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

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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:27:18 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     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 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.

Details are available at http://kerneltests.org/builders.

Guenter