Subject: Re: powerpc/ps3: Fix system hang with GCC 5 builds

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:01:31 +0100

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 <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/boot/ps3-head.S | 5 -----
>  arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c      | 8 +-------
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)

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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.

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