Re: [BUG -next] ./usr/include/cxl/features.h:11:10: fatal error: uuid/uuid.h: No such file or directory

[Dave Jiang]

On 3/28/25 1:45 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 01:03:19PM -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 3/28/25 10:39 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> In next-20250328 and next-20250327, allmodconfig builds get me:
>>>
>>> ./usr/include/cxl/features.h:11:10: fatal error: uuid/uuid.h: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> This file is apparently auto-generated, because when I change the #include
>>> to the more likely linux/uuid.h, my changes are overwritten by the build.
>>>
>>> Gregory Price noted that something similar has happened recently and been fixed:
>>>
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/70ba4e80-53c4-4583-82f3-2851e0829aa6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>>>
>>> Perhaps someone unfixed it?
>>>
>>> 								Thanx, Paul
>>
>>
>> I can't get the powerpc cross build to build to reproduce the issue from next-20250328. Does the change below address the issue for you?
>>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/cxl/features.h b/include/uapi/cxl/features.h
>> index d6db8984889f..691eeda9c892 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/cxl/features.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/cxl/features.h
>> @@ -8,11 +8,7 @@
>>  #define _UAPI_CXL_FEATURES_H_
>>  
>>  #include <linux/types.h>
>> -#ifndef __KERNEL__
>> -#include <uuid/uuid.h>
>> -#else
>>  #include <linux/uuid.h>
>> -#endif
>>  
>>  /*
>>   * struct cxl_mbox_get_sup_feats_in - Get Supported Features input
> 
> Thank you, Dave!
> 
> Please note that I am reproducing this not on powerpc, but instead on
> x86 with a simple allmodconfig build.
> 
> Making the above change got me this:
> 
> usr/include/cxl/features.h:59:9: error: unknown type name ‘uuid_t’

I wasn't able to hit that with allmodconfig on x86 with a Fedora 41 build setup. What is the specific command lines you are using?



> 
> 							Thanx, Paul
>