linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 00/97] 4.19.300-rc1 review

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Date:   Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:13:33 -0600
From:   Daniel Díaz <daniel.diaz@...aro.org>
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,
        linux@...ck-us.net, 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 4.19 00/97] 4.19.300-rc1 review

Hello!

On 24/11/23 11:49 a. m., Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.19.300 release.
> There are 97 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, 26 Nov 2023 17:19:17 +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/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.19.300-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-4.19.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

We see this failure on Arm32:
-----8<-----
   /builds/linux/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c: In function 'meson_uart_probe':
   /builds/linux/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c:728:13: error: 'struct uart_port' has no member named 'has_sysrq'
     728 |         port->has_sysrq = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SERIAL_MESON_CONSOLE);
         |             ^~
   make[4]: *** [/builds/linux/scripts/Makefile.build:303: drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.o] Error 1
----->8-----

And this one on Arm64:
-----8<-----
   /builds/linux/kernel/profile.c: In function 'profile_dead_cpu':
   /builds/linux/kernel/profile.c:346:27: warning: the comparison will always evaluate as 'true' for the address of 'prof_cpu_mask' will never be NULL [-Waddress]
     346 |         if (prof_cpu_mask != NULL)
         |                           ^~
   /builds/linux/kernel/profile.c:49:22: note: 'prof_cpu_mask' declared here
      49 | static cpumask_var_t prof_cpu_mask;
         |                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
   /builds/linux/kernel/profile.c: In function 'profile_online_cpu':
   /builds/linux/kernel/profile.c:383:27: warning: the comparison will always evaluate as 'true' for the address of 'prof_cpu_mask' will never be NULL [-Waddress]
     383 |         if (prof_cpu_mask != NULL)
         |                           ^~
   /builds/linux/kernel/profile.c:49:22: note: 'prof_cpu_mask' declared here
      49 | static cpumask_var_t prof_cpu_mask;
         |                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
   /builds/linux/kernel/profile.c: In function 'profile_tick':
   /builds/linux/kernel/profile.c:413:47: warning: the comparison will always evaluate as 'true' for the address of 'prof_cpu_mask' will never be NULL [-Waddress]
     413 |         if (!user_mode(regs) && prof_cpu_mask != NULL &&
         |                                               ^~
   /builds/linux/kernel/profile.c:49:22: note: 'prof_cpu_mask' declared here
      49 | static cpumask_var_t prof_cpu_mask;
         |                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
----->8-----

Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@...aro.org>

Greetings!

Daniel Díaz
daniel.diaz@...aro.org