Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree

[Daniel Borkmann]

[ Cc'ing Dave, fyi ]

On 04/07/2015 11:05 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:56:13 +0200 Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 04/07/2015 10:48 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > * Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > After merging the tip tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > > > ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
> > > >
> > > > kernel/events/core.c: In function 'perf_event_set_bpf_prog':
> > > > kernel/events/core.c:6732:15: error: 'struct bpf_prog_aux' has no member named 'prog_type'
> > > >     if (prog->aux->prog_type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) {
> > > >                  ^
> > > >
> > > > Caused by commit 2541517c32be ("tracing, perf: Implement BPF programs
> > > > attached to kprobes").
> > >
> > > Note, this must be some (rarely triggered) aspect of the ppc64
> > > defconfig that neither x86 randconfigs nor most other arch defconfigs
> > > expose?
> >
> > Note, this is a merge conflict with the work that went via net-next tree,
> > i.e. 24701ecea76b ("ebpf: move read-only fields to bpf_prog and shrink
> > bpf_prog_aux"). I believe that is why it didn't trigger on tip tree.
> >
> > You should be able to resolve it in linux-next by changing the test to:
> >
> >     if (prog->prog_type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) {
>
> Thanks Daniel, I will do that tomorrow.  Someone will have to remember
> to tell Linus.

Yes, indeed, depending which tree is merged first.

Thanks,
Daniel
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