Re: [PATCH 5.15 000/256] 5.15.27-rc2 review

From: Sudip Mukherjee
Date: Tue Mar 08 2022 - 10:36:48 EST


Hi Greg,

On Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 05:28:50PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.15.27 release.
> There are 256 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, 09 Mar 2022 16:21:31 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.

Build test:
mips (gcc version 11.2.1 20220301): 62 configs -> 3 failures
arm (gcc version 11.2.1 20220301): 100 configs -> no new failure
arm64 (gcc version 11.2.1 20220301): 3 configs -> no failure
x86_64 (gcc version 11.2.1 20220301): 4 configs -> no failure

Mips failures,

allmodconfig, gpr_defconfig and mtx1_defconfig fails with:

./arch/mips/include/asm/asm.h:68: warning: "END" redefined
68 | #define END(function) \
|
In file included from drivers/net/slip/slip.c:88:
drivers/net/slip/slip.h:44: note: this is the location of the previous definition
44 | #define END 0300 /* indicates end of frame */
|
drivers/net/slip/slip.c: In function 'slip_esc':
drivers/net/slip/slip.c:930:18: error: 'END' undeclared (first use in this function)
930 | *ptr++ = END;
| ^~~
drivers/net/slip/slip.c:930:18: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
drivers/net/slip/slip.c: In function 'slip_unesc':
drivers/net/slip/slip.c:960:14: error: 'END' undeclared (first use in this function)
960 | case END:
| ^~~
drivers/net/slip/slip.c: In function 'sl_outfill':
drivers/net/slip/slip.c:1393:75: error: 'END' undeclared (first use in this function)
1393 | unsigned char s = (sl->mode & SL_MODE_SLIP6)?0x70:END;

Test was on top of 7b9aacd770fa ("Linux 5.15.27-rc2").


Boot test:
x86_64: Booted on my test laptop. No regression.
x86_64: Booted on qemu. No regression. [1]
arm64: Booted on rpi4b (4GB model). No regression. [2]
mips: Booted on ci20 board. No regression. [3]

[1]. https://openqa.qa.codethink.co.uk/tests/851
[2]. https://openqa.qa.codethink.co.uk/tests/855
[3]. https://openqa.qa.codethink.co.uk/tests/856

Tested-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

--
Regards
Sudip





./arch/mips/include/asm/asm.h:68: error: "END" redefined [-Werror]
68 | #define END(function) \