linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: Fix 32-bit RISC-V boot failure

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Message-ID: <CAEUhbmVO_dV86LJLz3S4PFu9oFp4_5HWSkKLwqc-ZkQK=yYZfw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:14:20 +0800
From:   Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@...il.com>
To:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
Cc:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@...gle.com>,
        Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-riscv <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: Fix 32-bit RISC-V boot failure

On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 9:29 PM Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Palmer,
>
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 10:20 AM Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 10:08 AM Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2021/6/30 19:58, Bin Meng wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 11:21 AM Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@...il.com> wrote:
> > > >> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 10:28 AM Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On 2021/6/28 9:15, Bin Meng wrote:
> > > >>>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 8:53 AM Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com> wrote:
> > > >>>>> Hi， sorry for the mistake，the bug is fixed by
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20210602085517.127481-2-wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com/
> > > >>>> What are we on the patch you mentioned?
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> I don't see it applied in the linux/master.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Also there should be a "Fixes" tag and stable@...r.kernel.org cc'ed
> > > >>>> because 32-bit is broken since v5.12.
> > > >>> https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux/+/c9811e379b211c67ba29fb09d6f644dd44cfcff2
> > > >>>
> > > >>> it's on Palmer' riscv-next.
> > > >> Not sure riscv-next is for which release? This is a regression and
> > > >> should be on 5.13.
> > > >>
> > > >>> Hi Palmer, should I resend or could you help me to add the fixes tag?
> > > > Your patch mixed 2 things (fix plus one feature) together, so it is
> > > > not proper to back port your patch.
> > >
> > > "mem=" will change the range of memblock, so the fix part must be included.
> > >
> >
> > Yes, so you can rebase the "mem=" changes on top of my patch.
> >
> > The practice is that we should not mix 2 things in one patch. I can
> > imagine that you wanted to add "mem=" to RISC-V and suddenly found the
> > existing logic was broken, so you sent one patch to do both.
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Here is my 2 cents:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Drop your patch from riscv-next
> > > > 2. Apply my patch as it is a simple fix to previous commit. This
> > > > allows stable kernel to cherry-pick the fix to v5.12 and v5.13.
> > > > 3. Rebase your patch against mine, and resend v2
> > > >
> > > > Let me know if this makes sense.
> > >
> > > It is not a big problem for me, but I have no right abourt riscv-next,
> > >
> > > let's wait Palmer's advise.
> > >
> >
> > Sure. Palmer, let me know your thoughts.
>
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