Hi Al, After merging the vfs tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) failed like this: samples/statx/test-statx.c:37:34: warning: 'struct statx' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration unsigned int mask, struct statx *buffer) ^~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c: In function 'statx': samples/statx/test-statx.c:39:17: error: '__NR_statx' undeclared (first use in this function) return syscall(__NR_statx, dfd, filename, flags, mask, buffer); ^~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:39:17: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in samples/statx/test-statx.c: At top level: samples/statx/test-statx.c:42:50: warning: 'struct statx_timestamp' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration static void print_time(const char *field, struct statx_timestamp *ts) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c: In function 'print_time': samples/statx/test-statx.c:49:10: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type 'struct statx_timestamp' tim = ts->tv_sec; ^~ samples/statx/test-statx.c: At top level: samples/statx/test-statx.c:71:31: warning: 'struct statx' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration static void dump_statx(struct statx *stx) ^~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c: In function 'dump_statx': samples/statx/test-statx.c:75:28: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type 'struct statx' printf("results=%x\n", stx->stx_mask); ^~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:78:22: error: 'STATX_SIZE' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_SIZE) ^~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:80:22: error: 'STATX_BLOCKS' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_BLOCKS) ^~~~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:83:22: error: 'STATX_TYPE' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_TYPE) { ^~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:102:22: error: 'STATX_INO' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_INO) ^~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:104:22: error: 'STATX_NLINK' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_NLINK) ^~~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:117:22: error: 'STATX_MODE' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_MODE) ^~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:130:22: error: 'STATX_UID' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_UID) ^~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:132:22: error: 'STATX_GID' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_GID) ^~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:135:22: error: 'STATX_ATIME' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_ATIME) ^~~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:137:22: error: 'STATX_MTIME' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_MTIME) ^~~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:139:22: error: 'STATX_CTIME' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_CTIME) ^~~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:141:22: error: 'STATX_BTIME' undeclared (first use in this function) if (stx->stx_mask & STATX_BTIME) ^~~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c: In function 'main': samples/statx/test-statx.c:207:15: error: storage size of 'stx' isn't known struct statx stx; ^~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:210:22: error: 'STATX_ALL' undeclared (first use in this function) unsigned int mask = STATX_ALL; ^~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:228:13: error: 'STATX_BASIC_STATS' undeclared (first use in this function) mask &= ~STATX_BASIC_STATS; ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ samples/statx/test-statx.c:207:15: warning: unused variable 'stx' [-Wunused-variable] struct statx stx; ^~~ Caused by commit caffc373c573 ("statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available") It probably would have been nice to see this in -next a bit earlier. I have added the following patch for today: From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:21:47 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] statx: disable the sample code for now Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- samples/Kconfig | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig index e1fc9a6a96fa..9cb63188d3ef 100644 --- a/samples/Kconfig +++ b/samples/Kconfig @@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY config SAMPLE_STATX bool "Build example extended-stat using code" + depends on BROKEN help Build example userspace program to use the new extended-stat syscall. -- 2.11.0 -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell -- 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