2017-11-30 13:06:56

by Anna Schumaker

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



On 11/30/2017 06:46 AM, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> 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?

I have it queued up, and I was planning to send it this week with some other fixes.

Anna
>

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