From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail6.bemta8.messagelabs.com (mail6.bemta8.messagelabs.com [216.82.243.55]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C20736B004A for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:07:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4E251F07.1090204@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:07:03 +0800 From: Cong Wang MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Patch] mm: make CONFIG_NUMA depend on CONFIG_SYSFS References: <1310987909-3129-1-git-send-email-amwang@redhat.com> <20110718170950.GD8006@one.firstfloor.org> <20110718101435.14c38ae7.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <20110718101435.14c38ae7.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Andi Kleen , Pekka Enberg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Mel Gorman , linux-mm@kvack.org ao? 2011a1'07ae??19ae?JPY 01:14, Randy Dunlap a??e??: > On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:09:50 +0200 Andi Kleen wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 03:14:18PM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote: >>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Amerigo Wang wrote: >>>> On ppc, we got this build error with randconfig: >>>> >>>> drivers/built-in.o:(.toc1+0xf90): undefined reference to `vmstat_text': 1 errors in 1 logs >>>> >>>> This is due to that it enabled CONFIG_NUMA but not CONFIG_SYSFS. >>>> >>>> And the user-space tool numactl depends on sysfs files too. >>>> So, I think it is very reasonable to make CONFIG_NUMA depend on CONFIG_SYSFS. >>> >>> Is it? CONFIG_NUMA is useful even without userspace numactl tool, no? >> >> Yes it is. No direct dependency. >> >> I would rather fix it in ppc. > > This isn't a ppc-only error. It happens when CONFIG_PROC_FS is not enabled > (or is it CONFIG_SYSFS?). > > I reported it for linux-next of 20110526: > > when CONFIG_PROC_FS is not enabled: > > drivers/built-in.o: In function `node_read_vmstat': > node.c:(.text+0x56ffa): undefined reference to `vmstat_text' > Right, I believe x86 has the same problem. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org