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

[Lukas Bulwahn]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 2:51 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 2:36 PM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > After merging the asm-generic tree, today's linux-next build (arm64
> > defconfig) failed like this:
> >
> > drivers/char/mem.c: In function 'page_is_allowed':
> > drivers/char/mem.c:66:16: error: implicit declaration of function 'devmem_is_allowed'; did you mean 'page_is_allowed'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> >    66 |         return devmem_is_allowed(pfn);
> >       |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >       |                page_is_allowed
> > cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
> >
> > Caused by commit
> >
> >   cdfde8f61a00 ("asm-generic: correct reference to GENERIC_LIB_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED")
> >
> > arm64 does not have a separate declaration of devmem_is_allowed() and
> > was using the asm-generic one by accident ... some other architectures
> > may be in the same boat.
> >
> > I have reverted that commit for today.
>
> My mistake. I was already aware that the patch was broken, and Lukas said he
> wanted to send an updated version. Unfortunately I picked up the old version
> of my asm-generic-fixes branch as I applied a different patch. I've reworked
> the branch to take this one out again now.
>

Stephen, thanks for testing and already the first quick analysis on
the issue. I will try to get an updated version in place and then we
can see which architectures beyond arm64 really need more care.


Lukas