Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the powerpc-mpe tree

From: Michael Ellerman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 20:39:11 +1000

On Fri, 2015-04-10 at 20:02 +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> After merging the powerpc-mpe tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> allyesconfig) failed like this:
> 
> mm/gup.c: In function 'gup_pte_range':
> mm/gup.c:904:3: error: conversion to non-scalar type requested
>    pte_t pte = ACCESS_ONCE(*ptep);
>    ^
> mm/gup.c: In function '__get_user_pages_fast':
> mm/gup.c:1194:3: error: conversion to non-scalar type requested
>    pgd_t pgd = ACCESS_ONCE(*pgdp);
>    ^
> 
> Caused by commit 4bcad5b3b3ea ("powerpc: Make STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS a
> config option").
> 
> I have reverted that commit for today.

I've dropped it from my tree for now.

You can kill me on Monday.

cheers