lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <2023100629-moneybags-unwound-ab7f@gregkh>
Date:   Fri, 6 Oct 2023 12:12:39 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux@...ck-us.net, shuah@...nel.org,
        patches@...nelci.org, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, pavel@...x.de,
        jonathanh@...dia.com, sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com,
        srw@...dewatkins.net, rwarsow@....de, conor@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1 000/259] 6.1.56-rc1 review

On Wed, Oct 04, 2023 at 10:15:16PM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 5:52 PM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/4/2023 1:19 PM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 12:33 PM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> +Namhyung, Ian,
> > >>
> > >> On 10/4/23 10:52, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > >>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.56 release.
> > >>> There are 259 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 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:51:12 +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-6.1.56-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-6.1.y
> > >>> and the diffstat can be found below.
> > >>>
> > >>> thanks,
> > >>>
> > >>> greg k-h
> > >>
> > >> perf fails to build with:
> > >>
> > >> fixdep: error opening depfile:
> > >> /local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/perf/pmu-events/.pmu-events.o.d:
> > >> No such file or directory
> > >> make[5]: *** [pmu-events/Build:33:
> > >> /local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.o]
> > >> Error 2
> > >> make[4]: *** [Makefile.perf:672:
> > >> /local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events-in.o]
> > >> Error 2
> > >> make[3]: *** [Makefile.perf:240: sub-make] Error 2
> > >> make[2]: *** [Makefile:70: all] Error 2
> > >> make[1]: *** [package/pkg-generic.mk:294:
> > >> /local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-tools/.stamp_built]
> > >> Error 2
> > >> make: *** [Makefile:27: _all] Error 2
> > >>
> > >> due a80fd00cb1a7793ead4d7c3fa7d3f1e898231c27 ("perf build: Update build
> > >> rule for generated files"). Reverting that commit fixes the build for me
> > >> and then all is good in terms of testing.
> > >
> > > I think it's ok to drop the patches if it's not applied
> > > cleanly.
> >
> > AFAICT the patch applied cleanly. There was some bizarre interplay in
> > stable kernels prior to < 6.1 as reported here:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/dcb9997a-2e8a-5eb2-7a34-f8af418d4bf1@gmail.com/
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/6a577578-8adb-aa70-1bf8-b1a4573152cf@gmail.com/
> >
> > Does this make sense to you that on 6.1 which does have Ian's commit
> > 00facc760903be6675870c2749e2cd72140e396e ("perf jevents: Switch build to
> > use jevents.py") that we would still get this build error somehow?
> 
> You can drop the pmu-events part of the change if possible.
> If not, I'm ok to drop the entire patch as it's intended to fix a
> corner case only.  Normal builds should be fine before and
> after the change.

I'm going to just drop the patch now from all queues, thanks!

greg k-h

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