Latest kernel fails to build multi-threaded on ecryptfs home

I'm seeing some unpleasant things when building multithreaded when running the latest kernels. The compiler complains of truncated files and implausible characters. Single threaded builds seem fine. This seems to be connected with the following errors in dmesg :-

[ 4421.923887] ecryptfs_decrypt_page: Error attempting to read lower page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.923898] ecryptfs_readpage: Error decrypting page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.923951] ecryptfs_decrypt_page: Error attempting to read lower page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.923957] ecryptfs_readpage: Error decrypting page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.923967] ecryptfs_decrypt_page: Error attempting to read lower page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.923972] ecryptfs_readpage: Error decrypting page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.923989] ecryptfs_decrypt_page: Error attempting to read lower page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.923994] ecryptfs_readpage: Error decrypting page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.924003] ecryptfs_decrypt_page: Error attempting to read lower page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.924008] ecryptfs_readpage: Error decrypting page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.924016] ecryptfs_decrypt_page: Error attempting to read lower page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.924020] ecryptfs_readpage: Error decrypting page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.924028] ecryptfs_decrypt_page: Error attempting to read lower page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.924033] ecryptfs_readpage: Error decrypting page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.924040] ecryptfs_decrypt_page: Error attempting to read lower page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.924045] ecryptfs_readpage: Error decrypting page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.924053] ecryptfs_decrypt_page: Error attempting to read lower page; rc = [-4]
[ 4421.924057] ecryptfs_readpage: Error decrypting page; rc = [-4]

I'm (obviously) compiling from an encrypted home directory (Ubuntu 10.04)

david@david:~/src/kernel/linux-2.6.38$ uname -a
Linux david 2.6.39-rc7-git12 #5 SMP Tue May 17 19:42:44 BST 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

david@david:~/src/kernel/linux-2.6.38$ make -j4 > ../test.out
security/selinux/ss/services.c: In function ‘security_load_policy’:
security/selinux/ss/services.c:1933: warning: the frame size of 1120 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes
drivers/mfd/twl6030-irq.c: In function ‘twl6030_init_irq’:
drivers/mfd/twl6030-irq.c:334: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
drivers/media/video/sn9c102/sn9c102_core.c: In function ‘sn9c102_ioctl_v4l2’:
drivers/media/video/sn9c102/sn9c102_core.c:3202: warning: the frame size of 1056 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes
drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c:17:23: warning: include/linux/aer.h is shorter than expected
drivers/staging/tm6000/tm6000-video.c: In function ‘tm6000_irq_callback’:
drivers/staging/tm6000/tm6000-video.c:231: warning: ‘vbuf’ may be used uninitialized in this function
drivers/staging/tm6000/tm6000-video.c:231: note: ‘vbuf’ was declared here
drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c:57:19: warning: drivers/usb/storage/debug.h is shorter than expected
drivers/video/efifb.c: In function ‘set_system’:
drivers/video/efifb.c:247: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
drivers/video/via/via-core.c: In function ‘via_pci_probe’:
drivers/video/via/via-core.c:684: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
In file included from arch/x86/boot/cmdline.c:15:
arch/x86/boot/boot.h:26:22: warning: /home/david/src/kernel/linux-2.6.38/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h is shorter than expected
In file included from arch/x86/boot/video-mode.c:20:
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:73:1: warning: null character(s) ignored
In file included from arch/x86/boot/video-mode.c:20:
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:73: error: stray ‘\227’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:73: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before numeric constant
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:73: error: stray ‘\325’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:73: error: stray ‘\376’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:73: error: stray ‘\23’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:73:2147: warning: missing terminating ' character
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:73: error: missing terminating ' character
In file included from arch/x86/boot/video-mode.c:20:
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:74: error: stray ‘\356’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:74: error: stray ‘\330’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:74: error: stray ‘\337’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:78: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘can’
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:81: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘version’
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:82: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘herein’
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:146:1: warning: null character(s) ignored
In file included from arch/x86/boot/video-mode.c:20:
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:146: error: stray ‘\342’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:146: error: stray ‘\202’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:146: error: stray ‘\17’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:146: error: stray ‘\370’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:146: error: stray ‘\210’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:146: error: stray ‘\205’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:146: error: stray ‘\222’ in program
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:146: error: stray ‘\323’ in program
In file included from arch/x86/boot/video-mode.c:20:
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:150: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘can’
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:153: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘version’
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:154: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘herein’
arch/x86/boot/vesa.h:218:1: warning: null character(s) ignored
make[1]: *** [arch/x86/boot/video-mode.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
^Cmake[2]: *** Deleting file `arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz'
make[1]: *** [__modpost] Interrupt
make: *** [modules] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Interrupt
make: *** [bzImage] Interrupt

My impromptu bisection currently shows

    2.6.38 OK
    2.6.39rc2 Affected

so it looks like this problem first appears early in the .39 series.

Cheers
David

Thanks for the bisection David. I'm looking into this now.

Tyler