linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] LoongArch: Fix module relocation error with binutils 2.41

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Message-ID: <96a02f30fe68da4551f883599631f15a8978190d.camel@xry111.site>
Date:   Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:54:31 +0800
From:   Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
To:     Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>
Cc:     Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...ngson.cn>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@...ngson.cn>,
        Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>, Xuerui Wang <kernel@...0n.name>,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, loongson-kernel@...ts.loongnix.cn,
        WANG Xuerui <git@...0n.name>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] LoongArch: Fix module relocation error with binutils
 2.41

On Thu, 2023-08-10 at 11:34 +0800, Huacai Chen wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 11:21 AM Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site> wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 2023-08-10 at 11:20 +0800, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
> > > Can we backport this patch into stable?  It fixes a build error with
> > > binutils >= 2.41.
> > 
> > Correction: not a build error, but all modules won't load if built with
> > binutils >= 2.41 without the patch.
> Generally we can backport, but I don't think there are users who use
> the old kernels. :)

The problem is 6.4.x is not "so old": 6.4.9 is actually the latest
kernel release.  6.5.0 is not released yet.

-- 
Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University