linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree

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Message-ID: <55240342.9050900@plumgrid.com>
Date:	Tue, 07 Apr 2015 09:18:10 -0700
From:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree

On 4/7/15 4:13 AM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> [ Cc'ing Dave, fyi ]
>
> On 04/07/2015 11:05 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> On Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:56:13 +0200 Daniel Borkmann
>> <daniel@...earbox.net> wrote:
>>> On 04/07/2015 10:48 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>>> * Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> After merging the tip tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
>>>>> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> kernel/events/core.c: In function 'perf_event_set_bpf_prog':
>>>>> kernel/events/core.c:6732:15: error: 'struct bpf_prog_aux' has no
>>>>> member named 'prog_type'
>>>>>     if (prog->aux->prog_type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) {
>>>>>                  ^
>>>>>
>>>>> Caused by commit 2541517c32be ("tracing, perf: Implement BPF programs
>>>>> attached to kprobes").
>>>>
>>>> Note, this must be some (rarely triggered) aspect of the ppc64
>>>> defconfig that neither x86 randconfigs nor most other arch defconfigs
>>>> expose?
>>>
>>> Note, this is a merge conflict with the work that went via net-next
>>> tree,
>>> i.e. 24701ecea76b ("ebpf: move read-only fields to bpf_prog and shrink
>>> bpf_prog_aux"). I believe that is why it didn't trigger on tip tree.
>>>
>>> You should be able to resolve it in linux-next by changing the test to:
>>>
>>>     if (prog->prog_type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) {
>>
>> Thanks Daniel, I will do that tomorrow.  Someone will have to remember
>> to tell Linus.
>
> Yes, indeed, depending which tree is merged first.

Daniel analysis is correct, but the fix for kernel/events/core.c
should be:
- if (prog->aux->prog_type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) {
+ if (prog->type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) {
instead of 'prog->prog_type'

Thanks Stephen!

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