linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.1 000/127] 4.1.17-stable review

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Date:	Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:21:09 -0800
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, shuah.kh@...sung.com, info@...nelci.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.1 000/127] 4.1.17-stable review

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 06:14:22PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 01/27/2016 10:12 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >-------------------------
> >NOTE:
> >   There are still a lot of pending stable patches in the queue, well
> >   over 400 of them to be specific, so some of your favorite/pet patches
> >   might not be included in these releases.  Please be patient as I dig
> >   out from this backlog over the next few weeks.  If there are specific
> >   patches that you just _must_ have included in a stable release soon,
> >   please let me know.
> >-------------------------
> >
> >This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.1.17 release.
> >There are 127 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 Fri Jan 29 18:07:17 UTC 2016.
> >Anything received after that time might be too late.
> >
> 
> Build results:
> 	total: 139 pass: 138 fail: 1
> Failed builds:
> 	arm64:allmodconfig
> 
> Qemu test results:
> 	total: 95 pass: 93 fail: 2
> Failed tests:
> 	arm64:smp:defconfig
> 	arm64:nosmp:defconfig
> 
> arm64:allmodconfig fails to build due to a crash in recordmcount, which
> is caused by 'recordmcount: arm64: Replace the ignored mcount call into nop'.
> That bug can be fixed by applying upstream commit c84da8b9ad37 ("recordmcount:
> Fix endianness handling bug for nop_mcount").

I've applied this now, thanks.

Hopefully this should all be straightened out and I'll go cut the
release now...

thanks,

greg k-h