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

From: Jens Axboe <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 06:43:41 -0600

On 06/28/2017 02:04 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Jens,
> 
> After merging the block tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> allnoconfig) failed like this:
> 
> fs/fcntl.o: In function `do_fcntl': 
> fcntl.c:(.text+0x6d4): undefined reference to `__get_user_bad'
> fcntl.c:(.text+0x730): undefined reference to `__get_user_bad'
> 
> Probably caused by commit
> 
>   c75b1d9421f8 ("fs: add fcntl() interface for setting/getting write life time hints")
> 
> On powerpc (at least) you cannot use get_user() to fetch anything larger
> than "unsigned long" i.e. 32 bits on 32 bit powerpc.
> 
> This has been discussed before (and, I think, a fix attempted).

Gah, thanks for letting me know. I'll test your patch and queue it
up to fix this issue.

-- 
Jens Axboe