Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix compilation error for unknown type name pgprot_t

From: Abhishek Sahu
Date: Wed May 13 2020 - 03:28:49 EST


On 4/27/2020 8:41 PM, Abhishek Sahu wrote:
> On 4/21/2020 11:18 AM, Abhishek Sahu wrote:
>> On 4/20/2020 10:14 PM, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
>>> On 2020-04-20 2:22 a.m., Abhishek Sahu wrote:
>>>> commit 30796e18c299 ("x86/mm: introduce __set_memory_prot()")
>>>> added the function __set_memory_prot() which uses pgprot_t in
>>>> function prototype. The currently included header files in
>>>> <arch/x86/include/asm/set_memory.h> do not include type name
>>>> pgprot_t. The pgprot_t is defined in <asm/pgtable_types.h>.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: 30796e18c299 ("x86/mm: introduce __set_memory_prot()")
>>>> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sahu <abhsahu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> I assume this is only hit with a specific driver or something that
>>> includes set_memory.h without including pgtable_types.h before hand.
>>>
>>> It certainly compiles fine for me and the kbuild robot has had lots of
>>> time to test it with random configs.
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Thanks Logan.
>>
>> Yes. The mainline is compiling fine with default config.
>> This problem is coming while compiling Out of tree NVIDIA driver.
>> But this problem can happen for the drivers which don't include
>> <pgtable_types.h>. I am not sure if this problem will come with
>> some other configs. Normally, the header files should not be
>> dependent upon the callers.
>>
>
> Is it possible to get this patch merged for next rc of 5.7.
> This issue started coming from 5.7-rc1.
>

Could someone help in reviewing and getting this merged in the
next rc of 5.7 version. The NVIDIA driver compilation is failing
from 5.7-rc1. This issue can happen for any other driver also
which is not including <asm/pgtable_types.h> in the driver.

Thanks,
Abhishek