linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.18 000/122] 6.18.9-rc1 review

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Message-ID: <2026020652-quarry-clench-2fd8@gregkh>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 14:20:03 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Jeffrin Thalakkottoor <jeffrin@...agiritech.edu.in>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.18 000/122] 6.18.9-rc1 review

On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 06:47:50PM +0530, Jeffrin Thalakkottoor wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 05:29:58PM +0530, Jeffrin Thalakkottoor wrote:
> > >  Build error related
> > > screenshot  below.
> > >
> > > --------------------<screenshot>-----------------------
> > >
> > > $make -j 4
> > >   DESCEND objtool
> > >   DESCEND bpf/resolve_btfids
> > >   INSTALL libsubcmd_headers
> > >   INSTALL libbpf_headers
> > >   INSTALL libsubcmd_headers
> > > make[5]: *** No rule to make target 'str_error.h', needed by
> > > '/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf.o'.
> > > Stop.
> > > make[4]: *** [Makefile:152:
> > > /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf-in.o]
> > > Error 2
> > > make[3]: *** [Makefile:61:
> > > /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids//libbpf/libbpf.a]
> > > Error 2
> > > make[2]: *** [Makefile:76: bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2
> > > make[1]: *** [/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/Makefile:1449:
> > > tools/bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2
> > > make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > >   CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
> > > make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
> > > -----------------------<screenshot>---------------------------
> >
> > What .config causes this?
> >
> 
> iam confused . but may be the attached  config  is now giving a clean compile

So it works now?

I'm confused,

greg k-h