Re: [PATCH 5.8 000/177] 5.8.10-rc1 review

[Shuah Khan]

On 9/16/20 11:25 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 09:34:52AM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > On 9/16/20 9:26 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 08:26:48AM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > > > On 9/16/20 12:29 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 08:54:24PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > > > > > On 9/15/20 3:06 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > > > > > > On 9/15/20 8:11 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.8.10 release.
> > > > > > > > There are 177 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 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:06:12 +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-5.8.10-rc1.gz
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > or in the git tree and branch at:
> > > > > > > >        git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
> > > > > > > > linux-5.8.y
> > > > > > > > and the diffstat can be found below.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > thanks,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > greg k-h
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Compiled and booted fine. wifi died:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not init core (-110)
> > > > > > > ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not probe fw (-110)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is regression from 5.8.9 and 5.9-rc5 works just fine.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I will try to bisect later this evening to see if I can isolate the
> > > > > > > commit.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The following commit is what caused ath10k_pci driver problem
> > > > > > that killed wifi.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Prateek Sood <prsood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > >        firmware_loader: fix memory leak for paged buffer
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git/commit/?h=linux-5.8.y&id=ec0a59266c9c9f46037efd3dcc0323973e102271
> > > > >
> > > > > Ugh, that's not good, is this also a problem in 5.9-rc5 as well?  For
> > > > > reference, this is commit 4965b8cd1bc1 ("firmware_loader: fix memory
> > > > > leak for paged buffer") in Linus's tree.
> > > >
> > > > I am not seeing this on Linux 5.9-rc5 for sure.
> > > >
> > > > > And it should be showing up in 5.4.y at the moment too, as this patch is
> > > > > in that tree right now...
> > > >
> > > > I don't see this patch in  4.19.146-rc1
> > >
> > > It's not there, it's in 5.4.66-rc1, which worked for you somehow, right?
> > >
> > > > Linus's tree works for with this patch in. I compared the two files
> > > > for differences in commit between Linus's tree and 5.8.10-rc1
> > > >
> > > > Couldn't find anything obvious.
> > >
> > > Again, really odd...
> > >
> > > I don't have a problem dropping it, but I should drop it from both 5.4.y
> > > and 5.8.y, right?
> >
> > Sorry. Yes. Dropping from 5.8 and 5.4 would be great until we figure out
> > why this patch causes problems.
> >
> > I will continue debugging and let you know what I find.

With this it boots and wifi is good for me. I am very puzzled by why
this made a difference to make sure I am not narrowing in on the wrong
patch.

Compiled and booted on my test system. No dmesg regressions.

Tested-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
-- Shuah