linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-rc3-mm2 - Build Failure on powerpc timerfd() undeclared

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Date:	Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:25:30 -0800 (PST)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@....net>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc3-mm2 - Build Failure on powerpc timerfd() undeclared

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:32:07 +0100 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday 28 November 2007, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> > > Kernel build fails, with build error
> > > 
> > >   CC      arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_callbacks.o
> > > In file included from arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_callbacks.c:49:
> > > include/asm/systbl.h:312: error: ‘sys_timerfd’ undeclared here (not in a function)
> > > make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_callbacks.o] Error 1
> > > make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/platforms/cell] Error 2
> > > make: *** [arch/powerpc/platforms] Error 2
> > > 
> > 
> > I guess all architectures except x86 are currently broken because they
> > reference the old sys_timerfd function.
> 
> None of them were broken in my testing and I'm unsure why powerpc broke
> here.
> 
> > This patch should add the missing
> > bits to powerpc.
> > 
> 
> Because the patches in -mm left the stubs in place in sys_ni.c and powerpc
> _should_ have (incorrectly) picked those up.

My fault. I forgot to update sys_ni.c with the new functions (and with the
sys_timerfd->sys_timerfd_create name change).
Do you want a patch Andrew?



- Davide