Re: build error

Marcelo Tosatti
2010-01-05T18:35:49Z

On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 03:09:52AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
> Hi Marcelo,
>
> On 30.12.2009, at 16:40, Giuseppe Falsetti wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I get this error when compile the git tree virt/kvm/kvm.git next
> >
> > My machine is a Xserve G5 DUAL processor, Lenny with gcc-4.3.2
> >
> > HOSTCC scripts/bin2c
> > HOSTLD scripts/mod/modpost
> > CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
> > <stdin>:1523:2: warning: #warning syscall recvmmsg not implemented
> > CC init/main.o
> > HOSTCC usr/gen_init_cpio
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > LD arch/powerpc/platforms/built-in.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_dn.o
> > LD arch/powerpc/math-emu/built-in.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kernel/isa-bridge.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_exports.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_of_scan.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/coalesced_mmio.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kernel/msi.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.o
> > CC arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.o
> > cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> > arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c: In function 'kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log':
> > arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c:860: error: passing argument 1 of 'down_write' from incompatible pointer type
> > arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c:868: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type
> > arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c:882: error: passing argument 1 of 'up_write' from incompatible pointer type
>
>
> Apparently your recent memslot changes broke PowerPC. I've seen you adjusted x86, ia64 and s390. Is there any reason you've missed out on PPC?
>
> Alex

Alex,

Ugh, parts of the PPC code have been converted but apparently not all
of it.

Sorry about that.