Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 10:35:59PM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote: >> Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote... >> >> > 4.20-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. >> > >> > ------------------ >> > >> > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > >> > This reverts commit d412deb85a4aada382352a8202beb7af8921cd53 which is >> > commit 6f5b9f018f4c7686fd944d920209d1382d320e4e upstream. >> > >> > It breaks the powerpc build, so drop it from the tree until a fix goes >> > upstream. >> >> Is this necessary on 4.20? The build failures I reported were on 4.19 >> only. The 4.20.2-rc1 kernel for my Powermac G5 builds with and without >> that patch, both boot fine, no visible differences. Again however, Breno >> is authoritative here. > > If there's no difference on 4.20, then maybe it's not needed there? :) > > And yes, I would like confirmation from Breno as well. You shouldn't need the revert on 4.20. In 4.20 we changed how MSR_TM_ACTIVE() is defined, which means commit 6f5b9f018f4c ("powerpc/tm: Unset MSR[TS] if not recheckpointing") should build fine on 4.20. For 4.19 and earlier MSR_TM_ACTIVE() is different and that's what's causing the build error. I have a fix queued in my fixes tree and will push it to Linus in the next few days. cheers