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Bug 610564 - app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1 fails to build against kernel 4.9.x smp_call_function_single
Summary: app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1 fails to build against kernel 4.9.x smp_...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers [disabled]
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Reported: 2017-02-22 13:38 UTC by Lars
Modified: 2017-10-10 14:41 UTC (History)
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Attachments
build.patch (build.patch,5.66 KB, patch)
2017-02-25 13:13 UTC, Fabio Rossi
Details | Diff

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Description Lars 2017-02-22 13:38:00 UTC
emerge vmware-modules fails to build with several Errors:

compat_smp_call_function_single or smp_call_function


>>> Source prepared.
>>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work ...
>>> Source configured.
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work ...
 * Preparing vmblock module
make -j9 HOSTCC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu- 'LDFLAGS=-m elf_x86_64' auto-build KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/4.9.7-gentoo/build 
Using kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/4.9.7-gentoo/build SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/file.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/block.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/module.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/super.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/stubs.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/inode.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/control.o
  LD [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/vmblock.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/vmblock.mod.o
  LD [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/vmblock.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only'
cp -f vmblock.ko ./../vmblock.o
 * Preparing vmmon module
make -j9 HOSTCC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu- 'LDFLAGS=-m elf_x86_64' auto-build KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/4.9.7-gentoo/build 
Using kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/4.9.7-gentoo/build SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/task.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
In file included from /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:69:0:
/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriverEstimateTSCkHz’:
/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/vmmonInt.h:88:15: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function_single’
               smp_call_function_single(cpu, fn, info, 1, wait)
               ^
/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:202:10: note: in expansion of macro ‘compat_smp_call_function_single’
    err = compat_smp_call_function_single(0, LinuxDriverEstimateTSCkHzWork,
          ^
In file included from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/percpu.h:6:0,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:6,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/fs.h:30,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/highmem.h:4,
                 from /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:25:
/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/smp.h:27:5: note: declared here
 int smp_call_function_single(int cpuid, smp_call_func_t func, void *info,
     ^
In file included from /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:69:0:
/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriverSyncCallOnEachCPU’:
/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/vmmonInt.h:34:50: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
 #define compat_smp_call_function(fn, info, wait) smp_call_function(fn, info, 1, wait)
                                                  ^
/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1193:4: note: in expansion of macro ‘compat_smp_call_function’
    compat_smp_call_function(LinuxDriverSyncCallHook, &args, 0);
    ^
In file included from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/percpu.h:6:0,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:6,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/fs.h:30,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/highmem.h:4,
                 from /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:25:
/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/smp.h:95:5: note: declared here
 int smp_call_function(smp_call_func_t func, void *info, int wait);
     ^
In file included from /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1282:0:
/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h: At top level:
/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:86:0: warning: "__deprecated" redefined
 #define __deprecated __attribute__((deprecated))
 ^
In file included from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h:1:0,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/stddef.h:4,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:4,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/uapi/linux/types.h:13,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/types.h:5,
                 from /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/./include/driver-config.h:71,
                 from /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:20:
/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/compiler.h:360:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define __deprecated
 ^
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/scripts/Makefile.build:293: /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
In file included from /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:97:0:
/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_CallOnEachCPU’:
/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/vmmonInt.h:34:50: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
 #define compat_smp_call_function(fn, info, wait) smp_call_function(fn, info, 1, wait)
                                                  ^
/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:2814:10: note: in expansion of macro ‘compat_smp_call_function’
    (void)compat_smp_call_function(*func, data, 1);
          ^
In file included from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/topology.h:33:0,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/gfp.h:8,
                 from /usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/mm.h:9,
                 from /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/./include/compat_page.h:23,
                 from /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:
/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/smp.h:95:5: note: declared here
 int smp_call_function(smp_call_func_t func, void *info, int wait);
     ^
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/scripts/Makefile.build:293: /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/Makefile:1490: _module_/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:150: sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
make: *** [Makefile:120: vmmon.ko] Error 2



##############
emerge --info
##############

Portage 2.3.3 (python 3.4.6-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/plasma, gcc-5.4.0, glibc-2.24-r1, 4.9.7-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-4.9.7-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-3630QM_CPU_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.3
KiB Mem:     7842832 total,   5637836 free
KiB Swap:    3905532 total,   3905532 free
Timestamp of repository gentoo: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:00:01 +0000
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CFLAGS="-march=ivybridge -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
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CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
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Comment 1 Fabio Rossi 2017-02-25 13:12:28 UTC
I don't think this bug is specific to kernel 4.9, can you confirm?

Can you apply the patch in https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=559798#c70 to the ebuild and the patch here attached?

