Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4.14 000/209] 4.14.158-stable review | From | shuah <> | Date | Fri, 6 Dec 2019 09:23:58 -0700 |
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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.
thanks, -- Shuah
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