This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
powerpc: Use always instead of always-y in for crtsavres.o
to the 5.4-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-use-always-instead-of-always-y-in-for-crtsavres.o.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From nathan@xxxxxxxxxx Fri Jan 26 16:51:54 2024
From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:37:02 -0700
Subject: powerpc: Use always instead of always-y in for crtsavres.o
To: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, sashal@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, llvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20240126-5-4-fix-lib-powerpc-backport-v1-1-2c110ed18b1d@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
This commit is for linux-5.4.y only, it has no direct upstream
equivalent.
Prior to commit 5f2fb52fac15 ("kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to
hostprogs/always-y"), always-y did not exist, making the backport of
mainline commit 1b1e38002648 ("powerpc: add crtsavres.o to always-y
instead of extra-y") to linux-5.4.y as commit 245da9eebba0 ("powerpc:
add crtsavres.o to always-y instead of extra-y") incorrect, breaking the
build with linkers that need crtsavres.o:
ld.lld: error: cannot open arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o: No such file or directory
Backporting the aforementioned kbuild commit is not suitable for stable
due to its size and number of conflicts, so transform the always-y usage
to an equivalent form using always, which resolves the build issues.
Fixes: 245da9eebba0 ("powerpc: add crtsavres.o to always-y instead of extra-y")
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION) +
# 64-bit linker creates .sfpr on demand for final link (vmlinux),
# so it is only needed for modules, and only for older linkers which
# do not support --save-restore-funcs
-ifeq ($(call ld-ifversion, -lt, 225000000, y),y)
-always-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += crtsavres.o
+ifeq ($(call ld-ifversion, -lt, 225000000, y)$(CONFIG_PPC64),yy)
+always += crtsavres.o
endif
obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64) += copyuser_power7.o copypage_power7.o \
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from nathan@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.4/powerpc-use-always-instead-of-always-y-in-for-crtsavres.o.patch
