linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.8 00/14] 5.8.16-rc1 review

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Date:   Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:00:21 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jeffrin Jose T <jeffrin@...agiritech.edu.in>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux@...ck-us.net, shuah@...nel.org,
        patches@...nelci.org, ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, pavel@...x.de, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.8 00/14] 5.8.16-rc1 review

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 07:41:05PM +0530, Jeffrin Jose T wrote:
> On Fri, 2020-10-16 at 11:07 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.8.16 release.
> > There are 14 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 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:04:25 +0000.
> > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > 
> > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> > 	
> > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.8.16-rc1.gz
> > or in the git tree and branch at:
> > 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-
> > stable-rc.git linux-5.8.y
> > and the diffstat can be found below.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> hello,
> 
> Compiled and booted  5.8.16-rc1+ .Every thing looks clean except "dmesg
> -l warn"
> 
> ------x--------------x-----------------------------x-----------
> 
> $dmesg -l warn
> [    0.601699] MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See 
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.html for
> more details.

Please see that link for more details :)

> [    0.603104]  #3

Odd.

> [    0.749457] ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance'

Why is this a warning?  Oh well.

> [   10.718252] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if
> this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp

Is this incorrect?

> [   12.651483] sdhci-pci 0000:00:1e.6: failed to setup card detect gpio

Normal.

> [   14.398378] i2c_hid i2c-ELAN1300:00: supply vdd not found, using
> dummy regulator
> [   14.399033] i2c_hid i2c-ELAN1300:00: supply vddl not found, using
> dummy regulator

Both normal

> [   23.866580] systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/plymouth-
> start.service:16: Unit configured to use KillMode=none. This is unsafe,
> as it disables systemd's process lifecycle management for the service.
> Please update your service to use a safer KillMode=, such as 'mixed' or
> 'control-group'. Support for KillMode=none is deprecated and will
> eventually be removed.

Not the kernel.

> [   37.208082] uvcvideo 1-6:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 4 was
> not initialized!
> [   37.208092] uvcvideo 1-6:1.0: Entity type for entity Processing 2
> was not initialized!
> [   37.208098] uvcvideo 1-6:1.0: Entity type for entity Camera 1 was
> not initialized!

Crummy device :(

> [   40.088516] FAT-fs (sda1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some
> data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.

Please run fsck :)

thanks,

greg k-h