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

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Date:   Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:51:12 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        NetFilter <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the netfilter tree

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 4:28 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After merging the netfilter tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
>
> net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c: In function 'nf_ct_ext_
> add':
> net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c:74:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'kmemleak_not_leak' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>   kmemleak_not_leak(old);
>   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
>
> Caused by commit
>
>   114aa35d06d4 ("netfilter: conntrack: silent a memory leak warning")
>
> I have added this patch for today:

Ouch, this is actually a correct fix.

Can you please send it formally or maybe Pablo can just take it directly?

Thanks!