Subject: [merged] scripts-setlocalversion-on-write-protected-source-tree.patch removed from -mm tree To: lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,mmarek@xxxxxxx,nico-linuxsetlocalversion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,mm-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:22:54 -0700 The patch titled Subject: scripts/setlocalversion on write-protected source tree has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was scripts-setlocalversion-on-write-protected-source-tree.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Christian Kujau <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: scripts/setlocalversion on write-protected source tree I just stumbled across another[0] issue when scripts/setlocalversion operates on a write-protected source tree. Back then[0] the source tree was on an read-only NFS share, so "test -w" was introduced before "git update-index" was run. This time, the source tree is on read/write NFS share, but the permissions are world-readable and only a specific user (or root) can write. Thus, "test -w ." returns "0" and then runs "git update-index", producing the following message (on a dirty tree): fatal: Unable to create '/usr/local/src/linux-git/.git/index.lock': Permission denied While it says "fatal", compilation continues just fine. However, I don't think a kernel compilation should alter the source tree (or the .git directory) in any way and I don't see how removing "git update-index" could do any harm. The Mercurial and SVN routines in scripts/setlocalversion don't have any tree-modifying commands, AFAICS. So, maybe the patch below would be acceptable. [0] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/29718/ Signed-off-by: Christian Kujau <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nico Schottelius <nico-linuxsetlocalversion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/setlocalversion | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff -puN scripts/setlocalversion~scripts-setlocalversion-on-write-protected-source-tree scripts/setlocalversion --- a/scripts/setlocalversion~scripts-setlocalversion-on-write-protected-source-tree +++ a/scripts/setlocalversion @@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ scm_version() printf -- '-svn%s' "`git svn find-rev $head`" fi - # Update index only on r/w media - [ -w . ] && git update-index --refresh --unmerged > /dev/null - # Check for uncommitted changes if git diff-index --name-only HEAD | grep -qv "^scripts/package"; then printf '%s' -dirty _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html