Re: [PATCH] Fix compile error in arch/x86/kernel/syscall_64.c

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Thu Dec 04 2008 - 14:12:58 EST


Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 December 2008, Jody McIntyre wrote:
>> 1965aae3c98397aad957412413c07e97b1bd4e64 broke compilation on one of my
>> systems:
>>
>> CC arch/x86/kernel/syscall_64.o
>> arch/x86/kernel/syscall_64.c:27: error: array index in initializer exceeds array bounds
>> arch/x86/kernel/syscall_64.c:27: error: (near initialization for âsys_call_tableâ)
>> arch/x86/kernel/syscall_64.c:27: warning: excess elements in array initializer
>> arch/x86/kernel/syscall_64.c:27: warning: (near initialization for âsys_call_tableâ)
>> make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/syscall_64.o] Error 1
>> make: *** [arch/x86/kernel/syscall_64.o] Error 2
>>
>> Reverting only the parts of the commit that change ASM_X86__UNISTD_64_H
>> to _ASM_X86_UNISTD_64_H fixes the problem. Patch below.
>>
>> I have no idea what's going on here. Compiler bug?
>
> Maybe you have stale header files in include/asm-x86/? That sometimes
> happens if you git-checkout -f or git-reset --hard.
>

"git cleanup" should be used to catch that classes of problems. I did
notice that the include file trace used include/asm not
arch/x86/include/asm, which to me implies something like this.

I just tried, and when I make a .i file on a clean tree I get:

# 10 "<full path>/arch/x86/include/asm/posix_types_64.h"

not

# 10 "include/asm/posix_types_64.h"

as the posted .i file has.

-hpa
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