linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.4 000/134] 5.4.231-rc1 review

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Message-ID: <20230203171826.GA1500930@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2023 09:18:26 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        shuah@...nel.org, patches@...nelci.org,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, pavel@...x.de, jonathanh@...dia.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com,
        srw@...dewatkins.net, rwarsow@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.4 000/134] 5.4.231-rc1 review

On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 05:45:19PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 07:56:19AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 11:11:45AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.4.231 release.
> > > There are 134 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, 05 Feb 2023 10:09:58 +0000.
> > > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > > 
> > 
> > Building ia64:defconfig ... failed
> > --------------
> > Error log:
> > <stdin>:1511:2: warning: #warning syscall clone3 not implemented [-Wcpp]
> > arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c: In function 'mca_handler_bh':
> > arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c:179:9: error: implicit declaration of function 'make_task_dead'
> > 
> > Caused by "exit: Add and use make_task_dead.". Did that really have to be backported ?
> 
> Yup, it does!
> 
> Eric, any help with this?
> 

Adding "#include <linux/sched/task.h>" to the affected file would probably
be the easy fix. I did a quick check, and it works.

Note that the same problem is seen in v4.14.y and v4.19.y. Later
kernels don't have the problem.

Guenter

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h