linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Kernel compile bug in 2.6.22.6/7 {maybe more} ARM/StrongARM

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Date:	Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:22:55 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	Greg.Chandler@...lsfargo.com, cpufreq@...ts.linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Kernel compile bug in 2.6.22.6/7 {maybe more}
	ARM/StrongARM

On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:08:39AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
 > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:58:34 -0400 Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> wrote:
 > 
 > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 09:52:29AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
 > >  > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:36:51 -0400 Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> wrote:
 > >  > > 
 > >  > > commit 184c44d2049c4db7ef6ec65794546954da2c6a0e
 > >  > > Author: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
 > >  > > Date:   Wed May 2 19:27:08 2007 +0200
 > >  > > 
 > >  > >     [PATCH] x86-64: fix x86_64-mm-sched-clock-share
 > >  > >     
 > >  > >     Fix for the following patch. Provide dummy cpufreq functions when
 > >  > >     CPUFREQ is not compiled in.
 > >  > >     
 > >  > >     Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
 > >  > >     Cc: Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
 > >  > >     Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
 > >  > >     Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
 > >  > > 
 > >  > > I don't remember seeing any problem here, so I'm not entirely sure what
 > >  > > this was supposed to be fixing.  Perhaps the -mm-esque patch name
 > >  > > will provide Andrew/Andi clues. It lacks sufficient information for
 > >  > > my brain to guess what the problem was.
 > >  > 
 > >  > Oh geeze.  sched-clock-share went through about 18 different versions, was
 > >  > merged, unmerged, remerged, dropped, etc.  I don't recall at what stage in
 > >  > this mess the above fix was inserted, sorry.
 > >  > 
 > >  > > "Fix for the following patch" is also something that really should
 > >  > > never be added to a git changelog too, because 'next' means absolutely
 > >  > > nothing to me, nor I expect 99% of changelog readers.
 > >  > 
 > >  > 184c44d2049c4db7ef6ec65794546954da2c6a0e should never have existed,
 > >  > actually.  I intended that Andi fold it into the base patch prior to
 > >  > sending it to Linus.  He normally does that, but it looks like this
 > >  > one was handled as a standalone commit for some reason.
 > > 
 > > So lets see what happens if we revert it ?
 > > 
 > 
 > <grep flurry>
 > 
 > OK, here: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc5/2.6.21-rc5-mm3/broken-out/fix-x86_64-mm-sched-clock-share.patch
 > 
 > So I guess what we want to do here is to revert that patch, test i386
 > allnoconfig and then fix up anything which breaks.

Nothing breaks for me with make ARCH=i386 bzImage on my x86-64 box
(which should be the same as a native build).

The functions that complain in that patch header don't seem to actually
exist in mainline at all. (`init_sched_clock' and `call_r_s_f')
Did this patch perhaps jump the gun, and these are -mm only ?

	Dave

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