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

From: Ingo Molnar <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 10:48:29 +0200

* Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> After merging the tip tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
> 
> kernel/events/core.c: In function 'perf_event_set_bpf_prog':
> kernel/events/core.c:6732:15: error: 'struct bpf_prog_aux' has no member named 'prog_type'
>   if (prog->aux->prog_type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) {
>                ^
> 
> Caused by commit 2541517c32be ("tracing, perf: Implement BPF programs
> attached to kprobes").

Note, this must be some (rarely triggered) aspect of the ppc64 
defconfig that neither x86 randconfigs nor most other arch defconfigs 
expose?

Thanks,

	Ingo