From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation•org>
To: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead•org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman•id.au>,
stable@vger•kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists•ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: powerpc/ps3: Fix system hang with GCC 5 builds
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:01:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161129190131.GA14409@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0778d754-b261-9d69-d309-a12970ce1cfa@infradead.org>
On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:47:32AM -0800, Geoff Levand wrote:
> GCC 5 generates different code for this bootwrapper null check
> that causes the PS3 to hang very early in its bootup. This
> check is of limited value, so just get rid of it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead•org>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/boot/ps3-head.S | 5 -----
> arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c | 8 +-------
> 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)
<formletter>
This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.
</formletter>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-29 19:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-29 18:47 powerpc/ps3: Fix system hang with GCC 5 builds Geoff Levand
2016-11-29 19:01 ` Greg KH [this message]
2016-12-03 11:28 ` Michael Ellerman
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