Re: [PATCH 5.4 00/55] 5.4.230-rc1 review

From: Naresh Kamboju
Date: Mon Jan 23 2023 - 02:09:33 EST


On Sun, 22 Jan 2023 at 20:39, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.4.230 release.
> There are 55 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 Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:02:08 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.4.230-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-5.4.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

Results from Linaro’s test farm.

Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@xxxxxxxxxx>


Regressions found on i386:
- build/gcc-8-i386_defconfig

Regressions found on powerpc:
- build/gcc-8-mpc83xx_defconfig
- build/gcc-8-ppc64e_defconfig
- build/gcc-8-maple_defconfig
- build/gcc-8-ppc6xx_defconfig
- build/gcc-8-defconfig
- build/gcc-8-tqm8xx_defconfig
- build/gcc-8-cell_defconfig

Regressions found on sh:
- build/gcc-8-dreamcast_defconfig
- build/gcc-8-microdev_defconfig

Regressions found on s390:
- build/gcc-8-defconfig-fe40093d

Regressions found on x86_64:
- build/gcc-8-x86_64_defconfig

Build error:
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.o: warning: objtool: .entry.text+0x1c1:
unsupported intra-function call
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.o: warning: objtool: If this is a retpoline,
please patch it in with alternatives and annotate it with
ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE.
`.exit.text' referenced in section `.orc_unwind_ip' of
arch/x86/events/rapl.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of
arch/x86/events/rapl.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `.orc_unwind_ip' of
arch/x86/events/rapl.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of
arch/x86/events/rapl.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `.orc_unwind_ip' of
arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.o: defined in discarded section
`.exit.text' of arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.o
...

Bisection points to this commit,
arch: fix broken BuildID for arm64 and riscv
commit 99cb0d917ffa1ab628bb67364ca9b162c07699b1 upstream.

Upstream discussion thread,
https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y7Jal56f6UBh1abE@dev-arch.thelio-3990X/

Steps to reproduce:
-------------------
# To install tuxmake on your system globally:
# sudo pip3 install -U tuxmake
#
# See https://docs.tuxmake.org/ for complete documentation.
# Original tuxmake command with fragments listed below.
# tuxmake --runtime podman --target-arch x86_64 --toolchain gcc-8
--kconfig x86_64_defconfig

Build url:
https://storage.tuxsuite.com/public/linaro/lkft/builds/2KgdmU2GQpPtTDTC696G7v6ytm8/