linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 1/6] x86/boot: Introduce kstrtoull() to boot directory instead of simple

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Date:   Sun, 16 Dec 2018 21:31:13 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Cc:     Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@...fujitsu.com>, kbuild-all@...org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        bhe@...hat.com, msys.mizuma@...il.com, indou.takao@...fujitsu.com,
        caoj.fnst@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 1/6] x86/boot: Introduce kstrtoull() to boot
 directory instead of simple_strtoull()

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 03:22:39AM +0800, kbuild test robot wrote:
> Hi Chao,
> 
> Thank you for the patch! Yet something to improve:
> 
> [auto build test ERROR on linus/master]
> [also build test ERROR on v4.20-rc6 next-20181214]
> [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]
> 
> url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Chao-Fan/x86-boot-KASLR-Parse-ACPI-table-and-limit-KASLR-to-choosing-immovable-memory/20181214-082218
> config: i386-allmodconfig (attached as .config)
> compiler: gcc-7 (Debian 7.3.0-1) 7.3.0
> reproduce:
>         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>         make ARCH=i386 
> 
> All error/warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> 
>    In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:207:0,
>                     from arch/x86/boot/string.c:17:
> >> arch/x86/include/asm/div64.h:61:21: error: redefinition of 'div_u64_rem'

Thanks for the report. We need something like this I guess:

---
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/string.c b/arch/x86/boot/string.c
index 771971efc0d6..4a823481e4e1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/string.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/string.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ char *strchr(const char *s, int c)
 	return (char *)s;
 }
 
-static inline u64 div_u64_rem(u64 dividend, u32 divisor, u32 *remainder)
+static inline u64 __div_u64_rem(u64 dividend, u32 divisor, u32 *remainder)
 {
 	union {
 		u64 v64;
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static inline u64 div_u64_rem(u64 dividend, u32 divisor, u32 *remainder)
 static inline u64 div_u64(u64 dividend, u32 divisor)
 {
 	u32 remainder;
-	return div_u64_rem(dividend, divisor, &remainder);
+	return __div_u64_rem(dividend, divisor, &remainder);
 }
 
 static inline char _tolower(const char c)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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