linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19 git compile error - "current_is_keventd" [drivers/net/phy/libphy.ko] undefined

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0612052108350.18570@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Date:	Tue, 5 Dec 2006 21:09:52 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>, art@...ltd.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Ben Collins <ben.collins@...ntu.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.19 git compile error - "current_is_keventd" [drivers/net/phy/libphy.ko]
 undefined 


>> > Also i686, sparc64. At drivers/net/phy/phy.c:590 is the lone reference to
>> > current_is_keventd in that directory.  Still present as of ff51a9...
>> 
>> Yeah, I'm waiting for this whole mess to be either explained or reverted. 
>> There are apparently bigegr issues with it than just the butt-ugly 
>> "current_is_keventd()" crud.
>
> I am very surprised indeed "the mess" has been applied at all in the 
>first place.  The conclusion of the discussion a while ago was to sort out 
>the issue within libphy.  The change should be reverted.

I am more surprised about that "the mess" has not been discovered so 
far. Does no one go test compile an allyesconfig/allmodconfig before 
actually releasing a kernel to the ftp?


	-`J'
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