On 06/28/2017 06:43 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 06/28/2017 02:04 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi Jens,
>>
>> After merging the block tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
>> allnoconfig) failed like this:
>>
>> fs/fcntl.o: In function `do_fcntl':
>> fcntl.c:(.text+0x6d4): undefined reference to `__get_user_bad'
>> fcntl.c:(.text+0x730): undefined reference to `__get_user_bad'
>>
>> Probably caused by commit
>>
>> c75b1d9421f8 ("fs: add fcntl() interface for setting/getting write life time hints")
>>
>> On powerpc (at least) you cannot use get_user() to fetch anything larger
>> than "unsigned long" i.e. 32 bits on 32 bit powerpc.
>>
>> This has been discussed before (and, I think, a fix attempted).
>
> Gah, thanks for letting me know. I'll test your patch and queue it
> up to fix this issue.
But put_user() is fine? Just checking here, since the change adds
both a u64 put and get user.
--
Jens Axboe
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