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 065B9C4332F for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2023 23:15:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230481AbjJ3XPV (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:15:21 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:60282 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230458AbjJ3XPU (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:15:20 -0400 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3989010D for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:15:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 94C3DC433C9; Mon, 30 Oct 2023 23:15:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1698707717; bh=oAcH7wY9SNyojp8UXbQPAveqy+m6PjH8DsovTpkomjU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=kXY9G9pHM1THVXZ8c79UINon0LLE4GfGQ4HwWnReJmcpGlHO+t/Zf5TAFy9WIuEBm DSvGycdy1JuYt2kN+NJJZAS6Z+rguLpHSysmFoCRDv32ugtECMr1p87dMZq0kCHcYB AZ4k9REwJNoveBwcH0SUpm4rSRpkpy4GdVxhRJkt9cyaNEE5hNSOS0OXlcroB+CJR7 JihLeNPXfgrn/7KceGnqh1FLa8Un9cD+/IhKOeopSZIjUjXgiUl7cFOR2DL8rVSnLx 0yBv5mnDk5xNs36mzFvvbQa+GY3YVTANdr1+5KIA6cJrojprIOEtPcGVS6JO32hciM 8Lfqai5E9MtMA== Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:15:16 -0400 From: Sasha Levin To: Martin Kaiser Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Nick Desaulniers Subject: Re: backport 790756c7e022 to 4.14 and 4.19? Message-ID: References: <20231030212510.equbu7lxlslgoy3t@viti.kaiser.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20231030212510.equbu7lxlslgoy3t@viti.kaiser.cx> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 10:25:10PM +0100, Martin Kaiser wrote: >Dear all, > >after upgrading my toolchain to gcc 13.2 and GNU assembler (GNU >Binutils) 2.41.0.20230926, compiling a 4.14 kernel fails > >arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S: Assembler messages: >arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S:477: Error: junk at end of line, first >unrecognized character is `#' > >The problem is that gas 2.41.0.20230926 does no longer support >Solaris style section attributes like >.section ".start", #alloc, #execinstr > >Commit 790756c7e022 ("ARM: 8933/1: replace Sun/Solaris style flag on >section directive") fixed up the section attributes that used the legacy >syntax. It seems that this commit landed in 5.5 and has already been >backported to 5.4. > >Should we backport this commit to 4.19 and 4.14 as well? If so, should I >submit patches that apply against the 4.19 and 4.14 trees or do you want >to resolve the conflicts when you queue up the patch? I'll queue it up, thanks! -- Thanks, Sasha