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

From: Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:21:33 +1100

Hi Paul,

On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:54:37 -0800 Paul McKenney <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > After merging the rcu tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig)
> > failed like this:
> >
> > net/smc/af_smc.c:102:16: error: 'SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU' undeclared here (not in a function)
> >   .slab_flags = SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU,
> >                 ^
> >
> > Caused by commit
> >
> >   c7a545924ca1 ("mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU")
> >
> > interacting with commit
> >
> >   ac7138746e14 ("smc: establish new socket family")
> >
> > from the net-next tree.
> >
> > I have applied the following merge fix patch (someone will need to
> > remember to mention this to Linus):  
> 
> Thank you, Stephen!  I expect that there might be a bit more
> bikeshedding on the name, but here is hoping...  :-/

The need for this merge fix patch has gone away today.  Is that a
permanent situation, or will it come back?
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell