On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 11:28:46AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On 2/3/23 11:07, Eric Biggers wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 10:54:21AM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 09:18:26AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > > > On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 05:45:19PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 07:56:19AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 11:11:45AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.4.231 release. > > > > > > > There are 134 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response > > > > > > > to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please > > > > > > > let me know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Responses should be made by Sun, 05 Feb 2023 10:09:58 +0000. > > > > > > > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Building ia64:defconfig ... failed > > > > > > -------------- > > > > > > Error log: > > > > > > <stdin>:1511:2: warning: #warning syscall clone3 not implemented [-Wcpp] > > > > > > arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c: In function 'mca_handler_bh': > > > > > > arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c:179:9: error: implicit declaration of function 'make_task_dead' > > > > > > > > > > > > Caused by "exit: Add and use make_task_dead.". Did that really have to be backported ? > > > > > > > > > > Yup, it does! > > > > > > > > > > Eric, any help with this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Adding "#include <linux/sched/task.h>" to the affected file would probably > > > > be the easy fix. I did a quick check, and it works. > > > > > > > > Note that the same problem is seen in v4.14.y and v4.19.y. Later > > > > kernels don't have the problem. > > > > > > > > > > This problem arises because <linux/mm.h> transitively includes > > > <linux/sched/task.h> in 5.10 and later, but not in 5.4 and earlier. > > > > > > Greg, any preference for how to handle this situation? > > > > > > Just add '#include <linux/sched/task.h>' to the affected .c file (and hope there > > > are no more affected .c files in the other arch directories) and call it a day? > > > > > > Or should we backport the transitive inclusion (i.e., the #include added by > > > commit 80fbaf1c3f29)? Or move the declaration of make_task_dead() into > > > <linux/kernel.h> so that it's next to do_exit()? > > > > One question: do *all* the arches actually get built as part of the testing for > > each stable release? If so, we can just add the #include to the .c files that > > need it. If not, then it would be safer to take one of the other approaches. > > > > Yes, I do build all architectures for each stable release. > > FWIW, I only noticed that one build failure due to this problem. Okay, great. In that case, Greg or Sasha, can you fold the needed #include into arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c in exit-add-and-use-make_task_dead.patch on 4.14, 4.19, and 5.4? Or should I just send the whole series again for each? - Eric
