linux-kernel - Re: mmotm 2011-08-24-14-08 uploaded

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Date:	Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:09:38 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mm-commits@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mmotm 2011-08-24-14-08 uploaded

Hi,

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:07:01 +0200 Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz> wrote:
>
> On Thu 25-08-11 15:51:03, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed 24-08-11 14:09:05, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > The mm-of-the-moment snapshot 2011-08-24-14-08 has been uploaded to
> > > 
> > >    http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
> > 
> > I have just downloaded your tree and cannot quilt it up. I am getting:
> > [...]
> > patching file tools/power/cpupower/debug/x86_64/centrino-decode.c
> > Hunk #1 FAILED at 1.
> > File tools/power/cpupower/debug/x86_64/centrino-decode.c is not empty after patch, as expected
> > 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- rejects in file tools/power/cpupower/debug/x86_64/centrino-decode.c
> > patching file tools/power/cpupower/debug/x86_64/powernow-k8-decode.c
> > Hunk #1 FAILED at 1.
> > File tools/power/cpupower/debug/x86_64/powernow-k8-decode.c is not empty after patch, as expected
> > 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- rejects in file tools/power/cpupower/debug/x86_64/powernow-k8-decode.c
> > [...]
> > patching file virt/kvm/iommu.c
> > Patch linux-next.patch does not apply (enforce with -f)
> > 
> > Is this a patch (I am using 2.6.1) issue? The failing hunk looks as
> > follows:
> > --- a/tools/power/cpupower/debug/x86_64/centrino-decode.c
> > +++ /dev/null
> > @@ -1 +0,0 @@
> > -../i386/centrino-decode.c
> > \ No newline at end of file
> 
> Isn't this just a special form of git (clever) diff to spare some lines
> when the file deleted? Or is the patch simply corrupted?
> Anyway, my patch doesn't cope with that. Any hint what to do about it?

Those files were symlinks and were removed by a commit in linux-next.
diff/patch does not cope with that.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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