linux-kernel - PROBLEM: Regression in 2.6.27.10 causes compile to fail

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Date:	Wed, 6 May 2009 11:07:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:	jason.faulkner@...ltrust.com
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: PROBLEM: Regression in 2.6.27.10 causes compile to fail

I've already documented this bug in bugzilla: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13255

My .config (attached) compiles on 2.6.27, but doesn't compile on
2.6.27.22.

After some troubleshooting, I've discovered the regression was introduced in
the 2.6.27.10 release (2.6.27.[10-22] will not compile; 2.6.27.[1-9] will)

This is a RHEL 5.3 server with all packages up to date; running gcc-4.1.2-42.el5.

Output from the make follows: 

# make
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
  SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86
  CC      arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.s
  GEN     include/asm/asm-offsets.h
  CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/genksyms.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/lex.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/parse.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/genksyms/genksyms
  CC      scripts/mod/empty.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig
  MKELF   scripts/mod/elfconfig.h
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/file2alias.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/modpost.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/sumversion.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/mod/modpost
  HOSTCC  scripts/kallsyms
  HOSTCC  scripts/conmakehash
  HOSTCC  scripts/bin2c
  CC      init/main.o
  CHK     include/linux/compile.h
  UPD     include/linux/compile.h
  CC      init/version.o
  CC      init/do_mounts.o
  CC      init/do_mounts_initrd.o
  LD      init/mounts.o
  CC      init/initramfs.o
  CC      init/calibrate.o
  LD      init/built-in.o
  HOSTCC  usr/gen_init_cpio
  GEN     usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz
  AS      usr/initramfs_data.o
  LD      usr/built-in.o
  CC      arch/x86/kernel/process_64.o
  CC      arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.o
  AS      arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o
  CC      arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.o
  CC      arch/x86/kernel/irq_64.o
  CC      arch/x86/kernel/time_64.o
  CC      arch/x86/kernel/ioport.o
  CC      arch/x86/kernel/ldt.o
  CC      arch/x86/kernel/setup.o
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c: In function âsetup_archâ:
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:714: error: implicit declaration of function
âvmi_activateâ
make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/setup.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Error 2

--
Jason Faulkner 
Linux Systems Engineer
Mailtrust, a division of Rackspace
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