[manjaro-dev] manjaro-dev Digest, Vol 18, Issue 10

Simos Katsiaris spider623 at gmail.com
Sun Sep 20 10:34:19 CEST 2015


You can all Linus directly on his google+ BTW,  is the patch already in the
unstable repo of manjaro?

On Sun, Sep 20, 2015, 10:53  <manjaro-dev-request at manjaro.org> wrote:

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>    1. Re:  [linux41] regression with 'x86/cacheinfo: Move cacheinfo
>       sysfs code to generic infrastructure' on AMD i686 (Josh Boyer)
>    2. Re:  [linux41] regression with 'x86/cacheinfo: Move cacheinfo
>       sysfs code to generic infrastructure' on AMD i686 (Borislav Petkov)
>    3. Re:  [linux41] regression with 'x86/cacheinfo: Move cacheinfo
>       sysfs code to generic infrastructure' on AMD i686 (Greg KH)
>    4. Re:  [PATCH] cpu/cacheinfo: Fix teardown path (Borislav Petkov)
>    5. Re:  Proposal for a background image - agave flower       and wasp
>       (Schulenburg, Manfred)
>    6. Re:  [PATCH] cpu/cacheinfo: Fix teardown path (Philip M?ller)
>    7. Re:  [linux41] regression with 'x86/cacheinfo: Move cacheinfo
>       sysfs code to generic infrastructure' on AMD i686 (Philip M?ller)
>    8.  Upgrade to Kernel 4.1 (Jose Gonzalez)
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:52:47 -0400
> From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer at fedoraproject.org>
> To: Borislav Petkov <bp at alien8.de>
> Cc: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>, "H. Peter Anvin"
>         <hpa at zytor.com>, manjaro-dev at manjaro.org, "Linux-Kernel at Vger.
> Kernel.
>         Org" <linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com
> >,
>         Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>, Thomas Gleixner
>         <tglx at linutronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp at suse.de>, Guenter Roeck
>         <linux at roeck-us.net>
> Subject: Re: [manjaro-dev] [linux41] regression with 'x86/cacheinfo:
>         Move cacheinfo sysfs code to generic infrastructure' on AMD i686
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> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp at alien8.de> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 12:54:55PM +0200, Philip M?ller wrote:
> >> I can confirm your patch working. However, it might be good to use yours
> >> and Thomas' in combination to solve this properly.
> >
> > Please do not top-post.
> >
> > We could use Thomas' too although from looking at it,
> > detect_cache_attributes() allocates a per-CPU per_cpu_cacheinfo thing
> > for each CPU. By the time we hit cache_shared_cpu_map_remove() in
> > free_cache_attributes(), those per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) things are still
> > allocated. We kfree them in the next step only.
> >
> > But I like the moving of the check from the CPU hotplug callback to
> > free_cache_attributes().
> >
> > So I'll merge the two patches and write up a proper commit message,
> > unless someone objects.
> >
> > I'll add your Tested-by too.
>
> Did this actually happen?  I don't see either fix in Linus' tree yet,
> the merge window is closed, and the bug happens on 4.1 and 4.2 stable
> kernels..
>
> josh
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 09:15:04 +0200
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp at alien8.de>
> To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer at fedoraproject.org>, Greg KH
>         <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>, "H. Peter Anvin"
>         <hpa at zytor.com>, manjaro-dev at manjaro.org, "Linux-Kernel at Vger.
> Kernel.
>         Org" <linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com
> >,
>         Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>, Thomas Gleixner
>         <tglx at linutronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp at suse.de>, Guenter Roeck
>         <linux at roeck-us.net>
> Subject: Re: [manjaro-dev] [linux41] regression with 'x86/cacheinfo:
>         Move cacheinfo sysfs code to generic infrastructure' on AMD i686
> Message-ID: <20150917071504.GA12316 at nazgul.tnic>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 07:52:47PM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp at alien8.de> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 12:54:55PM +0200, Philip M?ller wrote:
> > >> I can confirm your patch working. However, it might be good to use
> yours
> > >> and Thomas' in combination to solve this properly.
> > >
> > > Please do not top-post.
> > >
> > > We could use Thomas' too although from looking at it,
> > > detect_cache_attributes() allocates a per-CPU per_cpu_cacheinfo thing
> > > for each CPU. By the time we hit cache_shared_cpu_map_remove() in
> > > free_cache_attributes(), those per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) things are still
> > > allocated. We kfree them in the next step only.
