Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/9] xen: build fixes with gcc5 and binutils 2.25.0

["Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 10:52:01PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 05:48:37PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> > <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Here's a slew of build fixes as well as build warning fixes
> > > required when using the latest build tools, at least gcc 5 and
> > > binutils 2.25.0.
> > 
> > One good reason for some folks to get discouraged to work with Xen:
> 
> s/Xen/Any Open Source project/
> 
> Take a look in Documentation/SubmittingPatches, the " Don't get discouraged
> - or impatient" section. It mentions 'pinging'.

I delays on pinging for new features, etc, things still being broken with
compiling the latest and greatest however is not.

> > Patches for fixes on builds last ages to get merged
> > 
> > In this case Mark Pryor <pryorm09@xxxxxxxxx> reported an issue and
> > offered a fix on October 8, 2015 [0]. That did not go in as Jan noted
> > it was probably not the right fix. Last year in November I provided
> > what I think is a proper replacement set which I think addressed Jan's
> > concerns.
> > 
> > ***Four*** months later and Xen still does not compile with the latest
> > and greatest. I have to go digging out in my git basement somewhere
> > some fixes I last used to build Xen to try to test some new
> > features...
> 
> Odd it does compile for me - albeit I've had issues with the VNC
> part which also needs another patch.

Is there an auto build test going on with different distros going ?
If not that might help.

> But I hadn't had the chance to
> see whether the patch would break builds on much older version of
> distros.

A static inline to define the new method in the old way of doing
things should suffice as well I think.

> > What's up folks? How can this process be made smoother, did I do
> > something wrong, what can I do to help better? What can you do to help
> > ensure these types of things don't fall through the cracks.
> 
> ping? The same thing you would do on LKML.

0 day build tests the kernel all the time, even if my patch gets
missed, after a few days other will immediately notice. These days
its extremely hard for me to build linux-next and have a build
issue.

I recommend we push on the momentum to see if we can piggy back
on doing regular 0 day build tests with Xen too if possible.

   Luis

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