[PATCH] octeon: Switch to kernel 5.10 and mark source only

[Rui Salvaterra]

Hi, Hauke,

On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 at 00:10, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de> wrote:
>
> Stijn Tintel reported a memory leak in octeon with kernel 5.10. With
> kernel 5.4 it worked fine. The memory leak was seen with IPsec tunnels,
> VRRP IPs, conntrack syncing, full IPv6 BGP feed, etc.
> See details here: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/4610
>
> Move this target to kernel 5.10 anyway, but mark it as source only so
> the binaries will not be included in the next release. If someone fixes
> the memory leak please remove the source only tag again so we can create
> binary images again.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
> ---
>  target/linux/octeon/Makefile | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/target/linux/octeon/Makefile b/target/linux/octeon/Makefile
> index 3a6bce0e9fe8..62be0df01457 100644
> --- a/target/linux/octeon/Makefile
> +++ b/target/linux/octeon/Makefile
> @@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
>  ARCH:=mips64
>  BOARD:=octeon
>  BOARDNAME:=Cavium Networks Octeon
> -FEATURES:=squashfs ramdisk pci usb
> +FEATURES:=squashfs ramdisk pci usb source-only
>  CPU_TYPE:=octeonplus
>
> -KERNEL_PATCHVER:=5.4
> -KERNEL_TESTING_PATCHVER:=5.10
> +KERNEL_PATCHVER:=5.10
>
>  define Target/Description
>         Build firmware images for Cavium Networks Octeon-based boards.
> --
> 2.30.2

I think Stijn was actually able to pinpoint and revert the offending
commit, so this might be a bit hasty, hopefully. :) But let's wait for
his definitive answer.

Cheers,
Rui