linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/asmlinkage changes for v3.12

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Date:	Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:28:47 +0800
From:	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/asmlinkage changes for v3.12

On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 09:45:29AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
[snip]
> This also exposes an interesting problem with Fengguang's build robot.
> 
> One build:
> [tip:x86/asmlinkage] 28596b6a8779b736829ad837f95fdc2e81bdd1ee BUILD DONE
> 28596b6a8779b736829ad837f95fdc2e81bdd1ee  x86, asmlinkage, vdso: Mark
> vdso variables __visible
> 
> ... flags the warnings.  The next build for the branch looks clean:
> [tip:x86/asmlinkage] eb86b5fd505cb97743d84226140cf247d91a2f03 BUILD SUCCESS
> eb86b5fd505cb97743d84226140cf247d91a2f03  x86/asmlinkage: Fix warning in
> xen asmlinkage change
> 
> ("DONE" means warnings or errors.)
> 
> A human observer would assume that the problem was fixed, since the
> patch says "fix warnings", but the problem is that it didn't actually
> fix *all* the warnings.  However, the bot has flagged the warnings as
> preexisting from the previous build, and thus no new warnings were
> introduced.

Yeah sorry! The build robot silently ignored any reported errors,
which is not the expected behavior when sending BUILD SUCCESS notifications.

> It would be better if the bot reported any warnings not present in upstream.

I've fixed the robot to remember which tree/branch first introduced
the build error/warning. If the problem still remains in that branch's
new HEAD, the robot will be able to send out BUILD DONE reports which
will include the old error/warning message in the email body.

Sorry for the delay! This feature was added shortly after your report,
however took long time to confirm that it actually works.

Thanks,
Fengguang
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