Re: Patch "lib/Kconfig.debug: make TEST_KMOD depend on PAGE_SIZE_LESS_THAN_256KB" has been added to the 5.16-stable tree

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On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 10:36:39AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:19:32PM +0100, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> > 
> >     lib/Kconfig.debug: make TEST_KMOD depend on PAGE_SIZE_LESS_THAN_256KB
> > 
> > to the 5.16-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:
> >      lib-kconfig.debug-make-test_kmod-depend-on-page_size_less_than_256kb.patch
> > and it can be found in the queue-5.16 subdirectory.
> > 
> > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
> > please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
> > 
> > 
> > From bbd2e05fad3e692ff2495895975bd0fce02bdbae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:10:28 -0800
> > Subject: lib/Kconfig.debug: make TEST_KMOD depend on PAGE_SIZE_LESS_THAN_256KB
> > 
> > From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > commit bbd2e05fad3e692ff2495895975bd0fce02bdbae upstream.
> > 
> > Commit b05fbcc36be1 ("btrfs: disable build on platforms having page size
> > 256K") disabled btrfs for configurations that used a 256kB page size.
> > However, it did not fully solve the problem because CONFIG_TEST_KMOD
> > selects CONFIG_BTRFS, which does not account for the dependency.  This
> > results in a Kconfig warning and the failed BUILD_BUG_ON error
> > returning.
> > 
> >   WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for BTRFS_FS
> >     Depends on [n]: BLOCK [=y] && !PPC_256K_PAGES && !PAGE_SIZE_256KB [=y]
> >     Selected by [m]:
> >     - TEST_KMOD [=m] && RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU [=y] && m && MODULES [=y] && NETDEVICES [=y] && NET_CORE [=y] && INET [=y] && BLOCK [=y]
> > 
> > To resolve this, add CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_LESS_THAN_256KB as a dependency of
> > CONFIG_TEST_KMOD so there is no more invalid configuration or build
> > errors.
> > 
> > Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129230141.228085-4-nathan@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Fixes: b05fbcc36be1 ("btrfs: disable build on platforms having page size 256K")
> > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Chris Mason <clm@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  lib/Kconfig.debug |    1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> > +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> > @@ -2487,6 +2487,7 @@ config TEST_KMOD
> >  	depends on m
> >  	depends on NETDEVICES && NET_CORE && INET # for TUN
> >  	depends on BLOCK
> > +	depends on PAGE_SIZE_LESS_THAN_256KB # for BTRFS
> >  	select TEST_LKM
> >  	select XFS_FS
> >  	select TUN
> 
> This patch depends on commit e4bbd20d8c2b ("arch/Kconfig: split
> PAGE_SIZE_LESS_THAN_256KB from PAGE_SIZE_LESS_THAN_64KB"), which I do
> not see queued up anywhere. That patch depends on commit 1f0e290cc5fd
> ("arch: Add generic Kconfig option indicating page size smaller than
> 64k"), which I only see in 5.16 or newer.
> 
> If those two commits pick clean on a stable tree that contains
> b05fbcc36be1, then this should be an okay backport. If not, then I would
> just say we can drop the patches and leave this issue be until someone
> actually hits it in practice. It was uncovered by a randconfig, it is
> unlikely that 256K pages are actually being used by Hexagon in the wild
> (that is, if anyone is even running mainline or recent stable releases
> on Hexagon).

Ok, now dropped, thanks.

greg k-h



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