linux-kernel - Re: Linux 5.11-rc6 compile error

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Message-ID: <7e05fe6d-9bf3-7d8d-5cda-8f4745bb144d@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 3 Feb 2021 15:04:15 -0700
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 5.11-rc6 compile error

On 2/3/21 1:06 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 11:58 AM Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>
>> ld: arch/x86/built-in.a: member arch/x86/kernel/pci-swiotlb.o in archive
>> is not an object
>> make: *** [Makefile:1170: vmlinux] Error 1
> 
> That honestly sounds like something went wrong earlier - things like
> doing a system upgrade in the middle of the build, or perhaps running
> out of disk space or similar.
> 
> I've not seen any other reports of the same, and google doesn't find
> anything like that either.
> 
> Does it keep happening if you do a "git clean -dqfx" to make sure you
> have no old corrupt object files sound and re-do the whole build?
> 
>              Linus
> 

My bad. I was playing with two test systems this morning and totally
lost track. All is well after a "make clean" and make.

Sorry for the noise.

thanks,
-- Shuah