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

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Message-ID: <20171207012404.GB1119@jagdpanzerIV>
Date:   Thu, 7 Dec 2017 10:24:04 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the printk tree

On (12/06/17 11:17), Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Wed 2017-12-06 14:23:00, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi Petr,
> > 
> > After merging the printk tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> > allnoconfig) failed like this:
> > 
> > lib/vsprintf.o: In function `pointer':
> > vsprintf.c:(.text+0x2260): undefined reference to `dereference_symbol_descriptor'
> > 
> > Caused by commit
> > 
> >   b77929215209 ("symbol lookup: introduce dereference_symbol_descriptor()")
> 
> I have just pushed the fixed commit from Sergey and will improve my
> test coverage.
> 
> > I have reverted that commit for today.
> 
> It should work now. I am sorry for the troubles.

Stephen,

please keep that commit

	("symbol lookup: introduce dereference_symbol_descriptor()")

reverted in today's [20171207] linux-next. we have one more problem
with it.

	-ss