I'll ping this thread on Monday, May 2nd, >> so that we have two more RC releases to try and flush out any lingering >> issues. If you do receive any reports of regressions, please let me >> know. > > I decided to wait an extra day just to give people the opportunity to > install -rc5 and run it through their tests. I have not heard of any > reports yet, are there any further objections? No objection. cheers