linux-kernel - Re: Fwd: stable kernels 6.6.23 and 6.1.83 fails to build: error: unknown type name 'u32'

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Message-ID: <ZgrD-XtaG9D8jFnA@archie.me>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 21:26:01 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc: Viktor Malik <vmalik@...hat.com>, Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Xu <dxu@...uu.xyz>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, ncopa@...inelinux.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Regressions <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
	Linux Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fwd: stable kernels 6.6.23 and 6.1.83 fails to build: error:
 unknown type name 'u32'

On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 04:15:25PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 09:09:55PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Bugzilla, ncopa@...inelinux.org reported resolve_btfids FTBFS regression
> > on musl system [1]:
> > 
> > > The latest releases fails to build with musl libc (Alpine Linux edge and v3.19):
> > > 
> > > ```
> > > rm -f -f /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/build-lts.x86_64/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/libbpf.a; ar rcs /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/build-lts.x86_64/tool
> > > s/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/libbpf.a /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/build-lts.x86_64/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf-in.o
> > > In file included from main.c:73:
> > > /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/linux-6.6/tools/include/linux/btf_ids.h:7:9: error: unknown type name 'u32'
> > >     7 |         u32 cnt;                                                              
> > >       |         ^~~                
> > > /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/linux-6.6/tools/include/linux/btf_ids.h:8:9: error: unknown type name 'u32'
> > >     8 |         u32 ids[];         
> > >       |         ^~~                    
> > > /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/linux-6.6/tools/include/linux/btf_ids.h:12:9: error: unknown type name 'u32'
> > >    12 |         u32 cnt;   
> > >       |         ^~~                        
> > > /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/linux-6.6/tools/include/linux/btf_ids.h:13:9: error: unknown type name 'u32'
> > >    13 |         u32 flags;
> > >       |         ^~~
> > > /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/linux-6.6/tools/include/linux/btf_ids.h:15:17: error: unknown type name 'u32'
> > >    15 |                 u32 id;
> > >       |                 ^~~
> > > /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/linux-6.6/tools/include/linux/btf_ids.h:16:17: error: unknown type name 'u32'
> > >    16 |                 u32 flags;
> > >       |                 ^~~
> > > /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/linux-6.6/tools/include/linux/btf_ids.h:215:8: error: unknown type name 'u32'
> > >   215 | extern u32 btf_tracing_ids[];
> > >       |        ^~~
> > > make[4]: *** [/home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/linux-6.6/tools/build/Makefile.build:98: /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/build-lts.x86_64/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids
> > > /main.o] Error 1
> > > make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > > make[3]: *** [Makefile:83: /home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/build-lts.x86_64/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids//resolve_btfids-in.o] Error 2
> > > make[2]: *** [Makefile:76: bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2
> > > make[1]: *** [/home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/linux-6.6/Makefile:1354: tools/bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2
> > > make: *** [/home/ncopa/aports/main/linux-lts/src/linux-6.6/Makefile:234: __sub-make] Error 2
> > > ```
> > 
> > Bisection led to upstream commit 9707ac4fe2f5ba ("tools/resolve_btfids:
> > Refactor set sorting with types from btf_ids.h") as the culprit.
> > 
> > See the report on Bugzilla for the full thread and proposed fix.
> 
> Is the proposed fix a commit to backport?

Nope (see below).

> 
> Digging through entries is not the easiest way to get things resolved...
> 

The reporter posted the fix as bug comment [1] instead (hint: include
linux/types.h) but not submitted it to mailing lists first.

Thanks.

[1]: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218647#c2

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