linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/43] 4.4.201-stable review

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Message-ID: <20191112051629.GA1160519@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:16:29 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     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 4.4 00/43] 4.4.201-stable review

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 03:35:40PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 07:28:14PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.201 release.
> > There are 43 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 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 18:08:44 +0000.
> > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > 
> 
> I am getting lots of
> 
> WARNING: modpost: Found 2 section mismatch(es).
> To see full details build your kernel with:
> 'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'
> FATAL: modpost: Section mismatches detected.
> Set CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY=y to allow them.
> scripts/Makefile.modpost:97: recipe for target 'vmlinux.o' failed
> 
> for v4.4.y, v4.9.y, and v4.14.y.
> 
> Bisecting in v4.4.y points to commit 13e9ce202ddcf95bf6 ("mm, meminit:
> recalculate pcpu batch and high limits after init completes"). Reverting
> it fixes the problem in all three branches.

Wow that patch was backported incorrectly, gotta love quilt at times :(

I've dropped that from all 3 of those trees and will work to backport it
"correctly" by hand for a later release.  I'll go release -rc2 for all 3
of those trees now.

thanks,

greg k-h