linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.8.9 Build Failure in user

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Message-ID: <5181EC2B.2030405@shealevy.com>
Date:	Thu, 02 May 2013 00:31:39 -0400
From:	Shea Levy <shea@...alevy.com>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
CC:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 3.8.9 Build Failure in user_namespace.c

On 4/29/13 4:56 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting shea@...alevy.com (shea@...alevy.com):
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I just hit the following error trying to build 3.8.9:
>>
>> /nix/store/vkvwpn6f7iff6zqrq2d9z2a1945pcsza-linux-3.8.9-source/kernel/user_namespace.c:
>> In function 'map_write':
>> /nix/store/vkvwpn6f7iff6zqrq2d9z2a1945pcsza-linux-3.8.9-source/kernel/user_namespace.c:582:2:
>> error: implicit declaration of function 'file_ns_capable'
>> [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>> cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
>>
>> Below is my .config, below that the build log.
> I'm looking at 3.9.  file_ns_capable() is declared in capability.h, which gets
> included into user_namespace.c through cred.h.  I did also try building with
> CONFIG_SECURITY=n and CONFIG_USER_NS=y as you have it, but build succeeded,
> as I would expect given how it is included.

It turned out to be a commit Greg missed in 3.8.9, it was fixed in 3.8.10.

> Do you have any custom patches applied by chance?
>
> -serge

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