linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.9 111/111] MIPS: VDSO: Drop gic_get_usm

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Date:   Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:57:42 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     SZ Lin (林上智) <sz.lin@...a.com>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, paul.burton@...tec.com,
        jason@...edaemon.net, marc.zyngier@....com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.9 111/111] MIPS: VDSO: Drop gic_get_usm_range() usage

On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 11:38:16AM +0800, SZ Lin (林上智) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> 於 2018年9月25日 週二 上午9:36寫道：
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 01:53:18PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > 4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > >
> >
> > This patch breaks v4.4.y and v4.9.y builds.
> > It includes asm/mips-cps.h which doesn't exist in those releases.
> 
> I am sorry for my fault, thanks for your report.
> 
> Since the patch b025d51873d5fe6 "MIPS: CM: Specify register size when
> generating accessors" which created asm/mips-cps.h is not a bug-fixed
> patch, hence I will not backport this header.
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Could you please help to revert this commit? This commit was intended
> to fix dependency of 70d7783 "MIPS: VDSO: Match data page cache
> colouring when D$ aliases", but I saw 70d7783 was merged before this
> commit; therefore, I don't think it is necessary to keep this commit.
> 
> I apology for any inconvenience caused, and I will be more careful next time.

Now dropped from the 4.4 and 4.9 queues, thanks.

greg k-h