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

Harry Yoo
2025-08-21T09:49:41Z

On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 04:05:15PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After merging the mm-hotfixes tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> allyesconfig) failed like this:
>
> ld: mm/kasan/init.o:(.toc+0x0): undefined reference to `kasan_early_shadow_p4d'
>
> Caused by commit
>
> 4b99d7a3e69a ("mm: introduce and use {pgd,p4d}_populate_kernel()")
>
> I have reverted that commit (and the following 07cf1bc1f659) for today.

Hi Stephen, thanks for reporting the build error.
I've sent a fix for it [1], and hopefully we can add it to mm-hotfixes soon.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20250821093542.37844-1-harry.yoo@oracle.com

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Cheers,
Harry / Hyeonggon