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

Kees Cook
2020-06-21T15:36:41Z

On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 11:48:51PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After merging the kspp tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allnoconfig)
> failed like this:
>
> x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: fs/file.o: in function `__fd_install_received':
> file.c:(.text+0x1010): undefined reference to `sock_from_file'
> x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: file.c:(.text+0x104a): undefined reference to `sock_from_file'

Oh fun. Okay, that's the first use of sock_from_file() in core kernel
code. I will fix linux/net.h to include a NULL-returning static inline
for the CONFIG_NET=n case.

And I will add "allnoconfig" to my test workflow. :)

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Kees Cook