2017-11-30 11:47:17

by Trond Myklebust

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Subject: Re: [BUILD FAILURE] nfs4state.c fails to compile with gcc 4.5.4

On Wed, 2017-11-29 at 23:05 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:44:33 -0800
> Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I keep older compilers around to test ftrace before -mfentry was
> introduced.
>
> I wonder if I should just add a config to force the use without
> -mfentry even if the compiler supports it.
>
> > fs/nfs/nfs4state.c | 3 +--
> > include/linux/nfs4.h | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
> > index 54fd56d715a8..9db5d0d57fcb 100644
> > --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
> > +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
> > @@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ const nfs4_stateid zero_stateid = {
> > };
> > const nfs4_stateid invalid_stateid = {
> > {
> > - .seqid = cpu_to_be32(0xffffffffU),
> > - .other = { 0 },
> > + { .seqid = cpu_to_be32(0xffffffffU), .other = { 0
> > }, },
>
> I tried this and it failed.
>
> > },
> > .type = NFS4_INVALID_STATEID_TYPE,
> > };
> > diff --git a/include/linux/nfs4.h b/include/linux/nfs4.h
> > index 47adac640191..e394ba0cd6c5 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/nfs4.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/nfs4.h
> > @@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ typedef struct { char data[NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE];
> > } nfs4_verifier;
> >
> > struct nfs4_stateid_struct {
> > union {
> > - char data[NFS4_STATEID_SIZE];
> > struct {
> > __be32 seqid;
> > char other[NFS4_STATEID_OTHER_SIZE];
> > } __attribute__ ((packed));
> > + char data[NFS4_STATEID_SIZE];
>
> But I didn't try this. This looks to be the key.
>
> This works for me.
>
> Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <[email protected]>
>
> -- Steve
>
> > };
> >
> > enum {
>
>

We already have a fix queued up for this issue. It was reported and the
patch hit linux-nfs+linux-kernel almost 2 weeks ago. Anna?

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Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData
[email protected]