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

[Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>]

On Tue 2020-06-23 22:19:37, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 02:16:38PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> >
> > I have removed the problematic commit for now. It tried to remove
> > some cyclic dependencies from heavily used include files. It clearly
> > needs more love.
> 
> Hmm, the cyclic dependencies are there because you didn't pull in
> the lockdep_types patch.  The printk patch must go on top of the
> lockdep_types patch.  How about just putting this into the x86 tree
> alongside the lockdep_types patch?

I see the problem with both patches.

> In file included from include/linux/printk.h:10,
>                  from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
>                  from include/linux/list.h:9,
>                  from include/linux/lockdep.h:43,
>                  from include/linux/spinlock_types.h:18,
>                  from include/linux/genalloc.h:32,
>                  from drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe_common.c:16:
> include/linux/ratelimit_types.h:16:2: error: unknown type name 'raw_spinlock_t'
>    16 |  raw_spinlock_t lock;  /* protect the state */

It is similar cycle:

spinlock_types.h -> lockdep.h -> printk.h -> ratelimit.h -> spinlock_types.h

But this time it happens via list.h -> kernel.h ->printk.h.
Where list.h needs READ_ONCE() stuff from compiler.h.


My "allmodconfig" build has successfully finished with the following extra
 fix on top of the two patches:

diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index aff44d34f4e4..6d606c4036ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/poison.h>
 #include <linux/const.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 
 /*
  * Simple doubly linked list implementation.

I suggest to bundle this into the 2nd patch that makes linux/printk.h
self-contained.

Best Regards,
Petr

PS: And yes, it makes sense to push both patches via a single tree to
make sure that the lockdep.h split is done first.