From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 346E9C43143 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 07:48:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6B5123E65 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 07:48:47 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E6B5123E65 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751322AbeFVHsq (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:48:46 -0400 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.101.70]:59116 "EHLO foss.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750934AbeFVHsp (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:48:45 -0400 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FE0A1435; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:48:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from edgewater-inn.cambridge.arm.com (usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 6EA703F557; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:48:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by edgewater-inn.cambridge.arm.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CFD431AE2E48; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 08:49:20 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 08:49:20 +0100 From: Will Deacon To: Steven Rostedt Cc: LKML , Linus Torvalds , "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" , Waiman Long , Boqun Feng , Ingo Molnar , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] locking/qspinlock: Fix build for anonymous union in older gcc compilers Message-ID: <20180622074920.GA7601@arm.com> References: <20180621203526.172ab5c4@vmware.local.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180621203526.172ab5c4@vmware.local.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Steve, On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 08:35:26PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > From: Steven Rostedt (VMware) > > One of my tests compiles the kernel with gcc 4.5.3, and I hit the > following build error: > > /work/git/linux-trace.git/include/linux/semaphore.h: In function 'sema_init': > /work/git/linux-trace.git/include/linux/semaphore.h:35:17: error: unknown field 'val' specified in initializer > /work/git/linux-trace.git/include/linux/semaphore.h:35:17: warning: missing braces around initializer > /work/git/linux-trace.git/include/linux/semaphore.h:35:17: warning: (near initialization for '(anonymous).raw_lock..val') > In file included from /work/git/linux-trace.git/include/linux/sched/user.h:7:0, > from /work/git/linux-trace.git/include/linux/cred.h:22, > from /work/git/linux-trace.git/include/linux/seq_file.h:12, > from /work/git/linux-trace.git/include/linux/cgroup.h:18, > from /work/git/linux-trace.git/include/linux/memcontrol.h:22, > from /work/git/linux-trace.git/include/linux/swap.h:9, > from /work/git/linux-trace.git/include/linux/suspend.h:5, > from /work/git/linux-trace.git/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c:13: > > > I bisected it down to the introduction of the commit that makes > qspinlock have an anonymous union, which makes initializing it special > for older compilers. By adding strategic brackets, it makes the build > happy again. > > Fixes: 625e88be1f41 ("locking/qspinlock: Merge 'struct __qspinlock' into 'struct qspinlock'") > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) > --- Cheers for spotting this and fixing it up! I know it's already in -tip, but anyway: Acked-by: Will Deacon Will