linux-kernel - Re: Build broken on s390 and ia64 [was: Linux 2.6.32.58]

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Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2012 23:33:38 +0100
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, lwn@....net,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>, raven@...maw.net
Subject: Re: Build broken on s390 and ia64 [was: Linux 2.6.32.58]

Hi,

On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 01:48:24PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> >>> Linus Torvalds (2): Fix autofs compile without CONFIG_COMPAT
> >>
> >> But who defines is_compat_task *with* CONFIG_COMPAT on ia64?
> >>
> >> fs/autofs4/inode.c: In function 'autofs4_fill_super':
> >> fs/autofs4/inode.c:345: error: implicit declaration of function
> >> 'is_compat_task'
> > 
> > The ia64 compat code got entirely removed, since it was broken:
> > 
> > 32974ad4907cdde6c9de612cd1b2ee0568fb9409 "[IA64] Remove COMPAT_IA32 support"
> 
> Yes, but that is even in 2.6.34. So the fix for autofs is incomplete in
> .32 as it breaks build on configs which used to work.

So in the end, does anybody have an idea what is missing from this patch ?
I'm not sure that reverting the autofs fix is a right solution either :-/

Thanks,
Willy

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