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 386C2C433EF for ; Wed, 4 May 2022 15:07:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1351869AbiEDPK6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2022 11:10:58 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:60862 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1351885AbiEDPK6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2022 11:10:58 -0400 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4601:e00::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2126E2228E for ; Wed, 4 May 2022 08:07:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BEE14B8263C for ; Wed, 4 May 2022 15:07:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5D335C385A4; Wed, 4 May 2022 15:07:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1651676838; bh=FNwGFZSSghL9KJyuzsHgp8CpQhQa/0a0SraBBTLra4s=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=ZDVvxDUIhbbvKmGH5qGnShIF1ZmFCdyILLdSTu5IRtMrPoUPUnDmdmWAQ2i951dTy sFe7kaYhdE6HyCKFVpsv5Y+USd8z20/mJ3U+O1CMigypiOVKZVoTMINI0BTLJOHXU+ OuWb26ahdNvM79PpbePCO8CNFmu/34V01YSJLxYw= Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 17:07:17 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Michael Ellerman Cc: Nathan Chancellor , 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? Message-ID: References: <877d7ig9oz.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au> <87o80eugqj.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87o80eugqj.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 01:19:32PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote: > 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. Now queued up!