Makefile | 4 +- include/linux/workqueue.h | 35 +-- kernel/workqueue.c | 757 ++++++++-------------------------------------- 3 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 664 deletions(-)
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 <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux 6.8.4-rc1
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Revert "workqueue.c: Increase workqueue name length"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Revert "workqueue: Move pwq->max_active to wq->max_active"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Revert "workqueue: Factor out pwq_is_empty()"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Revert "workqueue: Replace pwq_activate_inactive_work() with [__]pwq_activate_work()"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Revert "workqueue: Move nr_active handling into helpers"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Revert "workqueue: Make wq_adjust_max_active() round-robin pwqs while activating"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Revert "workqueue: RCU protect wq->dfl_pwq and implement accessors for it"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Revert "workqueue: Introduce struct wq_node_nr_active"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Revert "workqueue: Implement system-wide nr_active enforcement for unbound workqueues"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Revert "workqueue: Don't call cpumask_test_cpu() with -1 CPU in wq_update_node_max_active()"
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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(-)
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 <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com> -- Florian
On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 at 23:25, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 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 <lkft@linaro.org> ## 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 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 <broonie@kernel.org>
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 <jonathanh@nvidia.com>
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 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 <re@w6rz.net>
Den tors 4 apr. 2024 kl 10:03 skrev Ron Economos <re@w6rz.net>: > > 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 <re@w6rz.net> > > Works fine on my Arch Linux desktop with model name : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core Processor Tested-by: Luna Jernberg <droidbittin@gmail.com>
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) <pavel@denx.de>
Best regards,
Pavel
--
DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Erika Unter
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
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 <bagasdotme@gmail.com> -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
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 <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> thanks, -- Shuah
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