Re: m68k and sparc64 build failures in 3.10 and 3.12 stable queues

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On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:12:20AM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 03:11:39PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:02:28AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 04:47:48PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 06:35:12AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > > On 01/14/2014 03:47 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > > >On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 06:52:06PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > > >>Hi Greg,
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>I get the following new build failure for 3.10 and 3.12.
> > > > > >>Affected are m68k:allmodconfig and sparc64:allmodconfig.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>drivers/net/virtio_net.c: In function 'receive_mergeable':
> > > > > >>drivers/net/virtio_net.c:330:29: warning: dereferencing 'void *' pointer [enabled by default]
> > > > > >>drivers/net/virtio_net.c:330:29: error: request for member 'virtual' in something not a structure or union
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>Culprit is "virtio_net: fix error handling for mergeable buffers".
> > > > > >>Problem is that "page_address" is assumed to be a function,
> > > > > >>but that is not always the case, at least not in 3.10 and 3.12.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>Guenter
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I see. You are right, it's a macro on some architectures.
> > > > > >The following should fix this problem (on top).
> > > > > >Can you confirm please?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-       struct skb_vnet_hdr *hdr = page_address(buf);
> > > > > >-       int num_buf = hdr->mhdr.num_buffers;
> > > > > >-       struct page *page = buf;
> > > > > >+       struct page *page = buf;
> > > > > >+       struct skb_vnet_hdr *hdr = page_address(page);
> > > > > >+       int num_buf = hdr->mhdr.num_buffers;
> > > > > >
> > > > > >If this is confirmed to help I'll send a proper patch.
> > > > 
> > > > Can you confirm?
> > > > 
> > > Yes, the above patch fixes the build error on both platforms.
> > 
> > Great, Michael, can you send me a "real" patch that I can use to merge
> > in here so that the build isn't broken on these systems for the next
> > stable releases?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Of course, working on it right now.
> Though normally Dave prefers sending stable patches through his tree
> and not Cc stable directly. Are you asking that an exception be made in this case?

Please Cc netdev and Dave, but as this is a fix for the patches he sent
me, and there's no need for the patch to be in Linus's tree, I can take
it and merge it with the existing stable patches directly.

thanks,

greg k-h
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