On 12/29/2017 06:26 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 06:14:02PM +0100, Toralf Förster wrote: >> On 12/29/2017 05:40 PM, Greg KH wrote: >>> And how do you apply the patches? Or are you using the linux-stable-rc >>> kernel tree? >>> >>> thanks, >> >> I cloned Linus repository over a year ago, added the stable (yours) as a remote repo and do since that time: > > Which exact repo of "mine" did you use here? ~/devel/linux $ cat .git/config [core] repositoryformatversion = 0 filemode = true bare = false logallrefupdates = true [remote "origin"] url = https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* [branch "master"] remote = origin merge = refs/heads/master [remote "stable"] url = https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/stable/* >> as common user: >> >> cd ~/devel/linux/ ; git diff v4.14.9..v4.14.10 | (cd /usr/src/linux && sudo patch -p1) > > There was no 4.14.10 in my repo at the time, so how did this get created? Sure, I started with 3.x, the command line above is from today few minutes after you pushed out the tag >> and as root: >> cd /usr/src/linux-4.x && time make -j4 && make modules_install && make install && rm -f /boot/*.old && grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg >> >> and this yields into: >> >> LD /usr/src/linux-4.x/tools/objtool/objtool-in.o >> make[2]: execvp: ./sync-check.sh: Permission denied >> make[2]: *** [Makefile:49: /usr/src/linux-4.x/tools/objtool/objtool] Error 127 >> make[1]: *** [Makefile:62: objtool] Error 2 >> make: *** [Makefile:1629: tools/objtool] Error 2 >> make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... >> CHK include/generated/asm-offsets.h >> UPD include/generated/asm-offsets.h >> CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh >> >> >> What helped is a : >> >> chmod u+x ./tools/objtool/sync-check.sh > > Odd, oh well, 4.14.10 is now out, hopefully you do not have to do this > by hand anymore. it *happened* with the pushed out version - FFWIW the procedrue abve I do use since 3 years her at my desktop and since over 1 year at my server. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > -- Toralf PGP C4EACDDE 0076E94E