Re: [PATCH drivers/misc 0/4] lkdtm: Various clean ups

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Jun 24 2020 - 18:23:31 EST


On 6/24/20 3:01 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 11:29 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 6/24/20 1:36 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 09:23:25AM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>>>> ----- UrsprÃngliche Mail -----
>>>>>>> Regardless, it seems arch/x86/um/asm/desc.h is not needed any more?
>>>>>
>>>>>> True that, we can rip the file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone fixed the uml build errors?
>>>>
>>>> I didn't realize that this is a super urgent issue. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Kees, if you want you can carry a patch in your series, I'll ack it.
>>>> Otherwise I can also do a patch and bring it via the uml tree upstream
>>>> as soon more fixes queued up.
>>>
>>> I think the lkdtm change will tweak this bug, so I'm happy to carry the
>>> patch (I just haven't had time to create and test one). Is it really
>>> just as simple as removing arch/x86/um/asm/desc.h?
>>>
>>
>> I just tried that and the build is still failing, so No, it's not that simple.
>>
>> But thanks for offering.
>>
>> I'll just ignore the UML build errors for now.
>
> This is a allyesconfig?
> I just gave CONFIG_LKDTM=y a try, builds fine here.
>

I'm building linux-next and it fails.

> But the desc.h in uml is still in vain and can be deleted AFAICT.


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~Randy