On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 10:14:49PM -0700, Vinson Lee wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Xiao Guangrong > <guangrong.xiao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On 05/26/2015 10:48 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> On 26/05/2015 16:45, Edward Cree wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> This breaks older compilers that can't initialize anon structures. > >>>>> > >>>>> How old ? Even gcc 3.1 says you can use unnamed struct/union fields and > >>>>> 3.2 is the minimum version required to compile the kernel as mentioned > >>>>> in the README. > >>>>> > >>>>> We could simply just name the structure, but I doubt this is the > >>>>> only place in the kernel code where it's being used this way :) > >>> > >>> This appears to be GCC bug #10676, see > >>> <https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10676> > >>> Says it was fixed in 4.6, but I believe the kernel supports GCCs much > >>> older > >>> than that (back to 3.2). I personally hit it on 4.4.7, the version > >>> shipped > >>> with RHEL6.6. > >> > >> > >> Yes, it will be fixed soon(ish). Probably before you can get rid of the > >> obnoxious disclaimer... :) > > > > > > It has been fixed by Andrew: > > > > From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c: work around gcc-4.4.4 bug > > > > arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c: In function 'kvm_mmu_pte_write': > > arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c:4256: error: unknown field 'cr0_wp' specified in > > initializer > > arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c:4257: error: unknown field 'cr4_pae' specified in > > initializer > > arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c:4257: warning: excess elements in union initializer > > ... > > > > gcc-4.4.4 (at least) has issues when using anonymous unions in > > initializers. > > > > Fixes: edc90b7dc4ceef6 ("KVM: MMU: fix SMAP virtualization") > > Cc: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Should be found at -mm tree. > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > Hi. > > Please backport "arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c: work around gcc-4.4.4 bug" to > stable trees that have backported "KVM: MMU: fix SMAP virtualization". > > Currently, the Linux 4.0.5 build is broken with GCC 4.4. > > "KVM: MMU: fix SMAP virtualization" is currently queued for 3.16.y-ckt > and 3.18.y. > > Cheers, > Vinson > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html I believe you're referring to the following commit: commit 5ec45a192fe6e287f0fc06d5ca4f3bd446d94803 Author: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Jun 10 11:15:02 2015 -0700 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c: work around gcc-4.4.4 bug I am queuing it for the 3.16 kernel. Thanks! Cheers, -- Luís -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html