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

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 01:52:54AM +0000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 11:47:31AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > After merging the rdma tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> > allmodconfig) failed like this:
> >
> > ERROR: "mlx5_get_send_wqe" [drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.ko] undefined!
> >
> > Caused by commit
> >
> >   34f4c9554d8b ("IB/mlx5: Use fragmented QP's buffer for in-kernel users")
> >
> > mlx5_get_send_wqe() is still used in drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
> > and declared in drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h ...
> >
> > I have used the version of the rdma tree from next-20181203 for today.
>
> Huh. So apparently every compiler that tested this patch (0-day, mine,
> the submitters) optimized this call away because is_atomic_response()
> always returns 0: meaning mlx5_get_atomic_laddr is never callable and
> can be deleted entirely, including the call to mlx5_get_send_wqe.
>
> Not sure what compiler setup will hit this, but it is clearly wrong
> code..
>
> Guy/Leon, please send a fixup.. Maybe just delete all this
> handle_atomics stuff?

I deleted it and will wait for the results of regression prior to send the patch.

Thanks

>
> Thanks,
> Jason

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