APPLIED[Artful]: [SRU][Artful][Bionic][PATCH 0/1] powerpc/64s: Fix NULL AT_BASE_PLATFORM when using DT CPU features
Kleber Souza
kleber.souza at canonical.com
Tue Apr 3 15:53:12 UTC 2018
On 03/30/18 21:33, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1759312
>
> == SRU Justification ==
> AT_BASE_PLATFORM in AIXV is not exported to userspace on P9 baremetal machines
> causing trouble to userspace tools and software that rely on that information,
> notably operf and opreport (from oprofile 1.2.0+) will refuse to run without
> that information.
>
> This bug is fixed by commit e4b79900222b, which is in linux-next and just
> landed in mainline, but is not contained in any release as of yet.
>
> == Fix ==
> e4b79900222b ("powerpc/64s: Fix NULL AT_BASE_PLATFORM when using DT CPU features")
>
> == Regression Potential ==
> Low. Limited to powerpc.
>
> == Test Case ==
> A test kernel was built with this patch and tested by the original bug reporter.
> The bug reporter states the test kernel resolved the bug.
>
> Michael Ellerman (1):
> powerpc/64s: Fix NULL AT_BASE_PLATFORM when using DT CPU features
>
> arch/powerpc/kernel/dt_cpu_ftrs.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
Applied to artful/master-next branch.
Thanks,
Kleber
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