Re: [PATCH 4.9 000/101] 4.9.326-rc1 review

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Tue Aug 23 2022 - 17:05:35 EST


On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 10:02:33AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.9.326 release.
> There are 101 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 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 08:00:15 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>
Build results:
total: 164 pass: 141 fail: 23
Failed builds:
arm:allmodconfig
arm:imx_v6_v7_defconfig
arm:ixp4xx_defconfig
arm:u8500_defconfig
arm:multi_v5_defconfig
arm:omap1_defconfig
arm:footbridge_defconfig
arm:axm55xx_defconfig
arm:keystone_defconfig
arm:vexpress_defconfig
arm:at91_dt_defconfig
arm:shmobile_defconfig
arm:nhk8815_defconfig
arm:orion5x_defconfig
arm:exynos_defconfig
arm:cm_x2xx_defconfig
arm:integrator_defconfig
arm:pxa910_defconfig
ia64:defconfig
ia64:allnoconfig
ia64:tinyconfig
score:defconfig
um:defconfig
Qemu test results:
total: 394 pass: 343 fail: 51
Failed tests:
arm:versatilepb:versatile_defconfig:aeabi:pci:scsi:mem128:net,default:versatile-pb:rootfs
arm:versatilepb:versatile_defconfig:aeabi:pci:mem128:net,default:versatile-pb:initrd
arm:versatileab:versatile_defconfig:mem128:net,default:versatile-ab:initrd
arm:smdkc210:exynos_defconfig:cpuidle:nocrypto:mem128:exynos4210-smdkv310:initrd
arm:smdkc210:exynos_defconfig:cpuidle:nocrypto:sd2:mem128:exynos4210-smdkv310:rootfs
arm:realview-pb-a8:realview_defconfig:realview_pb:mem512:net,default:arm-realview-pba8:initrd
arm:realview-pbx-a9:realview_defconfig:realview_pb:net,default:arm-realview-pbx-a9:initrd
arm:realview-eb:realview_defconfig:realview_eb:mem512:net,default:arm-realview-eb:initrd
arm:realview-eb-mpcore:realview_defconfig:realview_eb:mem512:net,default:arm-realview-eb-11mp-ctrevb:initrd
arm:akita:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:initrd
arm:borzoi:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:net,usb:initrd
arm:borzoi:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:mmc:net,usb:rootfs
arm:borzoi:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:ata:net,usb:rootfs
arm:borzoi:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:usb:net,usb:rootfs
arm:spitz:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:net,usb:initrd
arm:spitz:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:mmc:net,usb:rootfs
arm:spitz:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:ata:net,usb:rootfs
arm:spitz:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:usb:net,usb:rootfs
arm:terrier:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:net,usb:initrd
arm:terrier:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:mmc:net,usb:rootfs
arm:terrier:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:ata:net,usb:rootfs
arm:terrier:pxa_defconfig:nodebug:nocd:nofs:nonvme:noscsi:notests:novirt:nofdt:usb:net,usb:rootfs
arm:integratorcp:integrator_defconfig:mem128:net,default:integratorcp:initrd
arm:integratorcp:integrator_defconfig:mem128:sd:net,default:integratorcp:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,e1000:initrd
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,pcnet:flash,4,1,1:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,pcnet:ide:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,e1000:usb-xhci:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,e1000-82545em:usb-uas-xhci:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,i82801:usb-ehci:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,ne2k_pci:sdhci:mmc:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,pcnet:scsi[53C810]:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,rtl8139:scsi[53C895A]:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,tulip:scsi[DC395]:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,virtio-net:scsi[AM53C974]:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,i82550:scsi[MEGASAS]:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,i82558a:scsi[MEGASAS2]:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,i82562:scsi[FUSION]:rootfs
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:nosmp:net,e1000:initrd
mips:malta_defconfig:nocd:nosmp:ide:net,pcnet:rootfs
mipsel:mips32r6-generic:malta_32r6_defconfig:nocd:smp:net,pcnet:ide:rootfs
sheb:rts7751r2dplus_defconfig:initrd
sheb:rts7751r2dplus_defconfig:ata:rootfs
xtensa:dc232b:lx60:generic_kc705_defconfig
xtensa:dc232b:lx200:generic_kc705_defconfig
xtensa:dc232b:kc705:generic_kc705_defconfig
xtensa:dc232b:kc705:generic_kc705_defconfig
xtensa:dc233c:ml605:generic_kc705_defconfig
xtensa:dc233c:kc705:generic_kc705_defconfig
xtensa:dc233c:kc705:generic_kc705_defconfig
xtensa:de212:kc705-nommu:nommu_kc705_defconfig

Some change must have caused problems with the old binutils / linker
version used when building v4.9.y kernels in my test bed.

Guenter

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Build errors:

arm:

arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: error: source object drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/built-in.o has EABI version 5, but target drivers/net/ethernet/built-in.o has EABI version 0
arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/built-in.o
arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: error: source object drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/built-in.o has EABI version 5, but target drivers/net/ethernet/built-in.o has EABI version 0
arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/built-in.o
arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: error: source object drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/built-in.o has EABI version 5, but target drivers/net/ethernet/built-in.o has EABI version 0
arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/built-in.o
make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:460: drivers/net/ethernet/built-in.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:558: drivers/net/ethernet] Error 2

This affects a variety of files depending on the configuration.

ia64:

ia64-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/built-in.o: linking constant-gp files with non-constant-gp files
ia64-linux-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/built-in.o

ia64-linux-ld: drivers/gpu/vga/built-in.o: linking constant-gp files with non-constant-gp files
ia64-linux-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file drivers/gpu/vga/built-in.o

score:

Persistent compiler (or linker) error, resulting in core dump (gcc 4.9.1)

um:

Linker error, resulting in core dumps (gcc 6.3.0)

mips (qemu tests):

Yet another linker crash.

mips32r6-generic:

Error log:
mips-linux-ld: drivers/gpu/vga/built-in.o: linking mips:isa32r6 module with previous mips:3000 modules
mips-linux-ld: drivers/gpu/vga/built-in.o: linking -mnan=2008 module with previous -mnan=legacy modules
mips-linux-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file drivers/gpu/vga/built-in.o

sheb:

Another linker crash.

xtensa:

Again, linker crash