Re: Linux 3.9.5 [patch to fix powerpc build error attached]

On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 12:58:16PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:

I'm announcing the release of the 3.9.5 kernel.

All users of the 3.9 kernel series must upgrade.

The updated 3.9.y git tree can be found at:
	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.9.y
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary

Powerpc build is fixed with the following patch.

From 8ce3edac0a86f103bd1037110662d5d80a42dd5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 07:23:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix build error in stable/3.9

Commit e71c42189 (powerpc/tm: Abort on emulation and alignment faults)
introduced a powerpc build error in 3.9.5.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
---
No upstream commit. Compile tested only.

 arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index 1c22b2d..29857c6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c

@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ void alignment_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		local_irq_enable();
 
 	if (tm_abort_check(regs, TM_CAUSE_ALIGNMENT | TM_CAUSE_PERSISTENT))
-		goto bail;
+		return;
 
 	/* we don't implement logging of alignment exceptions */
 	if (!(current->thread.align_ctl & PR_UNALIGN_SIGBUS))

-- 
1.7.9.7

Guenter Roeck [off-list ref] wrote:

On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 12:58:16PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:

quoted

I'm announcing the release of the 3.9.5 kernel.

All users of the 3.9 kernel series must upgrade.

The updated 3.9.y git tree can be found at:
	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.9.y
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary

Powerpc build is fixed with the following patch.

From 8ce3edac0a86f103bd1037110662d5d80a42dd5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 07:23:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix build error in stable/3.9

Commit e71c42189 (powerpc/tm: Abort on emulation and alignment faults)
introduced a powerpc build error in 3.9.5.

ACK.

Looks like ba12eed (powerpc: Exception hooks for context tracking
subsyste) was the cause (but not a prerequisite) that was introduced
post 3.9.

Thanks,
Mikey