Build regressions/improvements in v4.3-rc7

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Rabin,

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Rabin Vincent <rabin at rab.in> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 11:39:15AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>> <geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>> > <geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> >> JFYI, when comparing v4.3-rc7[1] to v4.3-rc6[3], the summaries are:
>> >>   - build errors: +12/-4
>
> From the quoted lines above one I got the impression that this was a
> regression from v4.3-rc6 to 4.3-rc7, but that's not the case.  The

randconfig regression reports are never accurate, as each run is different.

> failing config also fails with v4.3-rc6.  It is however a regression
> from v4.2 to v4.3-rc1, and started failing after the changes in
> a5f4c561b3b19a ("ARM: 8415/1: early fixmap support for earlycon").
>
>> >   + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c: error: 'L_PTE_DIRTY' undeclared (first use in this function):  => 39:2
>> >   + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c: error: 'L_PTE_MT_WRITEBACK' undeclared (first use in this function):  => 39:2
>> >   + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c: error: 'L_PTE_PRESENT' undeclared (first use in this function):  => 39:2
>> >   + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c: error: 'L_PTE_XN' undeclared (first use in this function):  => 39:2
>> >   + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c: error: 'L_PTE_YOUNG' undeclared (first use in this function):  => 39:2
>>
>> Caused by:
>>
>> commit ab0615e2d6fb074764a3e4d05f1326fa2fdb4627
>> Author: Rabin Vincent <rabin at rab.in>
>> Date:   Thu Apr 24 23:28:57 2014 +0200
>>
>>     arm: use fixmap for text patching when text is RO
>>
>> Should the call to set_fixmap() in arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
>> just be protected by #ifdef CONFIG_MMU?
>
> Yes, and the call to clear_fixmap() too.  This part of the code will

OK.

> never actually be called on !MMU because patch_map() will always exit
> early with nothing to remap.  Will you send a patch?

Thanks, sent.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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