Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4.14 000/209] 4.14.158-stable review | From | shuah <> | Date | Mon, 9 Dec 2019 17:52:34 -0700 |
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On 12/6/19 9:56 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On 12/6/19 8:23 AM, shuah wrote: >> On 12/6/19 9:10 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote: >>> On 12/6/19 7:35 AM, shuah wrote: >>>> On 12/6/19 8:28 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Dec 06, 2019 at 08:24:36AM -0700, shuah wrote: >>>>>> On 12/4/19 10:53 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >>>>>>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.14.158 >>>>>>> release. >>>>>>> There are 209 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, 06 Dec 2019 17:50:10 +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/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.14.158-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-4.14.y >>>>>>> and the diffstat can be found below. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> thanks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> greg k-h >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Starting with Linux 4.14.157, 4.9.204, and 4.4.204 stables stopped >>>>>> booting on my system. It can't find the root disk. No config changes >>>>>> in between. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have been bisecting 4.14 and 4.9 with no luck so far. I updated >>>>>> to Ubuntu 19.10 in between. >>>>>> >>>>>> The only other thing I see is CONFIG_GCC_VERSION which is supported >>>>>> starting 4.18. I don't this boot failing issue on 4.19 + up. I am >>>>>> also chasing any links between this config and scripts and tools >>>>>> that generate the initramfs. >>>>> >>>>> Did you also upgrade your version of gcc? I know I build those older >>>>> kernels with the latest version of gcc for build tests, but I do not >>>>> boot them. I think everyone who still uses them uses older >>>>> versions of >>>>> gcc. >>>> >>>> Yes. gcc version changed. That has been my strong suspect since I >>>> started poking around the CONFIG_GCC_VERSION. >>>> >>> >>> What version of gcc are you using ? I currently use gcc 8.3.0 for all >>> qemu boot tests (except for 3.16 which doesn't support it, or at least >>> it didn't when I last checked), and have not observed any problems. >>> >> >> With the upgrade gcc version went from 8.3.0 to 9.2.1 >> >> Interestingly enough all the older 4.14, 4.9, and 4.4 kernel I have >> on the system boot just fine. It fails when build newer rcs with new >> gcc, boot fails. >> >> I would really like to understand it just in case something in our >> kbuild scrips is the issue. >> > > v4.4.206 boots for me into qemu when compiled with gcc 9.2.0 (9.2.1 does > not > appear to be an official release). So at least it isn't that simple. Let me > know if I can test anything else. >
Update on this. I managed to boot 4.14.158 by installing stripping modules INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1. I also disabled KASAN.
The above doesn't work on Linux 4.9.206 or Linux 4.4.206. Investigating still.
thanks, -- Shuah
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