Re: [PATCH 5.8 000/253] 5.8.6-rc2 review

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Wed Sep 02 2020 - 12:51:58 EST


On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 09:49:11AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.8.6 release.
> There are 253 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 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 07:47:48 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>

Build results:
total: 154 pass: 153 fail: 1
Failed builds:
powerpc:allmodconfig
Qemu test results:
total: 430 pass: 430 fail: 0

The build failure is:

Inconsistent kallsyms data
Try make KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1 as a workaround

The suggested workaround doesn't help. I see the problem in mainline
and in -next as well, and it is elusive (meaning it is not easy to
reproduce). Given that, it is not an immediate concern.

Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Guenter