Re: [patch] build error: allnoconfig fails on mincore/swapper_space

From: Hugh Dickins
Date: Tue Feb 13 2007 - 17:40:57 EST


On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:48:53 +1100 Nick Piggin wrote:
> > Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >>On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:50:40 -0800 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>2.6.20-git8 on x86_64:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> LD init/built-in.o
> > >> LD .tmp_vmlinux1
> > >>mm/built-in.o: In function `sys_mincore':
> > >>(.text+0xe584): undefined reference to `swapper_space'
> > >>make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
> > >
> > >
> > > oops. CONFIG_SWAP=n, I assume?
> > >
> >
> > Hmm, OK. Hugh can strip me of my bonus point now...

No, Nick, you get to keep your bonus point, it was for remembering
migration pages. I was the devil who tempted you into using
find_get_page(&swapper_space,).

> >
> > Hugh, you can strip me of my bonus point now... How about your other
> > suggestion to just remove the stats from lookup_swap_cache? (and should
> > we also rename it to find_get_swap_page?)

Not at this point. I won't mind you putting up a patch doing that for
discussion and inclusion in -mm (if you do, then read_swap_cache_async
should use it too), but it's not now an appropriate fix to the
CONFIG_SWAP=n build issue.

>
> I need a fix for this. It's killing my daily/automated builds.
> So here is an ifdeffery-fix.

Sorry for being so slow to respond on this. Yes, I'm inclined to
your ifdeffery fix - one can go cleverer, but I'd say it's the
appropriate fix now.

But, please change your "present = 0;" to "present = 1;" -
if CONFIG_SWAP isn't on, it has to be a migration entry,
which always counts as present.

>
> BUT: what is <present> used for in that loop? or is it used?

Well spotted! Something has gone missing: there needs to be a
vec[i] = present;
at the bottom of that loop.

Hugh

>
> ---
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Don't check for pte swap entries when CONFIG_SWAP=n.
>
> mm/built-in.o: In function `sys_mincore':
> (.text+0xe584): undefined reference to `swapper_space'
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/mincore.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> --- linux-2.6.20-git8.orig/mm/mincore.c
> +++ linux-2.6.20-git8/mm/mincore.c
> @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static long do_mincore(unsigned long add
> present = mincore_page(vma->vm_file->f_mapping, pgoff);
>
> } else { /* pte is a swap entry */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
> swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(pte);
> if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
> /* migration entries are always uptodate */
> @@ -119,6 +120,9 @@ static long do_mincore(unsigned long add
> pgoff = entry.val;
> present = mincore_page(&swapper_space, pgoff);
> }
> +#else
> + present = 0;
> +#endif
> }
> }
> pte_unmap_unlock(ptep-1, ptl);
>
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