Re: Build problems in stable queue

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 03:47:53PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 03:11:11PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 01:41:48PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 10:26:08AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 06:44:30AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > > Couple of powerpc problems.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 4.14, 4.16:
> > > > > 
> > > > > drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c:1460:10: error: 'struct ibmvnic_tx_buff' has no member named 'num_entries'
> > > > > 
> > > > > 3.18, 4.4:
> > > > > 
> > > > > arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:1180:7: error: 'xmon_on' undeclared
> > > > > 
> > > > > Also, {i386,x86_64}:allnoconfig in 3.18:
> > > > > 
> > > > > arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c:281:6: error: ‘kernel_set_to_readonly’ undeclared
> > > > > 
> > > 
> > > One more build failure, overlooked earlier, in v4.9.y:
> > > 
> > > Building arm:allmodconfig ... failed
> > > 
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dispc.c: In function 'dispc_ovl_setup_common':
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dispc.c:2614:10: error: 'vm' undeclared
> > 
> > Ok, all of Sasha's last pull requests are now gone from my queue.  I've
> > pushed out new test rc releases to kernel.org so all should be "green"
> > now.
> > 
> Now you have a different error :-(.
> 
> v4.4.131-12-g3e7c47b, v4.9.98-9-gfd20c9f4f1ef
> 
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm_of.c:41:3: error: 'chip' undeclared

Ugh.  I've dropped both of the tpm patches from 4.4.y and 4.9.y now.
And those were backports sent by the maintainer of the subsystem :(

greg k-h