linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.1 000/137] 6.1.115-rc1 review

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Message-ID: <d32d5890-34a8-4362-8feb-218182583083@linutronix.de>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 11:41:53 -0600 (CST)
From: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	patches@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
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	conor@...nel.org, allen.lkml@...il.com, broonie@...nel.org,
	Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1 000/137] 6.1.115-rc1 review

Hi Guenter,

Nov 2, 2024 10:46:38 Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>:

> On 10/27/24 23:23, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.115 release.
>> There are 137 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 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:22:39 +0000.
>> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>>
>
> [ ... ]
>
>> Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>
>>      LoongArch: Add support to clone a time namespace
>>
>
> This patch triggers:
>
> Building loongarch:defconfig ... failed
> --------------
> Error log:
> arch/loongarch/kernel/vdso.c: In function 'vvar_fault':
> arch/loongarch/kernel/vdso.c:54:36: error: implicit declaration of function 'find_timens_vvar_page'
>
> because the missing function is not generic in v6.1.y.
>
> Reverting the patch on its own does not work because commit a67d4a02bf43
> ("LoongArch: Don't crash in stack_top() for tasks without vDSO") depends on it.
> Reverting both patches fixes the problem.
>
> Copying the authors of both patches for advice.

Thanks for the heads-up.
FYI there seems to be another patch fixing the build failure for 6.1. [0]

FWIW my patch "LoongArch: Don't crash in stack_top() for tasks without vDSO
" is not critical and can be reverted if that is the chosen path to handle this.


Thomas

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241102033616.3517188-1-chenhuacai@loongson.cn/