This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled riscv: Do not set initial_boot_params to the linear address of the dtb to the 6.2-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: riscv-do-not-set-initial_boot_params-to-the-linear-address-of-the-dtb.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.2 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From f1581626071c8e37c58c5e8f0b4126b17172a211 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:19:31 +0200 Subject: riscv: Do not set initial_boot_params to the linear address of the dtb From: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit f1581626071c8e37c58c5e8f0b4126b17172a211 upstream. early_init_dt_verify() is already called in parse_dtb() and since the dtb address does not change anymore (it is now in the fixmap region), no need to reset initial_boot_params by calling early_init_dt_verify() again. Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230329081932.79831-3-alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c @@ -278,10 +278,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB) unflatten_and_copy_device_tree(); #else - if (early_init_dt_verify(__va(XIP_FIXUP(dtb_early_pa)))) - unflatten_device_tree(); - else - pr_err("No DTB found in kernel mappings\n"); + unflatten_device_tree(); #endif early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem(); misc_mem_init(); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.2/riscv-no-need-to-relocate-the-dtb-as-it-lies-in-the-fixmap-region.patch queue-6.2/riscv-do-not-set-initial_boot_params-to-the-linear-address-of-the-dtb.patch queue-6.2/riscv-move-early-dtb-mapping-into-the-fixmap-region.patch