Then you can execute

USE="-vsock -vmci" ebuild /path/to/your/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-308.1.1.ebuild clean install

At the end of build process you can look into the files:

# find ${PORTAGE_TMPDIR}/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/ -
iname \*smpcall\*log

and attach the build log ${PORTAGE_TMPDIR}/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-
308.1.1/temp/build.log.gz
Comment 2 Fabio Rossi 2017-02-25 13:13:17 UTC
Created attachment 465112 [details, diff]
build.patch
Comment 3 Lars 2017-03-02 10:09:42 UTC
Hi,

strange, cant attach the build.log, so i post it here, but before, i think i got the solution...

In smpcall.c_2017-03-02T10:00:28,*.log you can read:

x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: error: -pg and -fomit-frame-pointer are incompatible

So I recompiled it without -fomit-frame-pointer without errors.

Maybe you have to check the CFLAGS for fomit-frame-pointer and strip it out.
Comment 4 Lars 2017-03-02 10:14:42 UTC
Build.log with unchanged CFLAGS:


[32;01m * [39;49;00mPackage:    app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1
[32;01m * [39;49;00mRepository: vmware
[32;01m * [39;49;00mMaintainer: vmware@gentoo.org
[32;01m * [39;49;00mUSE:        abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU
[32;01m * [39;49;00mFEATURES:   preserve-libs sandbox userpriv usersandbox
[32;01m * [39;49;00mPackage:    app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1
[32;01m * [39;49;00mRepository: vmware
[32;01m * [39;49;00mMaintainer: vmware@gentoo.org
[32;01m * [39;49;00mUSE:        abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU
[32;01m * [39;49;00mFEATURES:   preserve-libs sandbox userpriv usersandbox
 [32;01m*[0m Determining the location of the kernel source code
 [32;01m*[0m Found kernel source directory:
 [32;01m*[0m     /usr/src/linux
 [32;01m*[0m Found kernel object directory:
 [32;01m*[0m     /lib/modules/4.9.7-gentoo/build
 [32;01m*[0m Found sources for kernel version:
 [32;01m*[0m     4.9.7-gentoo
 [32;01m*[0m Checking for suitable kernel configuration options...
[A[202C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
 [32;01m*[0m Checking for suitable kernel configuration options...
[A[202C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work
>>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work ...
 [32;01m*[0m Applying 308-makefile-kernel-dir.patch ...
[A[202C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
 [32;01m*[0m Applying 308-makefile-include.patch ...
[A[202C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
 [32;01m*[0m Applying 308-netdevice.patch ...
[A[202C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
 [32;01m*[0m Applying 308-apic.patch ...
[A[202C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
 [32;01m*[0m Applying 308-3.10-00-dentry.patch ...
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>>> Source prepared.
>>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work ...
>>> Source configured.
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work ...
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make -j9 HOSTCC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu- 'LDFLAGS=-m elf_x86_64' auto-build KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/4.9.7-gentoo/build 
Using kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/4.9.7-gentoo/build SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/file.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/block.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/module.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/super.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/stubs.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/inode.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/control.o
  LD [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/vmblock.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/vmblock.mod.o
  LD [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only/vmblock.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
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make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmblock-only'
cp -f vmblock.ko ./../vmblock.o
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make -j9 HOSTCC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu- 'LDFLAGS=-m elf_x86_64' auto-build KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/4.9.7-gentoo/build 
Using kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/4.9.7-gentoo/build SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/task.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
In file included from [01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:97:0[m[K:
[01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:[m[K In function ‘[01m[KHostIF_CallOnEachCPU[m[K’:
[01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/vmmonInt.h:34:50:[m[K [01;31m[Kerror: [m[Ktoo many arguments to function ‘[01m[Ksmp_call_function[m[K’
 #define compat_smp_call_function(fn, info, wait) smp_call_function(fn, info, 1, wait)
[01;32m[K                                                  ^[m[K
[01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:2814:10:[m[K [01;36m[Knote: [m[Kin expansion of macro ‘[01m[Kcompat_smp_call_function[m[K’
    (void)compat_smp_call_function(*func, data, 1);
[01;32m[K          ^[m[K
In file included from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/topology.h:33:0[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/gfp.h:8[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/mm.h:9[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/./include/compat_page.h:23[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32[m[K:
[01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/smp.h:95:5:[m[K [01;36m[Knote: [m[Kdeclared here
 int smp_call_function(smp_call_func_t func, void *info, int wait);
[01;32m[K     ^[m[K
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/scripts/Makefile.build:293: /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
In file included from [01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:69:0[m[K:
[01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:[m[K In function ‘[01m[KLinuxDriverEstimateTSCkHz[m[K’:
[01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/vmmonInt.h:88:15:[m[K [01;31m[Kerror: [m[Ktoo many arguments to function ‘[01m[Ksmp_call_function_single[m[K’
               smp_call_function_single(cpu, fn, info, 1, wait)
[01;32m[K               ^[m[K
[01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:202:10:[m[K [01;36m[Knote: [m[Kin expansion of macro ‘[01m[Kcompat_smp_call_function_single[m[K’
    err = compat_smp_call_function_single(0, LinuxDriverEstimateTSCkHzWork,
[01;32m[K          ^[m[K
In file included from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/percpu.h:6:0[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:6[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/fs.h:30[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/highmem.h:4[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:25[m[K:
[01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/smp.h:27:5:[m[K [01;36m[Knote: [m[Kdeclared here
 int smp_call_function_single(int cpuid, smp_call_func_t func, void *info,
[01;32m[K     ^[m[K
In file included from [01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:69:0[m[K:
[01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:[m[K In function ‘[01m[KLinuxDriverSyncCallOnEachCPU[m[K’:
[01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/vmmonInt.h:34:50:[m[K [01;31m[Kerror: [m[Ktoo many arguments to function ‘[01m[Ksmp_call_function[m[K’
 #define compat_smp_call_function(fn, info, wait) smp_call_function(fn, info, 1, wait)
[01;32m[K                                                  ^[m[K
[01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1193:4:[m[K [01;36m[Knote: [m[Kin expansion of macro ‘[01m[Kcompat_smp_call_function[m[K’
    compat_smp_call_function(LinuxDriverSyncCallHook, &args, 0);
[01;32m[K    ^[m[K
In file included from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/percpu.h:6:0[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:6[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/fs.h:30[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/highmem.h:4[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:25[m[K:
[01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/smp.h:95:5:[m[K [01;36m[Knote: [m[Kdeclared here
 int smp_call_function(smp_call_func_t func, void *info, int wait);
[01;32m[K     ^[m[K
In file included from [01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1282:0[m[K:
[01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:[m[K At top level:
[01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:86:0:[m[K [01;35m[Kwarning: [m[K"__deprecated" redefined
 #define __deprecated __attribute__((deprecated))
[01;32m[K ^[m[K
In file included from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h:1:0[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/stddef.h:4[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:4[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/uapi/linux/types.h:13[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/types.h:5[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/./include/driver-config.h:71[m[K,
                 from [01m[K/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:20[m[K:
[01m[K/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/include/linux/compiler.h:360:0:[m[K [01;36m[Knote: [m[Kthis is the location of the previous definition
 #define __deprecated
[01;32m[K ^[m[K
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/scripts/Makefile.build:293: /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo/Makefile:1490: _module_/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/work/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:150: sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.9.7-gentoo'
make: *** [Makefile:120: vmmon.ko] Error 2
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 [31;01m*[0m If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1::vmware'`,
 [31;01m*[0m the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1::vmware'`.
 [31;01m*[0m The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/temp/build.log'.
 [31;01m*[0m The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.1.1/temp/environment'.
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Comment 5 Fabio Rossi 2017-03-02 11:43:47 UTC
(In reply to Lars from comment #3)
> Hi,
> 
> strange, cant attach the build.log, so i post it here, but before, i think i
> got the solution...
> 
> In smpcall.c_2017-03-02T10:00:28,*.log you can read:
> 
> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: error: -pg and -fomit-frame-pointer are incompatible
> 
> So I recompiled it without -fomit-frame-pointer without errors.
> 
> Maybe you have to check the CFLAGS for fomit-frame-pointer and strip it out.

