linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.18 00/21] 3.18.113-stable review

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Date:   Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:36:13 -0700
From:   Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "kernelci.org bot" <bot@...nelci.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, shuah@...nel.org, patches@...nelci.org,
        ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.18 00/21] 3.18.113-stable review

Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 05:09:11PM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
>> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> writes:
>> 
>> > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 03:08:12PM -0700, kernelci.org bot wrote:
>> >> stable-rc/linux-3.18.y boot: 52 boots: 28 failed, 18 passed with 1 offline, 5 conflicts (v3.18.112-22-gb0582263e3c9)
>> >> 
>> >> Full Boot Summary: https://kernelci.org/boot/all/job/stable-rc/branch/linux-3.18.y/kernel/v3.18.112-22-gb0582263e3c9/
>> >> Full Build Summary: https://kernelci.org/build/stable-rc/branch/linux-3.18.y/kernel/v3.18.112-22-gb0582263e3c9/
>> >> 
>> >> Tree: stable-rc
>> >> Branch: linux-3.18.y
>> >> Git Describe: v3.18.112-22-gb0582263e3c9
>> >> Git Commit: b0582263e3c9810fd887ca92d19cb9ff30a4d9f6
>> >> Git URL: http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
>> >> Tested: 24 unique boards, 12 SoC families, 13 builds out of 183
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> >
>> > That is a lot of new failures, did the whole lab fail, or is this really
>> > a problem in v3.18.112 here?
>> 
>> Whole lab failure (more precisely, lab operator failure)  ;)
>> 
>> gak, I updated the rootfs images to the latest buildroot, which forced
>> me to upgrade the kernel headers used to build the rootfs from v3.10 to
>> v4.4.  So I guess it's no surprise that every single board panic'd as
>> soon as it hit userspace.
>> 
> I build my root file systems with buildroot, and had a similar problem. My fix
> was to patch buildroot to let me use older linux headers.

Could you share the patch?

I was lazy and just rolled back the buildroot release.

Thanks,

Kevin