lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2012]   [Feb]   [10]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: linux-next: build failure after merge of the staging tree
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 09:21:46AM -0800, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> > From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@kroah.com]
> > Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the staging tree
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 03:58:00PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > Hi Greg,
> > >
> > > After merging the staging tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> > > allmodconfig) failed like this:
> > >
> > > drivers/staging/ramster/ramster_o2net.c: In function 'ramster_remote_async_get_request_handler':
> > > drivers/staging/ramster/ramster_o2net.c:91:2: error: implicit declaration of function
> > 'o2net_force_data_magic' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> > > drivers/staging/ramster/ramster_o2net.c: In function 'ramster_remote_put':
> > > drivers/staging/ramster/ramster_o2net.c:250:2: error: implicit declaration of function
> > 'o2net_nn_from_num' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> > > drivers/staging/ramster/zcache-main.c:40:64: fatal error: ../zram/xvmalloc.h: No such file or
> > directory
> > >
> > > Caused by commits ba351b02ab11 ("staging: ramster: local compression +
> > > tmem") and 14a3cd58dd4f ("staging: ramster: ramster-specific new files").
> > >
> > > I have used the version of the staging tree from next-20120209 for today.
> >
> > Ugh, I wonder why it builds here, very odd.
> >
> > Dan, care to send me a patch to fix this?
>
> > > drivers/staging/ramster/zcache-main.c:40:64: fatal error: ../zram/xvmalloc.h: No such
>
> Hmmm... it appears that Seth's zsmalloc patch for drivers/staging/zcache
> removed xvmalloc.[ch] from drivers/staging/zram while drivers/staging/ramster
> is still depending on it. :-( I hadn't planned for both ramster
> and zsmalloc-replacing-xvmalloc to be merged at the same time... I guess
> this is exactly the kind of problem linux-next is designed to wring out!
>
> Greg, FOR NOW, PLEASE JUST REVERT the ramster patchset from staging-next.
> I am working on a v5 anyway and will roll in a copy of the xvmalloc.[ch]
> code into it for now and, since Seth's patch should be in linux-next
> by the time I am done (hopefully next week), I can test build ramster v5
> with linux-next to ensure all the above problems are resolved before
> resubmitting.
>
> (Seth, I could also switch ramster v5 to depend on zsmalloc instead of
> xvmalloc, but since I've done all my ramster testing on xvmalloc,
> I think I would prefer to make that transition later.)
>
> Sorry, Stephen and Greg, for the hassle!

Ok, now reverted, what a mess...

greg k-h


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2012-02-10 18:51    [W:2.337 / U:0.036 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site