linux-kernel - Re: powerpc32 boot crash in 5.1-rc1

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Date:   Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:21:55 +0200
From:   Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
To:     LEROY Christophe <christophe.leroy@....fr>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: powerpc32 boot crash in 5.1-rc1

>> While 5.0.0 worked fine on my PowerMac G4, 5.0 + git (unknown rev as of Mar 13), 5.0.0-11520-gf261c4e and todays git all fail to boot.
>>
>> The problem seems to be in page fault handler in load_elf_binary() of init process.
> 
> The patch at https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1053385/ should fix it

Tested it - yes, it fixes the boot.

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Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>