Re: arch/x86/kernel/test_nx.c compile error

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Jan 30 2008 - 14:09:35 EST



* Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> > + " .long 0b\n"
> > + " .long 2b\n"
> > +#endif
> > " .quad 0b\n"
> > " .quad 2b\n"
> > +#else
> >...
>
> You don't test whether your patches compile? ;-)

i did - but i didnt test whether i sent you the right, fixed one :-)

> After the obvious fix it compiled.
>
> Why wasn't this issue found before it entered Linus' tree?

because it was a relatively late patch and TEST_NX is dependent on a
modular build - which i dont test that often. I found and fixed a mirror
image bug in test_rodata.c.

Ingo
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