Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: Use init_utsname()->release

[John Garry]

On 27/02/2024 12:59, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 05:13:44PM +0000, John Garry wrote:
> > On 26/02/2024 17:10, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > > > > I am running this now, but it does not seem stable on a v6.8-rc5 baseline. I
> > > > > am seeing hangs. Are there any known issues?
> > > > I tested next-20240108 and so no issues.
> > > >
> > > > Lemme upgrade.
> > > >
> > > > Note you also need /lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules removed if
> > > > you have it.
> > I have this:
> > ubuntu@jgarry-ubuntu-bm5-instance-20230215-1843:~/mnt/linux2$ more
> > /lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules
> > # stub for immediately telling the kernel that userspace firmware loading
> > # failed; necessary to avoid long timeouts with
> > CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y
> > SUBSYSTEM=="firmware", ACTION=="add", ATTR{loading}="-1"
> >
> > So I can remove it.
> You can keep it on a distro use case, but for testing it is important to
> remove it.

ok

> > > I don't see any hung tasks on next-20240226. Perhaps its with your
> > > config that it is triggered.
> > OK, I'll check again when I get a chance, but I am not so keen on checking
> > linux-next in general.
> What kernel are you seeing this issue on?

I was testing v6.8-rc5 last week

Thanks,
John