Re: [PATCH drivers/misc 0/4] lkdtm: Various clean ups

[Randy Dunlap]

On 6/24/20 3:23 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 6/24/20 3:01 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 11:29 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 6/24/20 1:36 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 09:23:25AM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>>>>> ----- UrsprÃngliche Mail -----
>>>>>>>> Regardless, it seems arch/x86/um/asm/desc.h is not needed any more?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> True that, we can rip the file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Has anyone fixed the uml build errors?
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't realize that this is a super urgent issue. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Kees, if you want you can carry a patch in your series, I'll ack it.
>>>>> Otherwise I can also do a patch and bring it via the uml tree upstream
>>>>> as soon more fixes queued up.
>>>>
>>>> I think the lkdtm change will tweak this bug, so I'm happy to carry the
>>>> patch (I just haven't had time to create and test one). Is it really
>>>> just as simple as removing arch/x86/um/asm/desc.h?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I just tried that and the build is still failing, so No, it's not that simple.
>>>
>>> But thanks for offering.
>>>
>>> I'll just ignore the UML build errors for now.
>>
>> This is a allyesconfig?
>> I just gave CONFIG_LKDTM=y a try, builds fine here.
>>
> 
> I'm building linux-next and it fails.

More specifically, uml for i386 fails. x86_64 is OK.
The problem is with the <asm/desc.h> file.
I'm tampering with it...

>> But the desc.h in uml is still in vain and can be deleted AFAICT.


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~Randy