linux-kernel - Re: Build breakage in 3.8.4 [was: Linux 3.8.4]

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Message-ID: <20130401234726.GA25060@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 1 Apr 2013 16:47:26 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Sebastian Gottschall <s.gottschall@...wrt.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"# 3.4.x" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Build breakage in 3.8.4 [was: Linux 3.8.4]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 05:43:14AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-03-26 at 09:18 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 08:56:20AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz> wrote:
> > > > On 03/20/2013 11:25 PM, Sebastian Gottschall wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Am 20.03.2013 21:15, schrieb Greg KH:
> > > >>> I'm announcing the release of the 3.8.4 kernel.
> > > > ...
> > > >>>        signal: always clear sa_restorer on execve
> > > >> consider that this kernel is not compileable on mips targets due the
> > > >> patch in kernel/signal.c
> > > >>
> > > >> SA_RESTORER is defined in mips, but sa_restorer does not exist on that
> > > >> platform
> > > >
> > > > The same for ia64...
> > > >
> > > > kernel/signal.c: In function 'flush_signal_handlers':
> > > > kernel/signal.c:441: error: 'struct sigaction' has no member named
> > > > 'sa_restorer'
> > > >
> > > > Do we need this in 3.0, 3.4, 3.8 too?
> > > > commit 522cff142d7d2f9230839c9e1f21a4d8bcc22a4a
> > > > Author: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > > > Date:   Wed Mar 13 14:59:34 2013 -0700
> > > >
> > > >     kernel/signal.c: use __ARCH_HAS_SA_RESTORER instead of SA_RESTORER
> > > >
> > > >     __ARCH_HAS_SA_RESTORER is the preferred conditional for use in 3.9 and
> > > >     later kernels, per Kees.
> > > 
> > > Hrm, if so, we'll need to also backport the changes that aded
> > > __ARCH_HAS_SA_RESTORER...
> > 
> > Ok, well, can someone provide me the needed patches?  Otherwise I will
> > have to revert the offending change from the stable releases.
> 
> For the third time... use the attached patch followed by Andrew's commit
> 522cff142d7d2f9230839c9e1f21a4d8bcc22a4a.

Sorry for being thick, you are right, now applied, thanks.

greg k-h
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