This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
kbuild: mergeconfig: fix "jobserver unavailable" warning
to the 3.18-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
kbuild-mergeconfig-fix-jobserver-unavailable-warning.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.18 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From de4619937229378e81f95e99c9866acc8e207d34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:21:38 +0900
Subject: kbuild: mergeconfig: fix "jobserver unavailable" warning
From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit de4619937229378e81f95e99c9866acc8e207d34 upstream.
If "make kvmconfig" is run with "-j" option, a warning message,
"jobserver unavailable: using -j1. Add `+' to parent make rule.",
is displayed.
$ make -s defconfig
*** Default configuration is based on 'x86_64_defconfig'
#
# configuration written to .config
#
$ make -j8 kvmconfig
Using ./.config as base
Merging ./arch/x86/configs/kvm_guest.config
[ snip ]
#
# merged configuration written to ./.config (needs make)
#
make[2]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1. Add `+' to
parent make rule.
scripts/kconfig/conf --oldconfig Kconfig
[ snip ]
#
# configuration written to .config
#
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ define mergeconfig
$(if $(wildcard $(objtree)/.config),, $(error You need an existing .config for this target))
$(if $(call configfiles,$(1)),, $(error No configuration exists for this target on this architecture))
$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh -m -O $(objtree) $(objtree)/.config $(call configfiles,$(1))
-$(Q)yes "" | $(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile oldconfig
++$(Q)yes "" | $(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile oldconfig
endef
PHONY += kvmconfig
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.18/kbuild-mergeconfig-fix-jobserver-unavailable-warning.patch