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

From: Paul McKenney
Date: Thu Jan 19 2017 - 17:17:40 EST


On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> After merging the rcu tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig)
> failed like this:
>
> net/smc/af_smc.c:102:16: error: 'SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU' undeclared here (not in a function)
> .slab_flags = SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU,
> ^
>
> Caused by commit
>
> c7a545924ca1 ("mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU")
>
> interacting with commit
>
> ac7138746e14 ("smc: establish new socket family")
>
> from the net-next tree.
>
> I have applied the following merge fix patch (someone will need to
> remember to mention this to Linus):

Thank you, Stephen! I expect that there might be a bit more
bikeshedding on the name, but here is hoping... :-/

Thanx, Paul

> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:29:12 +1100
> Subject: [PATCH] smc: merge fix for "mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU"
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/smc/af_smc.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
> index 4875e65f0c4a..a48260f9ebb7 100644
> --- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
> +++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
> @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct proto smc_proto = {
> .unhash = smc_unhash_sk,
> .obj_size = sizeof(struct smc_sock),
> .h.smc_hash = &smc_v4_hashinfo,
> - .slab_flags = SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU,
> + .slab_flags = SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU,
> };
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smc_proto);
>
> --
> 2.10.2
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell