linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 08/35] MIPS: Update lemote2f_defconfig for CPU_FREQ

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Message-ID: <20170320162957.GB23463@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2017 17:29:57 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:     Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 08/35] MIPS: Update lemote2f_defconfig for
 CPU_FREQ_STAT change

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 11:15:30AM +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 04:06:19PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2017-03-16 at 23:29 +0900, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > 4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > > 
> > > ------------------
> > > 
> > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > > 
> > > commit b3f6046186ef45acfeebc5a59c9fb45cefc685e7 upstream.
> > > 
> > > Since linux-4.8, CPU_FREQ_STAT is a bool symbol, causing a warning in
> > > kernelci.org:
> > > 
> > > arch/mips/configs/lemote2f_defconfig:42:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for CPU_FREQ_STAT
> > > 
> > > This updates the defconfig to have the feature built-in.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 1aefc75b2449 ("cpufreq: stats: Make the stats code non-modular")
> > [...]
> > 
> > So not needed for 4.4?
> 
> I don't think so, I don't get warnings for "make ARCH=mips lemote2f_defconfig"

Ok, is it worth reverting as this is an issue on later kernels?

thanks,

greg k-h