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

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi Don,

On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 09:54:17 -0400 Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 05:18:18PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> > 
> > After merging the akpm tree, today's linux-next build (sparc64
> > defconfig) failed like this:
> > 
> > kernel/built-in.o: In function `proc_dowatchdog':
> > (.text+0x6a620): undefined reference to `watchdog_hardlockup_detector_is_enabled'
> > kernel/built-in.o: In function `proc_dowatchdog':
> > (.text+0x6a6a8): undefined reference to `watchdog_enable_hardlockup_detector'
> > kernel/built-in.o: In function `proc_dowatchdog':
> > (.text+0x6a79c): undefined reference to `watchdog_enable_hardlockup_detector'
> > 
> > Caused by commit 72355eed4bd7 ("kernel/watchdog.c: control hard lockup
> > detection default").  This build has CONFIG_HAVE_NMI_WATCHDOG=y,
> > CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR not set.
> 
> :-(  I was trying to figure out why touch_nmi_watchdog doesn't break the
> same way until I noticed sparc has its own personal implementation of this
> function (instead of using kernel/watchdog.c's version).
> 
> We are going to have to split the include/linux/nmi.h changes out into its
> own #ifdef area.  I am not sure my brain is quite ready to untangle the
> sparc implementation of the watchdog stuff and try to make it use the
> generic one yet.
> 
> This patch I believe fixes the compile problem for now.
> 
> Not sure the proper way to post this or who to send this too.

Send it to Andrew Morton (since he has the original patch) who is cc'd
anyway.  I will put this in linux-next today instead of reverting the
other patches if he doesn't get around to doing another mmotm before
then.

> From: Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 09:50:21 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] watchdog, nmi: Fix compile issues on sparc
> 
> Sparc doesn't use HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR the same way x86 does.  As a
> result break out the new functions
> 
> watchdog_hardlockup_detector_is_enabled
> watchdog_enable_hardlockup_detector
> 
> into their own #if defined area.  This resolves the compile issue
> where CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG=y and CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR is not set
> on sparc.

Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/nmi.h |   10 +++++++---
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/nmi.h b/include/linux/nmi.h
> index 72aacf4..f82a5bf 100644
> --- a/include/linux/nmi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/nmi.h
> @@ -17,14 +17,18 @@
>  #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_NMI_WATCHDOG) ||
> defined(CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR) #include <asm/nmi.h>
>  extern void touch_nmi_watchdog(void);
> -extern void watchdog_enable_hardlockup_detector(bool val);
> -extern bool watchdog_hardlockup_detector_is_enabled(void);
>  #else
>  static inline void touch_nmi_watchdog(void)
>  {
>  	touch_softlockup_watchdog();
>  }
> -static inline void watchdog_enable_hardlockup_detector(bool)
> +#endif
> +
> +#if defined(CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR)
> +extern void watchdog_enable_hardlockup_detector(bool val);
> +extern bool watchdog_hardlockup_detector_is_enabled(void);
> +#else
> +static inline void watchdog_enable_hardlockup_detector(bool val)
>  {
>  }
>  static inline bool watchdog_hardlockup_detector_is_enabled(void)

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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