linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] perf changes for v4.8

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jul 2016 07:59:03 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] perf changes for v4.8

Hi Linus,

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:45:53 -0700 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, the perf tree on its own was enough to trigger the build
> > problem, the luto-next tree was just what initially triggered the build
> > failure in linux-next (I guess there is some missing dependency).
> > After the build failed, I started including the perf tree directly
> > before the tip tree and the build would fail when I merged that ...  
> 
> Ugh. It's merged in my tree now, because I thought it was ok. Can
> somebody point me to the fix?

I only affects cross building of the objtool and vdso2c tools (which is
how I work).  The latest version of the perf/core branch in the tip
tree now has all the fixes, so I assume that Ingo will send another
pull request.

Unfortunately, that means that your tree is broken for me this
morning ... but I will cope, I guess.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell