Re: two errors - what are they?

[wenji dot huang at oracle dot com]

> thank you for the answer.   has it been fixed?
> 
> 6429 is the same as 6510, and here within it is mentioned as
> fixed, right?
> 
> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6510
> 
> But my current systemtap (after doing a git pull and compile
> install)
> is already the latest, and still having the same problem:
> 
> test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf
> || (           \
>         echo;                                               
>            \
>         echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";   
>            \
>         echo "         include/linux/autoconf.h or
> include/config/auto.conf are missing.";      \
>         echo "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare'
> on kernel
> src to fix it.";  \
>         echo;                                               
>            \
>         /bin/false)
> 
> and this:
> 
> In file included from
> /usr/local/share/systemtap/runtime/transport/transport.c:22,
>                  from /usr/local/share/systemtap/runtime/print.c:17,
>                  from /usr/local/share/systemtap/runtime/runtime.h:82,
>                  from
> /tmp/stapt7sMiH/stap_5e59f7c7581623199639d9e6ea82ab29_12247.c:41:
> /usr/local/share/systemtap/runtime/transport/symbols.c: In
> function
> '_stp_load_module_symbols':
> /usr/local/share/systemtap/runtime/transport/symbols.c:407:
> error:
> dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> /usr/local/share/systemtap/runtime/transport/symbols.c:425:
> error:
> dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> /usr/local/share/systemtap/runtime/transport/symbols.c:427:
> error:
> dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> /usr/local/share/systemtap/runtime/transport/symbols.c:456:
> error:
> dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> /usr/local/share/systemtap/runtime/transport/symbols.c:457:
> error:
> dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> /usr/local/share/systemtap/runtime/transport/symbols.c:460:
> error:
> dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> 
> and finally:
> make[1]: *** [/tmp/stapt7sMiH/stap_5e59f7c7581623199639d9e6ea82ab29_12247.o]
> Error 1
> make: *** [_module_/tmp/stapt7sMiH] Error 2
> Pass 4: compiled C into
> "stap_5e59f7c7581623199639d9e6ea82ab29_12247.ko" in
> 1120usr/530sys/4117real ms.
> Pass 4: compilation failed.  Try again with more '-v' (verbose)
> options.
> Running rm -rf /tmp/stapt7sMiH
> 
> I suspect there must be something wrong on my side....

The main problem is the change of upstream kernel. Structure module_sect_attr{s} was moved to 
module.c, not in module.h as before. So the accessing member is denied lack of definition. This 
happens since 2.6.26 and is architecture independant.

Regards,
Wenji