Re: 2.6.21-rc7-mm1 on test.kernel.org

[Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Andy, I'm looking at the power4 build:
> 
> http://test.kernel.org/abat/84751/debug/test.log.0
> 
> which has
> 
>   LD      init/built-in.o
>   LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
> init/built-in.o(.init.text+0x32e4): In function `.rd_load_image':
> : undefined reference to `.__kmalloc_size_too_large'
> fs/built-in.o(.text+0xa60f0): In function `.ext3_fill_super':
> : undefined reference to `.__kmalloc_size_too_large'
> fs/built-in.o(.text+0xbe934): In function `.ext2_fill_super':
> : undefined reference to `.__kmalloc_size_too_large'
> fs/built-in.o(.text+0xf3370): In function `.nfs4_proc_lookup':
> 
> something has gone stupid with kmalloc there, and I cannot reproduce it
> with my compiler and with your (very old) .config at
> http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mbligh/config/abat/power4
> 
> So I'm a bit stumped.  Does autotest just do `yes "" | make oldconfig' or
> what?  When I do that, I get SLUB, but no compile errors.

Yes, exactly that.

> 
> And do you know what compiler version is being used there?

gcc version 3.4.4 20050314 (prerelease) (Debian 3.4.3-13sarge1)

I am bisecting for the bad page bug right now, will let you know where
it points.

-apw

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