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

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Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:12:57 +0200
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the efi tree

On Mon, 19 Sept 2022 at 11:11, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> After merging the efi tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig)
> failed like this:
>
> x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.stub.o:(.bss.efistub+0x8): multiple definition of `efi_system_table'; drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/systable.stub.o:(.bss.efistub+0x0): first defined here
>
> Presumably caused by commit
>
>   8fd3c9a90998 ("efi/libstub: move efi_system_table global var into separate object")
>
> (or maybe commit
>
>   ba2dd31b7588 ("efi/libstub: implement generic EFI zboot")
> )
>
> I have used the efi tree from next-20220916 for today.
>

Thanks for the report. I'll take a look and fix this asap.