Re: mmotm 2020-03-30-18-46 uploaded (VDPA + vhost)

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Tue Mar 31 2020 - 14:57:56 EST


On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 11:42:47AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 3/31/20 11:37 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 11:27:54AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >> On 3/30/20 6:47 PM, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>> The mm-of-the-moment snapshot 2020-03-30-18-46 has been uploaded to
> >>>
> >>> http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/
> >>>
> >>> mmotm-readme.txt says
> >>>
> >>> README for mm-of-the-moment:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/
> >>>
> >>> This is a snapshot of my -mm patch queue. Uploaded at random hopefully
> >>> more than once a week.
> >>>
> >>> You will need quilt to apply these patches to the latest Linus release (5.x
> >>> or 5.x-rcY). The series file is in broken-out.tar.gz and is duplicated in
> >>> http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/series
> >>>
> >>> The file broken-out.tar.gz contains two datestamp files: .DATE and
> >>> .DATE-yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss. Both contain the string yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss,
> >>> followed by the base kernel version against which this patch series is to
> >>> be applied.
> >>>
> >>> This tree is partially included in linux-next. To see which patches are
> >>> included in linux-next, consult the `series' file. Only the patches
> >>> within the #NEXT_PATCHES_START/#NEXT_PATCHES_END markers are included in
> >>> linux-next.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> A full copy of the full kernel tree with the linux-next and mmotm patches
> >>> already applied is available through git within an hour of the mmotm
> >>> release. Individual mmotm releases are tagged. The master branch always
> >>> points to the latest release, so it's constantly rebasing.
> >>>
> >>> https://github.com/hnaz/linux-mm
> >>
> >> on i386:
> >>
> >> ld: drivers/vhost/vdpa.o: in function `vhost_vdpa_init':
> >> vdpa.c:(.init.text+0x52): undefined reference to `__vdpa_register_driver'
> >> ld: drivers/vhost/vdpa.o: in function `vhost_vdpa_exit':
> >> vdpa.c:(.exit.text+0x14): undefined reference to `vdpa_unregister_driver'
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> drivers/virtio/vdpa/ is not being built. (confusing!)
> >>
> >> CONFIG_VIRTIO=m
> >> # CONFIG_VIRTIO_MENU is not set
> >> CONFIG_VDPA=y
> >
> > Hmm. OK. Can't figure it out. CONFIG_VDPA is set why isn't
> > drivers/virtio/vdpa/ built?
> > we have:
> >
>
> Ack. Hopefully Yamada-san can tell us what is happening here.


Oh wait a second:

obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO) += virtio/

So CONFIG_VIRTIO=m and build does not even interate into drivers/virtio.





> >
> > obj-$(CONFIG_VDPA) += vdpa/
> >
> > and under that:
> >
> > obj-$(CONFIG_VDPA) += vdpa.o
> >
> >
> >> CONFIG_VDPA_MENU=y
> >> # CONFIG_VDPA_SIM is not set
> >> CONFIG_VHOST_IOTLB=y
> >> CONFIG_VHOST_RING=m
> >> CONFIG_VHOST=y
> >> CONFIG_VHOST_SCSI=m
> >> CONFIG_VHOST_VDPA=y
> >>
> >> Full randconfig file is attached.
> >>
> >> (This same build failure happens with today's linux-next, Mar. 31.)
> >>
> >> @Yamada-san: Is this a kbuild problem (or feature)?
> >>
> >> --
> >> ~Randy
> >> Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
>
> --
> ~Randy
> Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>