> > >
> > > But I like the moving of the check from the CPU hotplug callback to
> > > free_cache_attributes().
> > >
> > > So I'll merge the two patches and write up a proper commit message,
> > > unless someone objects.
> > >
> > > I'll add your Tested-by too.
> >
> > Did this actually happen?  I don't see either fix in Linus' tree yet,
> > the merge window is closed, and the bug happens on 4.1 and 4.2 stable
> > kernels..
>
> Greg wanted to pick it up...
>
> Greg, what's up?
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
>
> ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
> --
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 05:54:04 -0700
> From: Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
> To: Borislav Petkov <bp at alien8.de>
> Cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer at fedoraproject.org>, Andre Przywara
>         <andre.przywara at arm.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com>,
>         "Linux-Kernel at Vger. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org>,
>         manjaro-dev at manjaro.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com>, Sudeep
> Holla
>         <sudeep.holla at arm.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>,
> Borislav
>         Petkov <bp at suse.de>, Guenter Roeck <linux at roeck-us.net>
> Subject: Re: [manjaro-dev] [linux41] regression with 'x86/cacheinfo:
>         Move cacheinfo sysfs code to generic infrastructure' on AMD i686
> Message-ID: <20150917125404.GC16085 at kroah.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 09:15:04AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 07:52:47PM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp at alien8.de>
> wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 12:54:55PM +0200, Philip M?ller wrote:
> > > >> I can confirm your patch working. However, it might be good to use
> yours
> > > >> and Thomas' in combination to solve this properly.
> > > >
> > > > Please do not top-post.
> > > >
> > > > We could use Thomas' too although from looking at it,
> > > > detect_cache_attributes() allocates a per-CPU per_cpu_cacheinfo thing
> > > > for each CPU. By the time we hit cache_shared_cpu_map_remove() in
> > > > free_cache_attributes(), those per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) things are
> still
> > > > allocated. We kfree them in the next step only.
> > > >
> > > > But I like the moving of the check from the CPU hotplug callback to
> > > > free_cache_attributes().
> > > >
> > > > So I'll merge the two patches and write up a proper commit message,
> > > > unless someone objects.
> > > >
> > > > I'll add your Tested-by too.
> > >
> > > Did this actually happen?  I don't see either fix in Linus' tree yet,
> > > the merge window is closed, and the bug happens on 4.1 and 4.2 stable
> > > kernels..
> >
> > Greg wanted to pick it up...
> >
> > Greg, what's up?
>
> It's in my "to-apply" queue, let me go dig it up now...
>
> thanks for the reminder.
>
> greg k-h
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 21:42:24 +0200
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp at suse.de>
> To: Philip M?ller <philm at manjaro.org>
> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>, "H. Peter Anvin"
>         <hpa at zytor.com>, manjaro-dev at manjaro.org,
>         linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org, Andre Przywara <
> andre.przywara at arm.com>,
>         Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com>, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com
> >,
>         Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>, Guenter Roeck
>         <linux at roeck-us.net>
> Subject: Re: [manjaro-dev] [PATCH] cpu/cacheinfo: Fix teardown path
> Message-ID: <20150808194224.GA4242 at nazgul.tnic>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 08:23:49PM +0200, Philip M?ller wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > I bi-sected it to following commit:
> >
> > 0d55ba46bfbee64fd2b492b87bfe2ec172e7b056 is the first bad commit
> > commit 0d55ba46bfbee64fd2b492b87bfe2ec172e7b056
> > Author: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>
> > Date:   Wed Mar 4 12:00:16 2015 +0000
> >
> >     x86/cacheinfo: Move cacheinfo sysfs code to generic infrastructure
> >
> > You can follow it on my github repo in rich detail:
> >
> > https://github.com/philmmanjaro/linux41/blob/master/git-bisect.txt
>
> Philip,
>
> what is with you and top-posting? How hard is it not to do it?!
>
> Please stop with the top-posting already.
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
>
> ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
> --
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 21:21:42 +0200
> From: "Schulenburg, Manfred" <mschulenburg at gmx.net>
> To: Philip M?ller <philm at manjaro.org>, manjaro-dev at manjaro.org
> Subject: Re: [manjaro-dev] Proposal for a background image - agave
>         flower  and wasp
> Message-ID: <55E9EF46.8010101 at gmx.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> Dear Phil,
>
> no, for the moment I do not have any other, at least not under Creative
> Commons. But if you have a package of "other wallpapers", feel free to
> put it there. Well, as it's Creative Commons of course you can do as you
> like, it's just that I like this particular photo so much. And as I am
> myself a fan of your distribution ...
