Subject: Re: linux-next build failure

From: Andrew Morton <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:50:42 -0700

On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 07:37:00 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]> wrote:

> [Jut add Andrew to the cc list]
> 
> On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:27:45 -0400 Mark Salter <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> > This patch causes a build failure for no-MMU builds:
> > 
> >   commit 41df2957cb010edfa2f9d394d3617da6beeeb660
> >   Author: Colin Cross <[email-masked]>
> >   Date:   Wed Oct 30 11:45:39 2013 +1100
> > 
> >       mm: add a field to store names for private anonymous memory
> >     
> > The problem is:
> > 
> >   kernel/built-in.o: In function `sys_prctl':
> >   (.text+0x19854): undefined reference to `madvise_set_anon_name'
> > 
> > madvise doesn't make sense without an MMU.
> > 
> > --Mark

OK, thanks.  I'll drop

mm-rearrange-madvise-code-to-allow-for-reuse.patch
mm-add-a-field-to-store-names-for-private-anonymous-memory.patch
mm-add-a-field-to-store-names-for-private-anonymous-memory-fix.patch
mm-add-a-field-to-store-names-for-private-anonymous-memory-fix-fix-2.patch

for now.  They have other question marks - let's revisit everything
after 3.13-rc1.