This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.8.4 release.
There are 11 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, 05 Apr 2024 17:51:13 +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-6.8.4-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-6.8.y
and the diffstat can be found below.
thanks,
greg k-h
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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Linux 6.8.4-rc1
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Revert "workqueue.c: Increase workqueue name length"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Revert "workqueue: Move pwq->max_active to wq->max_active"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Revert "workqueue: Factor out pwq_is_empty()"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Revert "workqueue: Replace pwq_activate_inactive_work() with [__]pwq_activate_work()"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Revert "workqueue: Move nr_active handling into helpers"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Revert "workqueue: Make wq_adjust_max_active() round-robin pwqs while activating"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Revert "workqueue: RCU protect wq->dfl_pwq and implement accessors for it"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Revert "workqueue: Introduce struct wq_node_nr_active"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Revert "workqueue: Implement system-wide nr_active enforcement for unbound workqueues"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Revert "workqueue: Don't call cpumask_test_cpu() with -1 CPU in wq_update_node_max_active()"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Revert "workqueue: Shorten events_freezable_power_efficient name"
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Diffstat:
Makefile | 4 +-
include/linux/workqueue.h | 35 +--
kernel/workqueue.c | 757 ++++++++--------------------------------------
3 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 664 deletions(-)
Hi Greg
*no* regressions here on x86_64 (RKL, Intel 11th Gen. CPU)
Thanks
Tested-by: Ronald Warsow <[email protected]>
On 4/3/24 11:55, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.8.4 release.
> There are 11 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, 05 Apr 2024 17:51:13 +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-6.8.4-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-6.8.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
Compiled and booted on my test system. No dmesg regressions.
Tested-by: Shuah Khan <[email protected]>
thanks,
-- Shuah
On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 07:55:39PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.8.4 release.
> There are 11 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.
>
Successfully compiled and installed the kernel on my computer (Acer
Aspire E15, Intel Core i3 Haswell). No noticeable regressions.
Tested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
--
An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
Hi!
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.8.4 release.
> There are 11 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.
Linux 6.8.4-rc1 (c4c57420c666) tested out ok:
https://gitlab.com/cip-project/cip-testing/linux-stable-rc-ci/-/tree/linux-6.8.y
No problems with Linux 6.6.25-rc1 (e253a5c1b7de), either.
Tested-by: Pavel Machek (CIP) <[email protected]>
Best regards,
Pavel
--
DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Erika Unter
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
On 4/3/24 10:55 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.8.4 release.
> There are 11 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, 05 Apr 2024 17:51:13 +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-6.8.4-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-6.8.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Built and booted successfully on RISC-V RV64 (HiFive Unmatched).
Tested-by: Ron Economos <[email protected]>
Den tors 4 apr. 2024 kl 10:03 skrev Ron Economos <[email protected]>:
>
> On 4/3/24 10:55 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.8.4 release.
> > There are 11 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, 05 Apr 2024 17:51:13 +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-6.8.4-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-6.8.y
> > and the diffstat can be found below.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
>
> Built and booted successfully on RISC-V RV64 (HiFive Unmatched).
>
> Tested-by: Ron Economos <[email protected]>
>
>
Works fine on my Arch Linux desktop with model name : AMD Ryzen 5
5600 6-Core Processor
Tested-by: Luna Jernberg <[email protected]>
On 03/04/2024 18:55, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.8.4 release.
> There are 11 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, 05 Apr 2024 17:51:13 +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-6.8.4-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-6.8.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
No new regressions for Tegra ...
Test results for stable-v6.8:
10 builds: 10 pass, 0 fail
26 boots: 26 pass, 0 fail
116 tests: 115 pass, 1 fail
Linux version: 6.8.4-rc1-gc4c57420c666
Boards tested: tegra124-jetson-tk1, tegra186-p2771-0000,
tegra194-p2972-0000, tegra194-p3509-0000+p3668-0000,
tegra20-ventana, tegra210-p2371-2180,
tegra210-p3450-0000, tegra30-cardhu-a04
Test failures: tegra194-p2972-0000: boot.py
Tested-by: Jon Hunter <[email protected]>
I have asked Thierry about the fix for the kernel warning we have been
observing on v6.8 that is causing the above test to fail. We are going
to get this into -next for a bit more testing. Once this lands in the
mainline, I will let you know.
