linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/10] x86, asm: use bool for bitops and other assembly outputs

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Date:	Wed, 8 Jun 2016 11:06:20 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] x86, asm: use bool for bitops and other assembly
 outputs


* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> On 06/08/16 01:28, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > It does matter:
> > 
> >  In file included from arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:21:0:
> >  ./arch/x86/include/asm/archrandom.h:95:20: error: redefinition of ‘arch_get_random_long’
> >  static inline bool arch_get_random_long(unsigned long *v)
> >  In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h:43:0,
> >  include/linux/random.h:98:20: note: previous definition of ‘arch_get_random_long’ was here
> > 
> 
> Actually this is an indication of a major bug, quite possibly
> pre-existing; we somehow are trying to include both the stub and the
> non-stub version of arch_get_random_long(), which is an obvious no-no.

Yeah.

> I will look at it in the morning (02:00 here.)

Sure, take your time! I've rewinded x86/asm to 08dd8cd06ed9 for the time being.

Thanks,

	Ingo