linux-kernel - Re: linux-next build failure

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Date:	Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:17:50 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, ccross@...roid.com
Subject: Re: linux-next build failure

Hi Andrew,

On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:50:42 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 07:37:00 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> 
> > [Jut add Andrew to the cc list]
> > 
> > On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:27:45 -0400 Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > This patch causes a build failure for no-MMU builds:
> > > 
> > >   commit 41df2957cb010edfa2f9d394d3617da6beeeb660
> > >   Author: Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>
> > >   Date:   Wed Oct 30 11:45:39 2013 +1100
> > > 
> > >       mm: add a field to store names for private anonymous memory
> > >     
> > > The problem is:
> > > 
> > >   kernel/built-in.o: In function `sys_prctl':
> > >   (.text+0x19854): undefined reference to `madvise_set_anon_name'
> > > 
> > > madvise doesn't make sense without an MMU.
> > > 
> > > --Mark
> 
> OK, thanks.  I'll drop
> 
> mm-rearrange-madvise-code-to-allow-for-reuse.patch
> mm-add-a-field-to-store-names-for-private-anonymous-memory.patch
> mm-add-a-field-to-store-names-for-private-anonymous-memory-fix.patch
> mm-add-a-field-to-store-names-for-private-anonymous-memory-fix-fix-2.patch
> 
> for now.  They have other question marks - let's revisit everything
> after 3.13-rc1.

I have removed them from my copy of the mmotm tree ...

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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