linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] fork and exit: need to include iocontext.h

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Date:	Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:39:56 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	mingo <mingo@...hat.com>, tglx <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	hpa <hpa@...or.com>, akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] fork and exit: need to include iocontext.h

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:33:37 +0200 Ingo Molnar wrote:

> 
> * Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:05:06 +0200 Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > * Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Fix fork and exit build errors: they need to include iocontext.h:
> > > > 
> > > > linux-next-20080630/kernel/fork.c: In function 'copy_process':
> > > > linux-next-20080630/kernel/fork.c:1237: error: implicit declaration of function 'put_io_context'
> > > > linux-next-20080630/kernel/exit.c: In function 'do_exit':
> > > > linux-next-20080630/kernel/exit.c:992: error: implicit declaration of function 'exit_io_context'
> > > 
> > > i havent seen this one - do you know by chance which commit triggers it?
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry, no idea which commit.
> > 
> > In 50 randconfigs today (next-20080630), I saw this one 12 times.
> 
> btw., block.git would be one of my first guesses - Jens Cc:-ed.
> 
> normally there's an easy way to find out the source commit of build 
> failures. Try something like:
> 
>  git-bisect reset
>  git-bisect start
>  git-bisect good v2.6.26-rc8
>  git-bisect bad linux-next/master
>  git-bisect run make kernel/fork.o
> 
> ... this should lead you to the commit that broke the build 
> automatically. (as long as everyone keeps make oldconfig compatibility)

Thanks for the steps.  Maybe someday I'll use git.  ;)

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~Randy
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