linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for Jun 18 (kmsg problems)

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:17:01 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for Jun 18 (kmsg problems)

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 08:01:09AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> [Adding Greg and Kay]
>>
>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:13:11 -0700 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > on x86_64:
>> >
>> > arch/x86/kernel/reboot.o: In function `kmsg_dump_get_line':
>> > reboot.c:(.text+0xf0): multiple definition of `kmsg_dump_get_line'
>> > arch/x86/kernel/setup.o:setup.c:(.text+0x0): first defined here
>> > arch/x86/kernel/reboot.o: In function `kmsg_dump_get_buffer':
>> > reboot.c:(.text+0x100): multiple definition of `kmsg_dump_get_buffer'
>> > arch/x86/kernel/setup.o:setup.c:(.text+0x10): first defined here
>> > arch/x86/kernel/reboot.o: In function `kmsg_dump_rewind':
>> > reboot.c:(.text+0x110): multiple definition of `kmsg_dump_rewind'
>> > arch/x86/kernel/setup.o:setup.c:(.text+0x20): first defined here
>>
>> Caused by commit e2ae715d66bf ("kmsg - kmsg_dump() use iterator to
>> receive log buffer content") from the driver-core.current tree.
>
> I'm building my tree right now, and I can't seem to hit this.
>
>> This was reported a few days ago.  Why is it not fixed yet?
>
> It was reported Friday evening, on a holiday weekend for some of us, we
> are trying the best we can :)
>
>> Especially since it is in a branch that is supposedly "bug fixes"?
>
> It fixes up a reported problem, and we had 3 people test it and said it
> resolved the issue for them, no build problems reported.
>
> Randy, can I get a copy of your .config that duplicates this?

I looked at it, and did not see it, I was blind.

We just miss the "static inline" in include/linux/kmsg_dump.h. :)

Sorry for that,
Kay
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