#264 build null point fails at kernel/debug/gdbstub.c for implicit declaration of function ‘pack_hex_byte’

[panmingquan]

build null point fails at kernel/debug/gdbstub.c for implicit declaration of function ‘pack_hex_byte’ from about Sep 10.

CC fs/stack.o^M
CC fs/fs_struct.o^M
CC fs/statfs.o^M
CC fs/fs_pin.o^M
LD kernel/bpf/built-in.o^M
CC kernel/debug/debug_core.o^M
CC fs/buffer.o^M
LD mm/built-in.o^M
CC ipc/util.o^M
CC kernel/debug/gdbstub.o^M
/home/test/workspace/src/kernel/label/BF533-STAMP-STD/linux/linux-kernel/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c: In function ‘gdb_serial_stub’:^M
/home/test/workspace/src/kernel/label/BF533-STAMP-STD/linux/linux-kernel/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c:998: error: implicit declaration of function ‘pack_hex_byte’^M
/home/test/workspace/src/kernel/label/BF533-STAMP-STD/linux/linux-kernel/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c:998: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast^M
make[4]: [kernel/debug/gdbstub.o] Error 1^M
make[3]: [kernel/debug] Error 2^M
make[2]: [kernel] Error 2^M
make[2]: Waiting for unfinished jobs....^M
CC ipc/msgutil.o^M
CC ipc/msg.o^M
CC ipc/sem.o^M
CC fs/block_dev.o^M

[andre]

Fixed in commit 5f513d0d7881a1caf077508e206ea59a4146f409

[panmingquan]

It looks on master head it still has build error like:

CC fs/file.o
CC mm/slab.o
CC kernel/debug/gdbstub.o
CC fs/filesystems.o
/home/test/workspace/src/kernel/label/BF537-STAMP-SPINET/linux/linux-kernel/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c: In function ‘gdb_serial_stub’:
/home/test/workspace/src/kernel/label/BF537-STAMP-SPINET/linux/linux-kernel/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c:998: error: implicit declaration of function ‘hex_pack_byte’
/home/test/workspace/src/kernel/label/BF537-STAMP-SPINET/linux/linux-kernel/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c:998: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[4]: [kernel/debug/gdbstub.o] Error 1
make[3]: [kernel/debug] Error 2
make[2]: [kernel] Error 2
make[2]: Waiting for unfinished jobs....
CC fs/namespace.o
CC fs/seq_file.o

[andre]

Fixed for real this time under commit: 095aab63d2f1939d9d420c5feade427515377933

[panmingquan]

Yes, it builds ok now.
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