On Thursday, January 3, 2019 9:58:28 PM IST Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote: > > >>> arch/ia64/Kconfig:126:error: recursive dependency detected! > >>> arch/ia64/Kconfig:126: choice <choice> contains symbol IA64_HP_SIM > >>> arch/ia64/Kconfig:200: symbol IA64_HP_SIM is part of choice PM > >>> kernel/power/Kconfig:144: symbol PM is selected by PM_SLEEP > >>> kernel/power/Kconfig:104: symbol PM_SLEEP depends on HIBERNATE_CALLBACKS > >>> kernel/power/Kconfig:31: symbol HIBERNATE_CALLBACKS is selected by > >>> HIBERNATION > >>> kernel/power/Kconfig:34: symbol HIBERNATION depends on SWAP > >>> init/Kconfig:250: symbol SWAP depends on BLOCK > >>> block/Kconfig:5: symbol BLOCK is selected by UBIFS_FS > >>> fs/ubifs/Kconfig:1: symbol UBIFS_FS depends on MISC_FILESYSTEMS > >>> fs/Kconfig:220: symbol MISC_FILESYSTEMS is selected by ACPI_APEI > >>> drivers/acpi/apei/Kconfig:8: symbol ACPI_APEI depends on ACPI > >>> drivers/acpi/Kconfig:9: symbol ACPI depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_ACPI > >>> <<<< LOOK HERE > >>> drivers/acpi/Kconfig:6: symbol ARCH_SUPPORTS_ACPI is selected by > >>> IA64_HP_SIM > >>> arch/ia64/Kconfig:200: symbol IA64_HP_SIM is part of choice <choice> > >>> > >>> At any rate, a 3 mn git bisect tells me the circular dependency is > >>> exposed by this change: > >>> > >>> f3fd6cd74fedf99b6060f75df00943fda13b65f2 is the first bad commit > >>> commit f3fd6cd74fedf99b6060f75df00943fda13b65f2 > >>> Author: Chandan Rajendra <chandan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> Date: Sat Dec 8 12:21:38 2018 +0530 > >>> > >>> fscrypt: remove filesystem specific build config option > >>> > >>> In order to have a common code base for fscrypt "post read" processing > >>> for all filesystems which support encryption, this commit removes > >>> filesystem specific build config option (e.g. > >>> CONFIG_EXT4_FS_ENCRYPTION) > >>> and replaces it with a build option (i.e. CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION) whose > >>> value affects all the filesystems making use of fscrypt. > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Chandan Rajendra <chandan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> > >>> > >> FWIW, The patch at https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10725883/ fixes this > >> problem by removing "select BLOCK if FS_ENCRYPTION" from fs/ubifs/Kconfig. > > OK > > > > Pierre-Louis, can you check if this patch makes the issue go away for > > you, please? > > Wondering if Chandan provided the right pointer, I wasn't able to apply > this patch, but commenting out "select BLOCK if FS_ENCRYPTION" in > fs/ubifs/Kconfig makes the circular dependency go away. All good for me. > V4 version of the patchset (which is part of linux-next) had introduced the "select BLOCK if FS_ENCRYPTION". The V5 patchset omits that line. Hence the patch did not apply cleanly. However just commenting out that line was the right thing to do. -- chandan