Re: [PATCH 5.15 000/123] 5.15.196-rc1 review

[Vijayendra Suman <vijayendra.suman@oracle.com>]

Hi Greg,

On 29/10/25 3:50 pm, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 09:11:58PM +0530, Vijayendra Suman wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 28/10/25 12:04 am, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.15.196 release.
>>> There are 123 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, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +0000.
>>> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>>>
>>> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
>>> 	https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/stable-review/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!IVHnCNGPANSvr6y0A-odHf0UE4PdtiY7sjGz2BlRApDAo-XoZrirsziXr5syGOL9x2-s6GjtEsk_yVSVuFc7OkW3YM4C$
>>> patch-5.15.196-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-5.15.y
>>> and the diffstat can be found below.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> greg k-h
>>
>> perf failed to compile with following errors at compilation.
>>
>> BUILDSTDERR: tests/perf-record.c: In function 'test__PERF_RECORD':
>> BUILDSTDERR: tests/perf-record.c:118:17: error: implicit declaration of
>> function 'evlist__cancel_workload'; did you mean 'evlist__start_workload'?
>> [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>> BUILDSTDERR:   118 |                 evlist__cancel_workload(evlist);
>> BUILDSTDERR:       |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> BUILDSTDERR:       |                 evlist__start_workload
>>
>>
>> There is no definition for evlist__cancel_workload
>>
>> Following are references of 'evlist__cancel_workload'
>> tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c:118:	evlist__cancel_workload(evlist);
>> tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c:130:	evlist__cancel_workload(evlist);
>> tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c:142:	evlist__cancel_workload(evlist);
>> tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c:155:	evlist__cancel_workload(evlist);
>>
>>
>> Commit which need to be reverted.
>> b7e5c59f3b09 perf test: Don't leak workload gopipe in PERF_RECORD_*
> 
> This is already being reverted in the latest -rc release, does that not
> work here for you?

I think saw, this error on v5.15.196-rc1, When I rechecked on 
v5.15.196-rc2, It was fixed as "perf test: Don't leak workload gopipe in 
PERF_RECORD_*" was reverted, had confirmed same on revert of rc2 release.

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

thanks,

Vijay