If you recompile with -fomit-frame-pointer but without -pg probably it still works, doesn't it? If this is the case then -fomit-frame-pointer is not the real problem.
Comment 6 Fabio Rossi 2017-03-02 13:24:02 UTC
(In reply to Lars from comment #3)
> Hi,
> 
> strange, cant attach the build.log, so i post it here, but before, i think i
> got the solution...
> 
> In smpcall.c_2017-03-02T10:00:28,*.log you can read:
> 
> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: error: -pg and -fomit-frame-pointer are incompatible
> 
> So I recompiled it without -fomit-frame-pointer without errors.
> 
> Maybe you have to check the CFLAGS for fomit-frame-pointer and strip it out.

I have compiled with your CFLAGS without problems with gcc 4.9.4, where is coming from the -pg flag?
Comment 7 Manfred Knick 2017-07-07 20:01:45 UTC
(Fabio Rossi from comment #6)

> I have compiled with your CFLAGS without problems with gcc 4.9.4, where is
> coming from the -pg flag?

@ Lars : Ping ? 
         Any idea ?



REFERENCE:

Bug 616958 :  12.5.7 version bump

Current [Overlay] already includes:

           app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.5.7:0

Does this Bug still apply in any form?
Comment 8 Lars 2017-07-17 13:13:56 UTC
For this thread is solved or obsolete, because with Kernel-4.11.8 and vmware overlay everything run fine.

Actually vmware-modules won't build with gentoo-sources-4.12.1, but this is noticed also by the vmware community.

Sorry for this late feedback...


Lars