Re: Linux 6.1.165

[Sasha Levin]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 06:27:00PM +0100, Peter Schneider wrote:
> Hi Sasha,
>
>
> Am 04.03.2026 um 14:15 schrieb Sasha Levin:
> > I'm announcing the release of the 6.1.165 kernel.
> >
> > All users of the 6.1 kernel series must upgrade.
> >
> > The updated 6.1.y git tree can be found at:
> >         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.1.y
> > and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
> >         https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sasha
>
>
> In the now released 6.1.165, I get the same build error as I have reported in the 1st incarnation of 6.1.165-rc2 (see [1])
>
>  CC      arch/x86/kernel/setup.o
> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c: In function ‘ima_get_kexec_buffer’:
> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:385:15: error: implicit declaration of 
> function ‘ima_validate_range’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
>  385 |         ret = ima_validate_range(ima_kexec_buffer_phys, ima_kexec_buffer_size);
>      |               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:250: arch/x86/kernel/setup.o] Fehler 1
> make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:503: arch/x86/kernel] Fehler 2
> make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:503: arch/x86] Fehler 2
> make: *** [Makefile:2025: .] Fehler 2
> root@linus:/usr/src/linux-stable# git status
> HEAD losgelöst bei v6.1.165
>
>
> So the offending patch seems to be still in, although in the 2nd 
> incarnation of -rc2 which you force pushed over the 1st one of -rc2, 
> it was then reverted after my report [2]. When i git blame 
> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c and look at the offending line I see:

Yup, sorry. I don't have as much automation as Greg does, so many of the steps
were manual...

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Thanks,
Sasha