Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (xentree related)

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

 On 07/26/2010 10:57 AM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> >    On 07/26/2010 03:43 AM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > On Mon, 26 Jul 2010, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build (i386 defconfig)
> > > > failed like this:
> > > >
> > > > arch/x86/built-in.o: In function `init_hypervisor_platform':
> > > > (.init.text+0x3ca4): undefined reference to `x86_hyper_xen_hvm'
> > > > arch/x86/built-in.o: In function `init_hypervisor_platform':
> > > > (.init.text+0x3cad): undefined reference to `x86_hyper_xen_hvm'
> > > >
> > > > Caused by commit bee6ab53e652a414af20392899879b58cd80d033 ("x86: early PV
> > > > on HVM features initialization").
> > > >
> > > > I reverted commit 4b9100d12d15c0eaf23d9edc86228e1bdf452dc2 ("Merge branch
> > > > 'upstream/pvhvm' into upstream/xen") for today (since there were
> > > > dependencies on the above commit).
> > > The problem is that x86_hyper_xen_hvm is in arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c,
> > > that is compiled only when CONFIG_XEN is enabled.
> > > The appended patch fixes the issue moving x86_hyper_xen_hvm to
> > > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/xen.c that is always compiled.
> > >
> > > An shorter alternative solution would be just to ifdef CONFIG_XEN
> > > x86_hyper_xen_hvm in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c.
> > Seems like the most sensible thing to do.  What's the point in detecting
> > Xen if we don't have CONFIG_XEN enabled?
> There isn't much point in doing so apart from avoiding an ifdef.
> This is the alternative:

Thanks.  I'd already committed it ;)

    J

> ---
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini<stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
> index bffd47c..5bccedc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
> @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ static const __initconst struct hypervisor_x86 * const hypervisors[] =
>   {
>   	&x86_hyper_vmware,
>   	&x86_hyper_ms_hyperv,
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
>   	&x86_hyper_xen_hvm,
> +#endif
>   };
>
>   const struct hypervisor_x86 *x86_hyper;

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