>
> Thanks anyway for the quick reply and the general interest. I'll see if
> at a later stage I put more photos under Creative Commons.
>
> Best regards
>
> Manfred
>
> Am 04.09.2015 um 20:23 schrieb Philip M?ller:
> > Am 04.09.2015 um 17:20 schrieb Manfred Schulenburg:
> >> Dear all,
> >> I am a user of Manjaro Linux.
> >> I just uploaded one of my photographic works to wikimedia under
> Creative Commons
> >> license and I am happy to propose it as a background image for your
> Linux
> >> distribution:
> >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mschulenburg-agavenbluete.jpg
> >> Kind regards
> >> Manfred Schulenburg
> >> Luxembourg
> >>
> > Hey Manfred,
> >
> > I really like your photograph. If you have some more pictures you want
> > to share I can make a package for example: schulenburg-wallpapers ;)
> >
> > Lets see how we implement this into Manjaro.
> >
> > greez
> > Phil
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 09:03:56 +0200
> From: Philip M?ller <philm at manjaro.org>
> To: Borislav Petkov <bp at suse.de>, Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>, "H. Peter Anvin"
>         <hpa at zytor.com>, manjaro-dev at manjaro.org,
>         linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com>,
> Sudeep
>         Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de
> >,
>         Guenter Roeck <linux at roeck-us.net>
> Subject: Re: [manjaro-dev] [PATCH] cpu/cacheinfo: Fix teardown path
> Message-ID: <55F51FDC.9090108 at manjaro.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> On 08.08.2015 21:47, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 08:41:56AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> >> What commit caused this issue?
> >
> > Apparently
> >
> >  0d55ba46bfbe ("x86/cacheinfo: Move cacheinfo sysfs code to generic
> infrastructure")
> >
> > Looks like moving x86 to the generic cacheinfo stuff uncovered this
> > shortcoming there...
> >
> >> And it's a bit late for 4.2, as you say 4.1 is also affected, I'll wait
> >> for 4.3-rc1 to give this a chance to get some testing.
> >
> > Right, I guess that's fine too as it'll trickle to stable eventually...
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> Just a note from my end. Seems this patch didn't made it into 4.3-rc1.
> Any reason why?
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 07:36:12 +0200
> From: Philip M?ller <philm at manjaro.org>
> To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer at fedoraproject.org>, Borislav Petkov
>         <bp at alien8.de>
> Cc: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>, "H. Peter Anvin"
>         <hpa at zytor.com>, manjaro-dev at manjaro.org, "Linux-Kernel at Vger.
> Kernel.
>         Org" <linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com
> >,
>         Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>, Thomas Gleixner
>         <tglx at linutronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp at suse.de>, Guenter Roeck
>         <linux at roeck-us.net>
> Subject: Re: [manjaro-dev] [linux41] regression with 'x86/cacheinfo:
>         Move cacheinfo sysfs code to generic infrastructure' on AMD i686
> Message-ID: <55FA514C.4050605 at manjaro.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Am 17.09.2015 um 01:52 schrieb Josh Boyer:
> >
> > Did this actually happen?  I don't see either fix in Linus' tree yet,
> > the merge window is closed, and the bug happens on 4.1 and 4.2 stable
> > kernels..
> >
> > josh
> >
>
> Seems not yet. I don't see it neither in 4.3-rc1. Seems 4.3 will have
> the same issues then ...
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:51:02 -0300
> From: Jose Gonzalez <jozho.g at gmail.com>
> To: manjaro-dev at manjaro.org
> Subject: [manjaro-dev] Upgrade to Kernel 4.1
> Message-ID: <55F1DF26.6080505 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> Hi guys!
> Before of the mail i like to say THANKS for the amazing work of you do
> with Manjaro Linux is amazing, Manjaro boost my pc how i never could
> imagine .
>   This mail is for the next. Sorry for my english.
> The update for manjaro to the 4.1 Kernel of linux will affect if I have
> installed on my machine the Kernel 3.18 ?? or do you recomend do a clean
> installation of the new kernel ??.
>
> This is it and thanks again fot the amazing OS it is Manjaro :)
>
>
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