This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
powerpc/kvm: Force selection of CONFIG_PPC_FPU
to the 5.11-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
powerpc-kvm-force-selection-of-config_ppc_fpu.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.11 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 9093c2d61737c720b8f7f4ceb0aee15774d8c068
Author: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Jan 19 06:36:52 2021 +0000
powerpc/kvm: Force selection of CONFIG_PPC_FPU
[ Upstream commit 27f699579b64dbf27caf31e5c0eac567ec0aa8b8 ]
book3s/32 kvm is designed with the assumption that
an FPU is always present.
Force selection of FPU support in the kernel when
build KVM.
Fixes: 7d68c8916950 ("powerpc/32s: Allow deselecting CONFIG_PPC_FPU on mpc832x")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/74461a99fa1466f361532ca794ca0753be3d9f86.1611038044.git.christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
index 549591d9aaa2c..e45644657d49d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ config KVM_BOOK3S_32
select KVM
select KVM_BOOK3S_32_HANDLER
select KVM_BOOK3S_PR_POSSIBLE
+ select PPC_FPU
help
Support running unmodified book3s_32 guest kernels
in virtual machines on book3s_32 host processors.
