linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19 git compile error - "current_is_keventd" [drivers/net/phy/libphy.ko] undefined

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 4 Dec 2006 19:37:43 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
To:	"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>
cc:	art@...ltd.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Ben Collins <ben.collins@...ntu.com>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@....pg.gda.pl>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.19 git compile error - "current_is_keventd" [drivers/net/phy/libphy.ko]
 undefined 



On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Horst H. von Brand wrote:

> art@...ltd.com wrote:
> > 2006/12/04/18:00 CST
> > 
> >   Building modules, stage 2.
> > Kernel: arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage is ready  (#2)
> >   MODPOST 1256 modules
> > WARNING: "current_is_keventd" [drivers/net/phy/libphy.ko] undefined!
> > make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
> > make: *** [modules] Error 2
> 
> Also i686, sparc64. At drivers/net/phy/phy.c:590 is the lone reference to
> current_is_keventd in that directory.  Still present as of ff51a9...

Yeah, I'm waiting for this whole mess to be either explained or reverted. 
There are apparently bigegr issues with it than just the butt-ugly 
"current_is_keventd()" crud.

		Linus
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/