Hi [This is an automated email] This commit has been processed because it contains a -stable tag. The stable tag indicates that it's relevant for the following trees: all The bot has tested the following trees: v5.7.6, v5.4.49, v4.19.130, v4.14.186, v4.9.228, v4.4.228. v5.7.6: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies: 6553896666433 ("vmlinux.lds.h: Create section for protection against instrumentation") v5.4.49: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies: 6553896666433 ("vmlinux.lds.h: Create section for protection against instrumentation") v4.19.130: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies: 5c67a52f3da0f ("Compiler Attributes: always use the extra-underscores syntax") 6553896666433 ("vmlinux.lds.h: Create section for protection against instrumentation") 67361cf807128 ("powerpc/ftrace: Handle large kernel configs") 71391bdd2e9aa ("include/linux/compiler_types.h: don't pollute userspace with macro definitions") 77b0bf55bc675 ("kbuild/Makefile: Prepare for using macros in inline assembly code to work around asm() related GCC inlining bugs") 87b512def7925 ("objtool: Add support for C jump tables") 96af6cd02a10b ("Revert "x86/objtool: Use asm macros to work around GCC inlining bugs"") 989bd5000f360 ("Compiler Attributes: remove unneeded sparse (__CHECKER__) tests") a3f8a30f3f007 ("Compiler Attributes: use feature checks instead of version checks") c06c4d8090513 ("x86/objtool: Use asm macros to work around GCC inlining bugs") c2c640aa04cc4 ("Compiler Attributes: remove unneeded tests") ec0bbef66f867 ("Compiler Attributes: homogenize __must_be_array") v4.14.186: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies: 10259821ac47d ("objtool: Make unreachable annotation inline asms explicitly volatile") 4c1d9bb0b5d3c ("powerpc: Allow LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION to be selected") 5633e85b2c313 ("powerpc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference") 6553896666433 ("vmlinux.lds.h: Create section for protection against instrumentation") 67361cf807128 ("powerpc/ftrace: Handle large kernel configs") 71391bdd2e9aa ("include/linux/compiler_types.h: don't pollute userspace with macro definitions") 7290d58095712 ("module: use relative references for __ksymtab entries") 77b0bf55bc675 ("kbuild/Makefile: Prepare for using macros in inline assembly code to work around asm() related GCC inlining bugs") 815f0ddb346c1 ("include/linux/compiler*.h: make compiler-*.h mutually exclusive") 8793bb7f4a9dd ("kbuild: add macro for controlling warnings to linux/compiler.h") 87b512def7925 ("objtool: Add support for C jump tables") 94e58e0ac3128 ("export.h: remove code for prefixing symbols with underscore") 96af6cd02a10b ("Revert "x86/objtool: Use asm macros to work around GCC inlining bugs"") a10726075dec4 ("powerpc/32: Add .data.rel* sections explicitly") ae30cc05bed2f ("powerpc64/ftrace: Implement support for ftrace_regs_caller()") b865ea64304ed ("sections: split dereference_function_descriptor()") c06c4d8090513 ("x86/objtool: Use asm macros to work around GCC inlining bugs") cafa0010cd51f ("Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6") ea678ac627e01 ("powerpc64/ftrace: Add a field in paca to disable ftrace in unsafe code paths") fda784e50aace ("module: export module signature enforcement status") v4.9.228: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies: 096ff2ddba83b ("powerpc/ftrace/64: Split further based on -mprofile-kernel") 2f59be5b970b5 ("powerpc/ftrace: Restore LR from pt_regs") 4546561551106 ("powerpc/asm: Use OFFSET macro in asm-offsets.c") 5d451a87e5ebb ("powerpc/64: Retrieve number of L1 cache sets from device-tree") 6553896666433 ("vmlinux.lds.h: Create section for protection against instrumentation") 67361cf807128 ("powerpc/ftrace: Handle large kernel configs") 700e64377c2c8 ("powerpc/ftrace: Move stack setup and teardown code into ftrace_graph_caller()") 7853f9c029ac9 ("powerpc: Split ftrace bits into a separate file") 902e06eb86cd6 ("powerpc/32: Change the stack protector canary value per task") 99ad503287daf ("powerpc: Add a prototype for mcount() so it can be versioned") ae30cc05bed2f ("powerpc64/ftrace: Implement support for ftrace_regs_caller()") b3a7864c6feb0 ("powerpc/ftrace: Add prototype for prepare_ftrace_return()") bd067f83b0840 ("powerpc/64: Fix naming of cache block vs. cache line") c02e0349d7e9e ("powerpc/ftrace: Fix the comments for ftrace_modify_code") e2827fe5c1566 ("powerpc/64: Clean up ppc64_caches using a struct per cache") ea678ac627e01 ("powerpc64/ftrace: Add a field in paca to disable ftrace in unsafe code paths") v4.4.228: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies: 0f4c4af06eec5 ("kbuild: -ffunction-sections fix for archs with conflicting sections") 136cd3450af80 ("powerpc/module: Only try to generate the ftrace_caller() stub once") 153086644fd1f ("powerpc/ftrace: Add support for -mprofile-kernel ftrace ABI") 20ef10c1b3068 ("module: Use the same logic for setting and unsetting RO/NX") 336a7b5dd80a2 ("powerpc/module: Create a special stub for ftrace_caller()") 6553896666433 ("vmlinux.lds.h: Create section for protection against instrumentation") 67361cf807128 ("powerpc/ftrace: Handle large kernel configs") 7523e4dc5057e ("module: use a structure to encapsulate layout.") a5967db9af51a ("kbuild: allow architectures to use thin archives instead of ld -r") ae30cc05bed2f ("powerpc64/ftrace: Implement support for ftrace_regs_caller()") b67067f1176df ("kbuild: allow archs to select link dead code/data elimination") cb87481ee89db ("kbuild: linker script do not match C names unless LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is configured") f17c4e01e906c ("powerpc/module: Mark module stubs with a magic value") f235541699bcf ("export.h: allow for per-symbol configurable EXPORT_SYMBOL()") NOTE: The patch will not be queued to stable trees until it is upstream. How should we proceed with this patch? -- Thanks Sasha