On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:49:49 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:35:14 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:05:08 +0900 (JST) KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Applied after: linux-next.patch > > > == > > > Subject: [PATCH] remove duplicate EXPORT_SYMBOL() > > > Impact: fix build error > > > > > > In past, ia64_ksyms.c had EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_page) in wrong place. > > > > > > old code was > > > > > > #include <asm/uaccess.h> > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(__copy_user); > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(__do_clear_user); > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strlen_user); > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strncpy_from_user); > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strnlen_user); > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_page); > > > > > > (but actually, copy_page is declared in asm/page.h) > > > > > > And recently, commit bdc2619ab95d45d434c16d5c216bc6243761f6fb insert > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_page) into correct place. > > > > > > then, duplicate EXPORT_SYMBOL create following build error. > > > > > > arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c:65: error: redefinition of '__kcrctab_copy_page' > > > arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c:43: error: previous definition of '__kcrctab_copy_page' was here > > > arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c:65: error: redefinition of '__kstrtab_copy_page' > > > arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c:43: error: previous definition of '__kstrtab_copy_page' was here > > > arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c:65: error: redefinition of '__ksymtab_copy_page' > > > arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c:43: error: previous definition of '__ksymtab_copy_page' was here > > > > Yes, this is a strange bug added by > > > > commit 7aed50e09223e7623c7ab826efd53f097bed2f73 > > Author: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx> > > AuthorDate: Sat Jan 10 02:25:44 2009 +0000 > > Commit: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> > > CommitDate: Sat Jan 10 02:25:44 2009 +0000 > > > > CacheFiles: Add missing copy_page export for ia64 > > > > I don't see how it could have been tested :( > > > > I also don't know which linux-next tree added that commit. There's a > > way of working this out but I forgot it. > > In gitk you can search backwards for a merge commit containing "sfr" :-) I do most of my gitting across a DSL connection. It makes GUIs painful. > I have dropped the nfs tree from linux-next for today. Just for this buglet? That sounds a bit savage. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
