APPLIED: [SRU][Xenial][PATCH 0/1] Linux 4.4.155 stable release build is broken on ppc64

[Kleber Souza]

On 10/02/18 16:11, Kleber Sacilotto de Souza wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795662
> 
> == SRU Justification ==
> The 4.4.y stable backport c9fadf27006b for upstream commit 1bd6a1c4b80a
> ("powerpc/fadump: handle crash memory ranges array index overflow"),
> cherry-picked for Xenial as part of bug 1792419, introduces a build failure
> on ppc by returning a int in a void function. In 4.4.y register_fadump()
> returns void because 98b8cd7f7564 ("powerpc/fadump: Return error when fadump
> registration fails") hasn't been backported for this stable release.
> 
> == Fix ==
> 98b8cd7f7564 ("powerpc/fadump: Return error when fadump registration fails")
> 
> Backport needed only for context adjustment.
> 
> == Regression Potential ==
> Low. The patch only handles the error return by some function and adds an
> additional error message. Limited to powerpc.
> 
> == Test Case ==
> Compile the kernel for powerpc (tested with ppc64el).
> 
> Michal Suchanek (1):
>   powerpc/fadump: Return error when fadump registration fails
> 
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 

Applied to xenial/master-next branch.

Thanks,
Kleber