On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 08:45:14AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: SNIP > * Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > After merging the tip tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc64le perf) > > failed like this: > > > > LINK /home/sfr/next/perf/fixdep > > /bin/sh: 1: /home/sfr/next/perf//fixdep: Permission denied > > tools/build/Makefile.build:91: recipe for target '/home/sfr/next/perf/pmu-events/jevents.o' failed > > > > $ ls -l /home/sfr/next/perf/fixdep > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 sfr users 71104 Dec 7 12:26 /home/sfr/next/perf/fixdep > > > > I am not sure what caused this, but redoing the build succeeded, so I > > have just filed this report and left it for today. this seems to be the rare race issue caused by missing fixdep dependency, caused probably by recompiling of fixdep because of its change in the merge Arnaldo already carries a fix for this in his latest perf/core, where we moved the fixdep compilation on top of everything to kill any future race due to missing fixdep dependency thanks, jirka -- 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
