linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the rcu tree

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Date:   Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:21:33 +1100
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Paul McKenney <paulmckrcu@...il.com>
Cc:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ursula Braun <ubraun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the rcu tree

Hi Paul,

On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:54:37 -0800 Paul McKenney <paulmckrcu@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > After merging the rcu tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig)
> > failed like this:
> >
> > net/smc/af_smc.c:102:16: error: 'SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU' undeclared here (not in a function)
> >   .slab_flags = SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU,
> >                 ^
> >
> > Caused by commit
> >
> >   c7a545924ca1 ("mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU")
> >
> > interacting with commit
> >
> >   ac7138746e14 ("smc: establish new socket family")
> >
> > from the net-next tree.
> >
> > I have applied the following merge fix patch (someone will need to
> > remember to mention this to Linus):  
> 
> Thank you, Stephen!  I expect that there might be a bit more
> bikeshedding on the name, but here is hoping...  :-/

The need for this merge fix patch has gone away today.  Is that a
permanent situation, or will it come back?
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell