linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.18 00/39] 3.18.53-stable review

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Date:   Fri, 12 May 2017 11:37:48 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        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 3.18 00/39] 3.18.53-stable review

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 02:46:37PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Matthijs van Duin <matthijsvanduin@...il.com> [170511 14:34]:
> > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 02:16:07PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-headsmp.S:60: Error: bad instruction `badr r0,hyp_boot'
> > > 
> > > I see "badr" used in later kernels, but not in v3.18. Does this possibly
> > > require some secondary patches ?
> > 
> > It was introduced in kernel 4.2 by
> > 	14327c662822 "ARM: replace BSYM() with badr assembly macro"
> > 
> > The correct backport would therefore just be:
> > 
> > -	adr	r0, hyp_boot
> > +	adr	r0, BSYM(hyp_boot)
> > 
> > Right?
> 
> Or just skip this for v3.18 until somebody actually needs thumb
> kernel with hypervisor and can provide a Tested-by.

Ok, I'll drop this patch for now, it was added to fix a build warning
that Arnd found.  I'll wait for a proper backport if people really get
annoyed by it :)

thanks,

greg k-h