Re: linux-next: Tree for Jan 12 (build failures: m68k, ppc)

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Build failures, seen since next-20150109:
>> >         m68k:allmodconfig
>> >         powerpc:ppc6xx_defconfig

It looks like parisc is also suffering:
http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/12343847/

>> > Due to:
>> >         ERROR: "__get_user_bad" [drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko] undefined!
>> >         make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
>> >
>> > Caused by commit d34f20d6e2f (drm: Atomic modeset ioctl).
>>
>> Yeah, it needs a get_user() that supports 64-bit data.
>>
> Hi Geert,
>
> I assume you mean m68k, where 64 bit support for get_user has been disabled.
>
> The problem on powerpc is different though: __get_user_nocheck()
> and __get_user_check() use
>         unsigned long __gu_val;
> followed by
>         __get_user_size(__gu_val, __gu_addr, (size), __gu_err);
>
> __get_user_size() fails in
>         if (size > sizeof(x))
>                  (x) = __get_user_bad();
>
> Presumably "unsigned long" is 32 bit on 32 bit powerpc, not 64 bit.
>
> Overall, the explicit 64-bit use of get_user() seems to be quite unusual.

I noticed you've sent a fix for DRM.

Doh, and I was just fixing m68k...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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