Hi Andrew,
After merging the akpm-current tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:15:0,
from include/linux/list.h:9,
from mm/hugetlb.c:5:
mm/hugetlb.c: In function 'hugetlb_reserve_pages':
include/linux/build_bug.h:36:33: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be
#define BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID(e) ((void)(sizeof((__force long)(e))))
^
include/linux/mmdebug.h:52:34: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID'
#define VM_WARN(cond, format...) BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID(cond)
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mm/hugetlb.c:4379:6: note: in expansion of macro 'VM_WARN'
if (VM_WARN(from > to, "%s called with a negative range\n", __func__))
^~~~~~~
scripts/Makefile.build:324: recipe for target 'mm/hugetlb.o' failed
Caused by commit
df9b0bfadaa3 ("hugetlbfs-check-for-pgoff-value-overflow-v3-fix")
I have applied the following patch (a partial revert of the above):
From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:38:50 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] pertially revert
"hugetlbfs-check-for-pgoff-value-overflow-v3-fix"
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 3b31dcfb7621..218679138255 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4376,8 +4376,11 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode,
struct resv_map *resv_map;
long gbl_reserve;
- if (VM_WARN(from > to, "%s called with a negative range\n", __func__))
+ /* This should never happen */
+ if (from > to) {
+ VM_WARN(1, "%s called with a negative range\n", __func__);
return -EINVAL;
+ }
/*
* Only apply hugepage reservation if asked. At fault time, an
--
2.16.1
--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
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