Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (akpm tree related)
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: 2012-02-17 06:08:01
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On Fri, 2012-02-17 at 16:30 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
Hi Andrew,
After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
allnoconfig) failed like this:
In file included from include/linux/posix_types.h:47:0,
from include/linux/types.h:17,
from include/linux/page-flags.h:8,
from kernel/bounds.c:9:
arch/powerpc/include/asm/posix_types.h:15:14: error: conflicting types for '__kernel_size_t'
arch/powerpc/include/asm/posix_types.h:14:22: note: previous declaration of '__kernel_size_t' was here
In file included from include/linux/page-flags.h:8:0,
from kernel/bounds.c:9:
include/linux/types.h:68:1: error: unknown type name '__kernel_ssize_t'
Caused by commit a9dbe86e5995 ("powerpc: use generic posix_types.h").
This think was pointed out a couple of days ago, so maybe Andrew needs a
newer version of the patch.Yes, I pointed that out to Peter a while back, maybe it got lost ... Cheers, Ben.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
I added this fix patch for today: From: Stephen Rothwell <redacted> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:25:48 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: use generic posix_types.h fix Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <redacted> --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/posix_types.h | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/posix_types.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/posix_types.h index 1fbe027f..f139325 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/posix_types.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/posix_types.h@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ typedef unsigned long __kernel_old_dev_t; #define __kernel_old_dev_t __kernel_old_dev_t #else typedef unsigned int __kernel_size_t; -typedef int __kernel_size_t; +typedef int __kernel_ssize_t; typedef long __kernel_ptrdiff_t; #define __kernel_size_t __kernel_size_t-- 1.7.9