Re: nolibc changes since 6.6-rc1 for linux-next

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 09:06:30AM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 05, 2023 at 05:01:22PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 05, 2023 at 03:30:52PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > > On 10/5/23 14:58, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2023 at 10:28:05PM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > > > > On 2023-10-05 14:15:31-0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Thomas,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 10/5/23 11:00, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi Shuah,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I'd like to test the current state of nolibc in linux-next.
> > > > > > > Could pull the request below into your nolibc branch?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I'll do some manual tests this weekend, too.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Thomas
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > The following changes since commit 0bb80ecc33a8fb5a682236443c1e740d5c917d1d:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >     Linux 6.6-rc1 (2023-09-10 16:28:41 -0700)
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > are available in the Git repository at:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nolibc/linux-nolibc.git nolibc/next
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > for you to fetch changes up to ab663cc32912914258bc8a2fbd0e753f552ee9d8:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >     tools/nolibc: automatically detect necessity to use pselect6 (2023-09-28 09:20:35 +0200)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Absolutely. Do you mind tagging and pushing the tag and send
> > > > > > pull request with the tag?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Sure, here it is:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > The following changes since commit 0bb80ecc33a8fb5a682236443c1e740d5c917d1d:
> > > > > 
> > > > >    Linux 6.6-rc1 (2023-09-10 16:28:41 -0700)
> > > > > 
> > > > > are available in the Git repository at:
> > > > > 
> > > > >    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nolibc/linux-nolibc.git nolibc-next.2023.10.05a
> > > > > 
> > > > > for you to fetch changes up to ab663cc32912914258bc8a2fbd0e753f552ee9d8:
> > > > > 
> > > > >    tools/nolibc: automatically detect necessity to use pselect6 (2023-09-28 09:20:35 +0200)
> > > > 
> > > > Looks good on my laptop:
> > > > 
> > > > make run:
> > > > 
> > > > 	160 test(s): 160 passed,   0 skipped,   0 failed => status: success
> > > > 
> > > > make run-user:
> > > > 
> > > > 	160 test(s): 158 passed,   2 skipped,   0 failed => status: warning
> > > > 
> > > > Shuah, I can take nolibc for the upcoming merge window (I believe that
> > > > it is my turn to do so), but if you would prefer to take them, that also
> > > > works for me.  Either way, just let me know.
> > > 
> > > Yes it is your turn. Please go ahead and take them.
> > 
> > Very good, I will merge them in and post them to the relevant email lists.
> > 
> > > I will pull and do testing and update you on how it went.
> > 
> > Looking forward to seeing what you find!
> 
> In the list I'm seeing this one which is a fix for breakage introduced
> in 6.6-rc1:
> 
>   commit 3c9b7c4a228bf8cca2f92abb65575cdd54065302 (korg-nolibc/fixes, 20230830-nolibc-fixes)
>   Author: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>   Date:   Wed Aug 30 08:02:23 2023 +0700
> 
>     tools/nolibc: i386: Fix a stack misalign bug on _start
>     
>     The ABI mandates that the %esp register must be a multiple of 16 when
>     executing a 'call' instruction.
>   ...
> 
> We'll have to send it separately so that it gets into 6.6 soon enough.
> And I think the update of the tree location in the MAINTAINERS file
> would be deserved as well.
> 
> Paul, Shuah, what's the preferred way for you to get fixes for the current
> kernel now ? Do you prefer a PR based on a specific branch or just a patch ?

The easiest for me would be if you rebased your stack on top of this
new fix, all still based on v6.6-rc1.  I can then pull the new stack,
including fix, test it, and submit the fix to Linus in a few days,
assuming testing goes well.

Would something else work better for you guys?

							Thanx, Paul