linux-kernel - Re: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/boot: Pull up cmdline preparation and early param parsing

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Message-ID: <YbR9i4sH/5aUn+FA@zn.tnic>
Date:   Sat, 11 Dec 2021 11:29:31 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Patrick J. Volkerding" <volkerdi@...il.com>
Cc:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        John Dorminy <jdorminy@...hat.com>, tip-bot2@...utronix.de,
        anjaneya.chagam@...el.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/boot: Pull up cmdline preparation and
 early param parsing

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 02:32:38PM -0600, Patrick J. Volkerding wrote:
> I applied the two revert patches to 5.15.7 (the last one won't apply
> so I skipped it)

Looks like it is only a contextual conflict.

> and the resulting x86 32-bit kernel boots fine here on the Thinkpad
> X1E that was having issues previously.

Good.

> Then I tested an unpatched 5.16-rc4, which (as expected) got the boot
> hang on the affected machine. Applied the three patches, and the
> resulting kernel boots fine.

Thanks for testing!

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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