m68k: kernel/up.c:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

m68k: kernel/up.c:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Stephen,

I can't seem to reproduce the compile failure of kernel/up.c on m68k,
as shown on
http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/186066/:

| kernel/up.c:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

I am using the exact same version (ebdcc81c71937b30e09110c02a1e8a21fa770b6f).
I'm using a different compiler, though (gcc 4.1.2).

If it is reproducible, can you please send me kernel/up.i?

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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Re: m68k: kernel/up.c:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

[Stephen Rothwell]

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Hi Geert,

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:08:57 +0100 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
> I can't seem to reproduce the compile failure of kernel/up.c on m68k,
> as shown on
> http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/186066/:
> 
> | kernel/up.c:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

When kisskb gets an error in building a kernel, it tries to bisect the
problem starting from a known good kernel.  The above error occurs
during the bisection process not when building the original kernel.  I
guess we need to be a bit more careful when reporting the errors.  Sorry
about that.

It was actually building commit
"[ad33ea3a8d2ec324dc0f46b6ae404d824d2b349b] bnx2x: Missing mask when
calculating flow control", I think.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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Re: m68k: kernel/up.c:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Stephe,

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 04:20, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:08:57 +0100 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>
>> I can't seem to reproduce the compile failure of kernel/up.c on m68k,
>> as shown on
>> http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/186066/:
>>
>> | kernel/up.c:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
>
> When kisskb gets an error in building a kernel, it tries to bisect the
> problem starting from a known good kernel.  The above error occurs
> during the bisection process not when building the original kernel.  I
> guess we need to be a bit more careful when reporting the errors.  Sorry
> about that.

Ah, that explains it, thanks!

I had also just noticed kernel/up.o was compiled twice, and the first
one succeeded.
Now I understand why...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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Re: m68k: kernel/up.c:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

[Michael Ellerman]

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On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 14:20 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Geert,
> 
> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:08:57 +0100 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> >
> > I can't seem to reproduce the compile failure of kernel/up.c on m68k,
> > as shown on
> > http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/186066/:
> > 
> > | kernel/up.c:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> 
> When kisskb gets an error in building a kernel, it tries to bisect the
> problem starting from a known good kernel.  The above error occurs
> during the bisection process not when building the original kernel.  I
> guess we need to be a bit more careful when reporting the errors.  Sorry
> about that.

Yeah sorry that is confusing.

Should be fixed now.

cheers

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phone: +61 2 6212 1183 (tie line 70 21183)

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Re: m68k: kernel/up.c:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

[Stephen Rothwell]

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Hi Geert,

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:59:31 +0100 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
> Ah, that explains it, thanks!
> 
> I had also just noticed kernel/up.o was compiled twice, and the first
> one succeeded.
> Now I understand why...

This has now been fixed, thanks to Michael.

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Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au
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Re: m68k: kernel/up.c:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

[Stephen Rothwell]

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On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:18:20 +1100 Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> wrote:
>
> Should be fixed now.

I should read more email before replying to any :-)

Thanks, Michael.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au
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