From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754239Ab2LaDdZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:33:25 -0500 Received: from mx3-phx2.redhat.com ([209.132.183.24]:50463 "EHLO mx3-phx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750750Ab2LaDdX (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:33:23 -0500 Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:33:19 -0500 (EST) From: CAI Qian To: Mihai Caraman , Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel " Message-ID: <1155846710.6748036.1356924799341.JavaMail.root@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1513332310.6747864.1356924236940.JavaMail.root@redhat.com> Subject: kernel compilation failure on power7 system MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [10.66.13.37] X-Mailer: Zimbra 7.2.0_GA_2669 (ZimbraWebClient - FF3.0 (Linux)/7.2.0_GA_2669) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Stable kernel 3.7.1 failure to compile on power7 system here, arch/powerpc/kvm/built-in.o: In function `hdec_soon': /root/linux-stable/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S:1068: undefined reference to `PACA_SPRG3' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 reverted this commit fixed the problem, ----- 0127262c01f0beb485f917c720d1d95d165dfdbf [PATCH] powerpc: Restore VDSO information on critical exception om BookE Critical exception on 64-bit booke uses user-visible SPRG3 as scratch. Restore VDSO information in SPRG3 on exception prolog. Use a common sprg3 field in PACA for all powerpc64 architectures. ----- Used this config - http://people.redhat.com/qcai/stable/config-ppc system information here, # cat /proc/device-tree/model IBM,8231-E2B CAI Qian