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

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNARCyOZFAtiXbH1OCbC8o0eHNzY9m6_Z_XoF7ZUyCZGb4w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 6 Jul 2019 09:58:45 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the kbuild tree

Hi Michael,

On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 9:05 AM Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com> wrote:
>
> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>  Sent: Friday, July 5, 2019 1:31 AM
> >
> > After merging the kbuild tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > allyesconfig) failed like this:
> >
> > In file included from <command-line>:
> > include/clocksource/hyperv_timer.h:18:10: fatal error: asm/mshyperv.h: No such file or
> > directory
> >  #include <asm/mshyperv.h>
> >           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Caused by commit
> >
> >   34085aeb5816 ("kbuild: compile-test kernel headers to ensure they are self-contained")
> >
> > interacting with commit
> >
> >   dd2cb348613b ("clocksource/drivers: Continue making Hyper-V clocksource ISA agnostic")
> >
> > from the tip tree.
> >
>
> Thomas -- let's remove my two clocksource patches from your 'tip' tree.  I'll need
> a little time to fully understand the self-contained header requirements and restructure
> hyperv_timer.h to avoid this problem.

I do not think you have to drop your patches.

Since <asm/mshyperv.h> only exists in x86,
guarding it by CONFIG_X86 is OK.
So, I think Stephen's patch is OK as-is.

Perhaps, Kbuild is imposing too much burden,
but I'd like to try it and see how it goes.


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada