Re: [PATCH 6.1 000/259] 6.1.56-rc1 review

[Namhyung Kim]

Hello,

On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 12:33 PM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> +Namhyung, Ian,
>
> On 10/4/23 10:52, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.56 release.
> > There are 259 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 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:51:12 +0000.
> > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> >
> > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> >       https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.1.56-rc1.gz
> > or in the git tree and branch at:
> >       git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.1.y
> > and the diffstat can be found below.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
>
> perf fails to build with:
>
> fixdep: error opening depfile:
> /local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/perf/pmu-events/.pmu-events.o.d:
> No such file or directory
> make[5]: *** [pmu-events/Build:33:
> /local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.o]
> Error 2
> make[4]: *** [Makefile.perf:672:
> /local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events-in.o]
> Error 2
> make[3]: *** [Makefile.perf:240: sub-make] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [Makefile:70: all] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [package/pkg-generic.mk:294:
> /local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-tools/.stamp_built]
> Error 2
> make: *** [Makefile:27: _all] Error 2
>
> due a80fd00cb1a7793ead4d7c3fa7d3f1e898231c27 ("perf build: Update build
> rule for generated files"). Reverting that commit fixes the build for me
> and then all is good in terms of testing.

I think it's ok to drop the patches if it's not applied
cleanly.

Thanks,
Namhyung