[PATCH] powerpc/pseries/htmdump: Include header file to get is_kvm_guest() definition

Venkat Rao Bagalkote venkat88 at linux.ibm.com
Wed May 7 00:01:23 AEST 2025


On 06/05/25 7:22 pm, Athira Rajeev wrote:
> htmdump_init calls is_kvm_guest() to check for guest environment.
> is_kvm_guest() is defined in kvm_guest.h header file. Without including
> the header file, build hits error failing to find the function.
>
>    arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/htmdump.c: In function 'htmdump_init':
>    arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/htmdump.c:469:6: error: implicit declaration of function 'is_kvm_guest';
>    did you mean '__key_get'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>    if (is_kvm_guest()) {
>        ^~~~~~~~~~~~
>        __key_get
>
> This is observed in configs where CONFIG_KVM_GUEST is disabled.
> Include header file explicitly to avoid the build error
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202505061324.elUl4njU-lkp@intel.com/
> Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/htmdump.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/htmdump.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/htmdump.c
> index af15d50c924b..742ec52c9d4d 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/htmdump.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/htmdump.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>   #include <asm/io.h>
>   #include <asm/machdep.h>
>   #include <asm/plpar_wrappers.h>
> +#include <asm/kvm_guest.h>
>   
>   static void *htm_buf;
>   static void *htm_status_buf;


Tested this patch by applying on ppc tree, next-test branch and it fixes 
the reported issue. Hence,


Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88 at linux.ibm.com>



With this patch:


   SIGN 
/lib/modules/6.15.0-rc2-00040-gab1456c5aa7a-dirty/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.ko
   INSTALL 
/lib/modules/6.15.0-rc2-00040-gab1456c5aa7a-dirty/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vsock_loopback.ko
   SIGN 
/lib/modules/6.15.0-rc2-00040-gab1456c5aa7a-dirty/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vsock_loopback.ko
   INSTALL 
/lib/modules/6.15.0-rc2-00040-gab1456c5aa7a-dirty/kernel/net/nsh/nsh.ko
   SIGN 
/lib/modules/6.15.0-rc2-00040-gab1456c5aa7a-dirty/kernel/net/nsh/nsh.ko
   DEPMOD  /lib/modules/6.15.0-rc2-00040-gab1456c5aa7a-dirty
   INSTALL /boot


# git diff
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/htmdump.c 
b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/htmdump.c
index af15d50c924b..742ec52c9d4d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/htmdump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/htmdump.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  #include <asm/io.h>
  #include <asm/machdep.h>
  #include <asm/plpar_wrappers.h>
+#include <asm/kvm_guest.h>

  static void *htm_buf;
  static void *htm_status_buf;


With out this patch:


make -j 81 -s && make modules_install && make install
gcc: error: missing argument to '-falign-functions='
gcc: error: missing argument to '-Wframe-larger-than='
gcc: error: missing argument to '-falign-functions='
gcc: error: missing argument to '-Wframe-larger-than='
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:203: scripts/mod/empty.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:98: 
scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.s] Error 1
make[1]: *** [/root/linux/Makefile:1279: prepare0] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2


Regards,

Venkat.



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