The patch titled Subject: scripts/gdb: fix python 3.8 SyntaxWarning has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is scripts-gdb-fix-python-38-syntaxwarning.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/scripts-gdb-fix-python-38-syntaxwarning.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/scripts-gdb-fix-python-38-syntaxwarning.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: scripts/gdb: fix python 3.8 SyntaxWarning Fixes the observed warnings: scripts/gdb/linux/rbtree.py:20: SyntaxWarning: "is" with a literal. Did you mean "=="? if node is 0: scripts/gdb/linux/rbtree.py:36: SyntaxWarning: "is" with a literal. Did you mean "=="? if node is 0: It looks like this is a new warning added in Python 3.8. I've only seen this once after adding the add-auto-load-safe-path rule to my ~/.gdbinit for a new tree. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200805225015.2847624-1-ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: commit 449ca0c95ea2 ("scripts/gdb: add rb tree iterating utilities") Link: https://adamj.eu/tech/2020/01/21/why-does-python-3-8-syntaxwarning-for-is-literal/ Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Aymeric Agon-Rambosson <aymeric.agon@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/gdb/linux/rbtree.py | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/scripts/gdb/linux/rbtree.py~scripts-gdb-fix-python-38-syntaxwarning +++ a/scripts/gdb/linux/rbtree.py @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def rb_first(root): raise gdb.GdbError("Must be struct rb_root not {}".format(root.type)) node = root['rb_node'] - if node is 0: + if node == 0: return None while node['rb_left']: @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def rb_last(root): raise gdb.GdbError("Must be struct rb_root not {}".format(root.type)) node = root['rb_node'] - if node is 0: + if node == 0: return None while node['rb_right']: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx are scripts-gdb-fix-python-38-syntaxwarning.patch