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

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Message-ID: <4F5892B1.3070008@suse.cz>
Date:	Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:06:25 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
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]

On 03/05/2012 11:33 PM, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> 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 :-/

Nobody relevant? Hmm... I use the attached patch. If there are no
objections, I will add a header there and send to Willy.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs

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