Re: Build errors in 3.4 stable patch queue

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On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:07:40PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:42:46AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:39:41AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:28:36AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > Hi Greg,
> > > > 
> > > > your current (as of last night) stable patch queue for 3.4 generates
> > > > build errors for all but x86 platforms (at least all I tested).
> > > > 
> > > > include/linux/etherdevice.h: In function 'ether_addr_equal_64bits':
> > > > include/linux/etherdevice.h:308:9: error: implicit declaration of function 'ether_addr_equal' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> > > > 
> > > > Looks like this may be due to the folloing patch:
> > > > bonding-rlb-mode-of-bond-should-not-alter-arp-originating-via-bridge.patch
> > > > 
> > > > [ Sorry if this is just noise for you. If so, please let me know. ]
> > > 
> > > No, not noise at all for me.  I just built this and I don't see this
> > > issue at all, can you send me the .config you used?  I'm using an almost
> > > 'make allmodconfig', but tweaked in some ways to get it to actually boot
> > > on my boxes.
> > > 
> > defconfig fails for arm, blackfin, m68k, mips, parisc, sparc, and xtensa.
> > x86 (both i386 and x86_64) build passes for all builds, and powerpc
> > defconfig passes (some builds fail for other reasons, but that is old).
> > 
> > Let me know if any of those builds passes for you; if so, maybe something
> > is wrong in my build setup.
> 
> I only test-build x86-64 here, and that's obviously passing.  Perhaps we
> just need another .h file in etherdevice.h to pull in the proper
> declaration?
> 
ether_addr_equal was introduced with commit a599b0f54 (etherdevice.h: Add
ether_addr_equal). I guess it does not exist in 3.4. Can you patch it in
or would that violate stable rules ?

Thanks,
Guenter
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