From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:55726 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753304AbdHTSvL (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:51:11 -0400 Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 11:51:14 -0700 From: Greg KH To: "Naveen N. Rao" Cc: Michael Ellerman , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] powerpc/ftrace: Pass the correct stack pointer for" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree Message-ID: <20170820185114.GA9868@kroah.com> References: <14984580281066@kroah.com> <20170629152831.16152-1-naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170629152831.16152-1-naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 08:58:31PM +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote: > On 2017/06/26 08:20AM, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > > > The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree. > > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm > > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit > > id to . > > Michael, Greg, > Here is a version that applies on v4.9 and v4.11. These bits have been > moved under arch/powerpc/kernel/trace and as such needed adjustment to > apply to entry_64.S. > > I couldn't test this as I get the below error trying to compile v4.9: > ld: arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.pseries: Not enough room for program headers, try linking with -N > ld: final link failed: Bad value > > Michael, > Can you please help test this? Given a lack of response, this is now deleted from my "to-apply" queue. thanks, greg k-h