linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.1 00/13] 6.1.38-rc2 review

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Message-ID: <824705ec-38ca-1587-573c-595b146ee2e1@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2023 07:23:30 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     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, conor@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1 00/13] 6.1.38-rc2 review

On 7/4/23 01:48, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.38 release.
> There are 13 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, 06 Jul 2023 08:46:01 +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/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.1.38-rc2.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.1.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
> -------------
> Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
> 
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>      Linux 6.1.38-rc2
> 
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
>      gup: avoid stack expansion warning for known-good case
> 

I am a bit puzzled by this patch. It avoids a warning introduced with
upstream commit a425ac5365f6 ("gup: add warning if some caller would
seem to want stack expansion"), or at least it says so, but that patch
is not in v6.1.y. Why is this patch needed here ?

Thanks,
Guenter

> Rodrigo Siqueira <Rodrigo.Siqueira@....com>
>      drm/amd/display: Ensure vmin and vmax adjust for DCE
> 
> Bas Nieuwenhuizen <bas@...nieuwenhuizen.nl>
>      drm/amdgpu: Validate VM ioctl flags.
> 
> Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@...utronix.de>
>      docs: Set minimal gtags / GNU GLOBAL version to 6.6.5
> 
> Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@...utronix.de>
>      scripts/tags.sh: Resolve gtags empty index generation
> 
> Krister Johansen <kjlx@...pleofstupid.com>
>      perf symbols: Symbol lookup with kcore can fail if multiple segments match stext
> 
> Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>
>      nubus: Partially revert proc_create_single_data() conversion
> 
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
>      execve: always mark stack as growing down during early stack setup
> 
> Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
>      PCI/ACPI: Call _REG when transitioning D-states
> 
> Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
>      PCI/ACPI: Validate acpi_pci_set_power_state() parameter
> 
> Aric Cyr <aric.cyr@....com>
>      drm/amd/display: Do not update DRR while BW optimizations pending
> 
> Alvin Lee <Alvin.Lee2@....com>
>      drm/amd/display: Remove optimization for VRR updates
> 
> Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
>      xtensa: fix lock_mm_and_find_vma in case VMA not found
> 
> 
> -------------
> 
> Diffstat:
> 
>   Documentation/process/changes.rst        |  7 +++++
>   Makefile                                 |  4 +--
>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c   |  4 +++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++-------------
>   drivers/nubus/proc.c                     | 22 ++++++++++---
>   drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c                   | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>   include/linux/mm.h                       |  4 ++-
>   mm/memory.c                              |  4 +++
>   mm/nommu.c                               |  7 ++++-
>   scripts/tags.sh                          |  9 +++++-
>   tools/perf/util/symbol.c                 | 17 ++++++++--
>   11 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
> 
>