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

From: Josh Poimboeuf <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 19:04:39 -0500

On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 08:37:15AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> After merging the origin tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
> 
> kernel/module.c: In function 'do_init_module':
> kernel/module.c:3593:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'module_enable_ro'; did you mean 'module_enable_x'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>  3593 |  module_enable_ro(mod, true);
>       |  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>       |  module_enable_x
> 
> Caused by commit
> 
>   e6eff4376e28 ("module: Make module_enable_ro() static again")
> 
> This config has neither CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX or
> CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX set.  This failure was hidden in
> linux-next due to commit
> 
>   db991af02f11 ("module: break nested ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX and STRICT_MODULE_RWX #ifdefs")
> 
> from the modules tree. I have cherry-picked that commit for today.

Sorry, I guessed we missed that dependency between the live-patching and
module trees.

Jessica, are you planning on sending a pull request?

-- 
Josh