From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the akpm tree Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 21:05:38 -0800 Message-ID: <20120106050538.GC7633@kroah.com> References: <20120105182949.e35b2430b915b50e4bb9bc04@canb.auug.org.au> <20120105155233.0d367bc3.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120105155233.0d367bc3.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Morton Cc: Stephen Rothwell , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dimitri Sivanich , Kay Sievers List-Id: linux-next.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 03:52:33PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 18:29:49 +1100 > Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > After merging the akpm tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc > > ppc64_defconfig) failed like this: > > > > kernel/time/tick-sched.c:874:7: warning: 'struct sysdev_attribute' declared inside parameter list [enabled by default] > > > > ... > > > > Caused by commit 629d589817da ("tick-sched: add specific do_timer_cpu > > value for nohz off mode") interacting with the removal of sysdevs in the > > driver-core tree. This patch will need reworking for that. > > > > I have reverted that commit for today. > > Bah. I dropped it. > > I must say, this week was a maximally inappropriate time to merge all this > sysdev stuff into linux-next. It was merged the week before christmas, there was a fun vacation break in there, and a "build warning turns to error" problem with the powerpc tree that we missed which caused it to be dropped from linux-next for a few days, which all combined to hit you now. Sorry about that, a fallout of the time of the year. It had been a while since Kay and I had bothered a bunch of people, it was about time :) greg k-h