Re: [PATCH 4.20 41/65] Revert "powerpc/tm: Unset MSR[TS] if not recheckpointing"

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Jan 14 2019 - 03:10:44 EST


On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:00:25AM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 10:35:59PM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> >> Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote...
> >>
> >> > 4.20-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> >> >
> >> > ------------------
> >> >
> >> > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >
> >> > This reverts commit d412deb85a4aada382352a8202beb7af8921cd53 which is
> >> > commit 6f5b9f018f4c7686fd944d920209d1382d320e4e upstream.
> >> >
> >> > It breaks the powerpc build, so drop it from the tree until a fix goes
> >> > upstream.
> >>
> >> Is this necessary on 4.20? The build failures I reported were on 4.19
> >> only. The 4.20.2-rc1 kernel for my Powermac G5 builds with and without
> >> that patch, both boot fine, no visible differences. Again however, Breno
> >> is authoritative here.
> >
> > If there's no difference on 4.20, then maybe it's not needed there? :)
> >
> > And yes, I would like confirmation from Breno as well.
>
> You shouldn't need the revert on 4.20.
>
> In 4.20 we changed how MSR_TM_ACTIVE() is defined, which means commit
> 6f5b9f018f4c ("powerpc/tm: Unset MSR[TS] if not recheckpointing") should
> build fine on 4.20.
>
> For 4.19 and earlier MSR_TM_ACTIVE() is different and that's what's
> causing the build error.
>
> I have a fix queued in my fixes tree and will push it to Linus in the
> next few days.

Ok, added back to 4.20.y

thanks,

greg k-h