linux-kernel - Re: Regression in kernel 4.12-rc1 for Powerpc 32

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Message-ID: <20170622141203.GP10672@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:12:03 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
Subject: Re: Regression in kernel 4.12-rc1 for Powerpc 32 - bisected to
 commit 3448890c32c3

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 04:49:46PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 06/21/2017 04:34 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 04:31:40PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> > > On 06/21/2017 04:22 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> > > > How about the .config that works on parent of that commit?
> > > 
> > > Attached.
> > 
> > OK... am I right assuming straight jessie/powerpc userland?
> > 
> 
> Actually Mint 12 with noting fancy. The machine mainly exists to test the
> wireless drivers work on big-endian hardware.
> 
> 'cat /etc/issue' reports "Debian GNU/Linux 7".

Ugh...  MintPPC appears to be dead.  On KVM with Debian userland (either
jessie or wheezy - no difference in result) booting the commit in
question with your .config oopses as soon as pata_macio is initialized,
due to the bug in "treewide: Move dma_ops from struct dev_archdata into
struct device", and after cherry-picking your own fix for that (commit
46f401c4297a "powerpc/pmac: Fix crash in dma-mapping.h with NULL dma_ops")
the result boots just fine.

Again, that happens both for Debian 8 and Debian 7 userlands, so unless
Mint had been doing something very odd there, I would question the accuracy
of your bisect...