linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/28] 4.4.64-stable review

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Date:   Wed, 26 Apr 2017 10:31:56 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, shuahkh@....samsung.com,
        patches@...nelci.org, ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/28] 4.4.64-stable review

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 07:27:18PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 04/25/2017 08:08 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.64 release.
> > There are 28 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 Apr 27 15:08:00 UTC 2017.
> > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > 
> 
> Build results:
> 	total: 149 pass: 144 fail: 5
> Failed builds:
> 	powerpc:defconfig
> 	powerpc:allmodconfig
> 	powerpc:ppc64e_defconfig
> 	powerpc:cell_defconfig
> 	powerpc:maple_defconfig
> 
> Qemu test results:
> 	total: 115 pass: 110 fail: 5
> Failed tests:
> 	powerpc:mac99:ppc64_book3s_defconfig:nosmp
> 	powerpc:mac99:ppc64_book3s_defconfig:smp4
> 	powerpc:pseries:pseries_defconfig
> 	powerpc:mpc8544ds:ppc64_e5500_defconfig:nosmp
> 	powerpc:mpc8544ds:ppc64_e5500_defconfig:smp
> 
> As mentioned earlier, the failures are
> 
> arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S: Assembler messages:
> arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S:72: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.localentry'
> 
> or:
> 
> arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S: Assembler messages:
> arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S:72: Error: .localentry expression for `flush_icache_range' does not evaluate to a constant
> 
> The error message depends on the compiler / binutils version.

This patch is now dropped, so the ppc builds should now work.

thanks for testing all of these.

greg k-h