linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.4 000/155] 5.4.262-rc2 review

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Date:   Sat, 25 Nov 2023 19:42:36 +0000
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.4 000/155] 5.4.262-rc2 review

On Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 10:07:33AM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/25/2023 8:32 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.4.262 release.
> > There are 155 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 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:30:48 +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/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.4.262-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-5.4.y
> > and the diffstat can be found below.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> perf does not build on ARM and ARM64 with:
> 
> util/evsel.h: In function 'perf_evsel__has_branch_hw_idx':
> util/evsel.h:387:54: error: 'PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX' undeclared (first
> use in this function); did you mean 'PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IN_TX'?
>   387 |         return evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type &
> PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX;
>       | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>       | PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IN_TX
> util/evsel.h:387:54: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> for each function it appears in
> 
> dropping 946b6643e67f552a9966a06ab5a9032120eeeea9 ("perf tools: Add hw_idx
> in struct branch_stack") allows me to build again for ARM and ARM64, howevef
> for MIPS we also have:
> 
> 50a3ffda05679c55929bf2bdebc731dfafe3221b ("perf hist: Add missing puts to
> hist__account_cycles") failing to build with:
> 
> util/hist.c:2600:5: warning: nested extern declaration of 'maps__put'
> [-Wnested-externs]
> util/hist.c:2600:23: error: 'struct addr_map_symbol' has no member named
> 'ms'
>      maps__put(bi[i].to.ms.maps);
>                        ^
> util/hist.c:2601:24: error: 'struct addr_map_symbol' has no member named
> 'ms'
>      map__put(bi[i].from.ms.map);
>                         ^
> util/hist.c:2602:25: error: 'struct addr_map_symbol' has no member named
> 'ms'
>      maps__put(bi[i].from.ms.maps);
>                          ^
> 
> so I would suggest we just revert both commits. Once we do that, all is well
> for ARM, ARM64 and MIPS.

Thanks, both now dropped.

greg k-h