This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled MIPS: oprofile: Fix backtrace on 64-bit kernel to the 3.17-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: mips-oprofile-fix-backtrace-on-64-bit-kernel.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.17 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From bbaf113a481b6ce32444c125807ad3618643ce57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:10:24 +0300 Subject: MIPS: oprofile: Fix backtrace on 64-bit kernel From: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxxx> commit bbaf113a481b6ce32444c125807ad3618643ce57 upstream. Fix incorrect cast that always results in wrong address for the new frame on 64-bit kernels. Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxxx> Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/8110/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/oprofile/backtrace.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/mips/oprofile/backtrace.c +++ b/arch/mips/oprofile/backtrace.c @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static inline int unwind_user_frame(stru /* This marks the end of the previous function, which means we overran. */ break; - stack_size = (unsigned) stack_adjustment; + stack_size = (unsigned long) stack_adjustment; } else if (is_ra_save_ins(&ip)) { int ra_slot = ip.i_format.simmediate; if (ra_slot < 0) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from aaro.koskinen@xxxxxxx are queue-3.17/mips-oprofile-fix-backtrace-on-64-bit-kernel.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html