linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.18 000/228] 4.18.12-stable review

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Message-ID: <20181007141808.GA14337@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Sun, 7 Oct 2018 07:19:23 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, shuah@...nel.org,
        patches@...nelci.org,
        Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.18 000/228] 4.18.12-stable review

On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 11:08:47AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 12:53:11PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:24 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 09:25:39AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 05:59:09AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > > On 10/02/2018 06:21 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.18.12 release.
> > > > > > There are 228 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > > > > > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > > > > > let me know.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Responses should be made by Thu Oct  4 13:24:08 UTC 2018.
> > > > > > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Build results:
> > > > >     total: 137 pass: 137 fail: 0
> > > > > Qemu test results:
> > > > >     total: 321 pass: 320 fail: 1
> > > > > Failed tests:
> > > > >     powerpc:g3beige:ppc_book3s_defconfig:nosmp:ide:rootfs
> > > >
> > > > What is the status of that powerpc failure fix?  What's the odds it can
> > > > get into mainline soon?
> > > >
> > >
> > > The fix has been -next for about a week.
> > >
> > > da08d8cb8cfc of: unittest: Disable interrupt node tests for old world MAC systems
> > >
> > > You'll have to ask Rob (copied) if he plans to send a pull request before
> > > the next commit window opens.
> > 
> > I wasn't planning to as it's just for the unittest and has been that
> > way for how long? Why's the unittest enabled for a defconfig anyways?
> > 
> 
> I enabled it to improve test coverage for stable releases. This is how
> I found the problem in the first place. Are you suggesting that I should
> not run DT unit tests for stable release candidates ?
> 
I have now disabled CONFIG_OF_UNITTEST in my tests.

Guenter