Jon
--
nvpublic
On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 07:55:39PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.8.4 release.
> There are 11 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.
Tested-by: Mark Brown <[email protected]>
On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 at 23:25, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.8.4 release.
> There are 11 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, 05 Apr 2024 17:51:13 +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-6.8.4-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-6.8.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Results from Linaro’s test farm.
No regressions on arm64, arm, x86_64, and i386.
Tested-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <[email protected]>
## Build
* kernel: 6.8.4-rc1
* git: https://gitlab.com/Linaro/lkft/mirrors/stable/linux-stable-rc
* git branch: linux-6.8.y
* git commit: c4c57420c666b4ef4b77e6600f062bd5e631403d
* git describe: v6.8.3-12-gc4c57420c666
* test details:
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-linux-6.8.y/build/v6.8.3-12-gc4c57420c666
## Test Regressions (compared to v6.8.2)
## Metric Regressions (compared to v6.8.2)
## Test Fixes (compared to v6.8.2)
## Metric Fixes (compared to v6.8.2)
## Test result summary
total: 148875, pass: 130376, fail: 1350, skip: 17015, xfail: 134
## Build Summary
* arc: 5 total, 5 passed, 0 failed
* arm: 129 total, 129 passed, 0 failed
* arm64: 38 total, 38 passed, 0 failed
* i386: 29 total, 29 passed, 0 failed
* mips: 24 total, 24 passed, 0 failed
* parisc: 3 total, 3 passed, 0 failed
* powerpc: 34 total, 34 passed, 0 failed
* riscv: 16 total, 16 passed, 0 failed
* s390: 12 total, 12 passed, 0 failed
* sh: 10 total, 10 passed, 0 failed
* sparc: 6 total, 6 passed, 0 failed
* x86_64: 33 total, 33 passed, 0 failed
## Test suites summary
* boot
* kselftest-arm64
* kselftest-breakpoints
* kselftest-capabilities
* kselftest-clone3
* kselftest-core
* kselftest-cpu-hotplug
* kselftest-exec
* kselftest-fpu
* kselftest-ftrace
* kselftest-futex
* kselftest-gpio
* kselftest-intel_pstate
* kselftest-ipc
* kselftest-kcmp
* kselftest-livepatch
* kselftest-membarrier
* kselftest-mincore
* kselftest-mqueue
* kselftest-net
* kselftest-net-mptcp
* kselftest-openat2
* kselftest-ptrace
* kselftest-rseq
* kselftest-rtc
* kselftest-seccomp
* kselftest-sigaltstack
* kselftest-size
* kselftest-tc-testing
* kselftest-timers
* kselftest-tmpfs
* kselftest-tpm2
* kselftest-user_events
* kselftest-vDSO
* kselftest-watchdog
* kselftest-x86
* kunit
* libgpiod
* libhugetlbfs
* log-parser-boot
* log-parser-test
* ltp-cap_bounds
* ltp-commands
* ltp-containers
* ltp-controllers
* ltp-cpuhotplug
* ltp-crypto
* ltp-cve
* ltp-dio
* ltp-fcntl-locktests
* ltp-filecaps
* ltp-fs
* ltp-fs_bind
* ltp-fs_perms_simple
* ltp-hugetlb
* ltp-io
* ltp-ipc
* ltp-math
* ltp-mm
* ltp-nptl
* ltp-pty
* ltp-sched
* ltp-securebits
* ltp-smoke
* ltp-smoketest
* ltp-syscalls
* ltp-tracing
* perf
* rcutorture
--
Linaro LKFT
https://lkft.linaro.org
On 4/3/24 10:55, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.8.4 release.
> There are 11 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, 05 Apr 2024 17:51:13 +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-6.8.4-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-6.8.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
On ARCH_BRCMSTB using 32-bit and 64-bit ARM kernels, build tested on
BMIPS_GENERIC:
Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <[email protected]>
--
Florian