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

From: Matias BjÃrling
Date: Mon Jul 04 2016 - 03:06:18 EST


On 07/04/2016 06:31 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
Hi Matias,

On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 12:56:35 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

After merging the lightnvm tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
allmodconfig) failed like this:

ERROR: "nvm_alloc_dev" [drivers/nvme/host/nvme-core.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "nvm_alloc_dev" [drivers/block/null_blk.ko] undefined!

Caused by commit

3daf1adc80a8 ("lightnvm: let drivers control the lifetime of nvm_dev")

I have used the lightnvm tree from next-20160629 for today.

I am still getting this error.


Hi Stephen,

Sorry for the delay. The patch is removed for now.