[linux-yocto] v4.18.x - stable updates comprising v4.18.42

[Bruce Ashfield]

On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 10:14 AM Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker at windriver.com> wrote:
>
> Bruce, Yocto kernel folks:
>
> Here is the next 4.18.x stable update "extension" primarily created
> for the Yocto project, continuing from the previous v4.18.41 release.
>
> There are about 150 commits here, based on the remaining commits that
> were used in the 4.19.46/47 stable releases -- but not put into the
> previous 4.10.40 release in order to keep the commit count reasonable.
>
> These 4.18 stable backport releases will be ending in September, as I
> will be moving to working on newer kernels.  Hopefully with the same
> messaging being in the last few releases, this is no surprise to anyone,
> and people are in the final stages of getting their own maintenance or
> migration plans in place and rolled out.
>
> I've put this 4.18.x queue through the usual testing; build testing
> on x86-64/32, ARM-64/32, PPC and MIPS, plus some static analysis
> and finally some sanity runtime tests on x86-64.
>
> I did the signed tag just as per the previously released versions.
> Please find a signed v4.18.42 tag using this key:
>

Hey Paul,

I was merging this tonight and ran into a nasty -rt merge conflict in
kernel/irq_work.c. Can you take a look and send a resolution ? When I
compared the 4.19-rt and 5.x-rt branches, I didn't see an obvious way
to resolve things.

Bruce

> http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xEBCE84042C07D1D6
>
> in the repo in the kernel.org directory here:
>
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-4.18.y.git/?h=linux-4.18.y
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-4.18.y.git
>
> for merge to standard/base in linux-yocto-4.18 and then out from there
> into the other base and BSP branches.
>
> For those who are interested, the evolution of the commits is here:
>
>   https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-4.18.git/
>
> This repo isn't needed for anything; it just exists for transparency and
> so people can see the evolution of the raw commits that were originally
> selected to create this 4.18.x release.
>
> Paul.



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