linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.18 00/61] 5.18.12-rc1 review

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Date:   Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:03:23 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>
Cc:     kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
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        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org>,
        Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.18 00/61] 5.18.12-rc1 review

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 04:33:24PM +0530, Naresh Kamboju wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 00:21, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.18.12 release.
> > There are 61 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 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 18:32:19 +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-5.18.12-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-5.18.y
> > and the diffstat can be found below.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
> 
> 
> Results from Linaro’s test farm.
> Regressions on x86_64 (and still validating results)
> 
> Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@...aro.org>
> 
> 1) kernel panic on x86_64 while running kvm-unit-tests.
>    - APIC base relocation is unsupported by KVM

Seems others are hitting this too:
	https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAMGffEm9y0wnn8LNS9Qo3obPhs0GD5iJZ0WejFzC4baGPDsYTw@mail.gmail.com

Does this also happen right now on Linus's tree?

> 2) qemu_x86_64 boot warning
>    - WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:558
> apply_returns+0x19c/0x1d0

Warning, but does everything still work?

And again, still on Linus's tree?

> 3) New warnings noticed while building perf
>    - Warning: Kernel ABI header at
> 'tools/arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h' differs from latest
> version at 'arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h'

Ick, I'll wait for that to get synced in Linus's tree.

thanks,

greg k-h