linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.18 093/185] microblaze: switch to NO

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Date:   Wed, 30 May 2018 07:48:02 +0200
From:   Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alvaro Gamez Machado <alvaro.gamez@...ent.com>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.18 093/185] microblaze: switch to NO_BOOTMEM

On 29.5.2018 16:34, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 5:02 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> 3.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>>
>> ------------------
>>
>> From: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit 101646a24a2f9cdb61d7732459fbf068a7bbb542 ]
>>
>> Microblaze doesn't set CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM and so memblock_virt_alloc()
>> doesn't work for CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK && !CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM.
> 
> Unless Michal feels differently, I don't think this should go in
> stable. The DT change that broke microblaze is only in 4.16 .

yes. It is not needed.

Thanks,
Michal