Re: [PATCH 5.10 00/84] 5.10.193-rc1 review

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 07:54:06AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/31/2023 3:31 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 07:38:09PM +0200, Manuel Lauss wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > > 
> > > Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> schrieb am Mi., 30. Aug. 2023, 19:07:
> > > > 
> > > > + Manuel,
> > > > 
> > > > On 8/30/23 09:01, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > > On 8/30/23 03:52, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 09:42:11AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > > > > On 8/28/23 03:13, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.10.193 release.
> > > > > > > > There are 84 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, 30 Aug 2023 10:11:30 +0000.
> > > > > > > > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > FWIW, commit 619672bf2d04 ("MIPS: Alchemy: fix dbdma2") should be
> > > > > > > reverted
> > > > > > > v5.10.y since it doesn't fix anything but breaks the build for
> > > > > > > affected boards
> > > > > > > completely.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > arch/mips/alchemy/common/dbdma.c: In function 'au1xxx_dbdma_put_source':
> > > > > > > arch/mips/alchemy/common/dbdma.c:632:14: error:
> > > > > > > 'dma_default_coherent' undeclared
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > There is no 'dma_default_coherent' in v5.10.y.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > But that was added in 5.10.185, from back in June.  What changed to
> > > > > > suddenly cause this to fail now?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Nothing. I started to build this configuration and tracked down the
> > > > > problem after the build failure was reported by others. Sorry, I didn't
> > > > > initially realize that this is an old problem.
> > > > 
> > > > We could back port 6d4e9a8efe3d59f31367d79e970c2f328da139a4 ("driver
> > > > core: lift dma_default_coherent into common code") but that won't work
> > > > too well on 4.14 or 4.19. I believe it would be simpler to adjust the
> > > > branches with this patch, Manuel does that work?
> > > 
> > > Please drop this patch from all stable releases. I didn't CC stable
> > > when I submitted it,
> > > and have no idea why it ended up there anyway.
> > > It was intended to fix a problem initially found in 5.18 (I think).
> > 
> > I'm going to revert it now, thanks!
> 
> I prepared reverts yesterday that I can send out if you want?

I think this is all taken care of in the latest -rc releases, right?  If
I missed anything, then yes, reverts would be great to have.

thanks,

greg k-h