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

Ingo Molnar
2015-04-07T08:48:34Z

* Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> After merging the tip tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
>
> kernel/events/core.c: In function 'perf_event_set_bpf_prog':
> kernel/events/core.c:6732:15: error: 'struct bpf_prog_aux' has no member named 'prog_type'
> if (prog->aux->prog_type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) {
> ^
>
> Caused by commit 2541517c32be ("tracing, perf: Implement BPF programs
> attached to kprobes").

Note, this must be some (rarely triggered) aspect of the ppc64
defconfig that neither x86 randconfigs nor most other arch defconfigs
expose?

Thanks,

Ingo