Re: [PATCH 6.1 000/259] 6.1.56-rc1 review

[Florian Fainelli]

+Namhyung, Ian,

On 10/4/23 10:52, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.56 release.
> There are 259 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, 06 Oct 2023 17:51:12 +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/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.1.56-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-6.1.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

perf fails to build with:

fixdep: error opening depfile: 
/local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/perf/pmu-events/.pmu-events.o.d: 
No such file or directory
make[5]: *** [pmu-events/Build:33: 
/local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.o] 
Error 2
make[4]: *** [Makefile.perf:672: 
/local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events-in.o] 
Error 2
make[3]: *** [Makefile.perf:240: sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: *** [Makefile:70: all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [package/pkg-generic.mk:294: 
/local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-tools/.stamp_built] 
Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:27: _all] Error 2

due a80fd00cb1a7793ead4d7c3fa7d3f1e898231c27 ("perf build: Update build 
rule for generated files"). Reverting that commit fixes the build for me 
and then all is good in terms of testing.
--
Florian