Re: [PATCH 5.10 000/381] 5.10.180-rc1 review

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 03:11:48PM +0530, Naresh Kamboju wrote:
> On Wed, 17 May 2023 at 14:21, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 10:14:36AM +0100, Sudip Mukherjee (Codethink) wrote:
> > > Hi Greg,
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 06:24:11PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.10.180 release.
> > > > There are 381 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.
> > >
> > > Build test (gcc version 11.3.1 20230511):
> > > mips: 63 configs -> no failure
> > > arm: 104 configs -> no failure
> > > arm64: 3 configs -> 1 failure
> > > x86_64: 4 configs -> no failure
> > > alpha allmodconfig -> no failure
> > > powerpc allmodconfig -> no failure
> > > riscv allmodconfig -> no failure
> > > s390 allmodconfig -> no failure
> > > xtensa allmodconfig -> no failure
> > >
> > > arm64 allmodconfig build fails with the error:
> > >
> > > /gcc/bin/aarch64-linux-ld: arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/kvm_nvhe.o: in function `__kvm_nvhe___kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa':
> > > (.hyp.text+0x1a4c): undefined reference to `__kvm_nvhe_memset'
> > > /gcc/bin/aarch64-linux-ld: arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/kvm_nvhe.o: in function `__kvm_nvhe___kvm_tlb_flush_vmid':
> > > (.hyp.text+0x1b20): undefined reference to `__kvm_nvhe_memset'
> > > /gcc/bin/aarch64-linux-ld: arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/kvm_nvhe.o: in function `__kvm_nvhe___kvm_flush_cpu_context':
> > > (.hyp.text+0x1b80): undefined reference to `__kvm_nvhe_memset'
> >
> > That's odd, I don't see that symbol anywhere in the tree at all.
> >
> > And the only arm-related kvm changes don't have those symbols either
> > (the other kvm changes are x86-only)
> >
> > Also, no one else has seen this issue.  Can you bisect?
> 
> This is an old issue,
> Many other reported long back [1]
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/stable/CADYN=9KSKQx816id-zWepV-E3ozph3k2_i9Rhs6QseFv0hkPfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Then maybe someone should submit it properly for inclusion?

thanks,

greg k-h