Amd64 ppa kernel mainline build failing self test.

[semreh]

Since kernel 5.6.18 / 5.7.2 and onwards, the amd64 kernel builds (and the s390x builds) in the kernel ppa at

https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D

are failing self tests

"Test amd64/self-tests failed (rc=2, on=amd64, time=0:00:57, log=amd64/self-tests/log)"

The log shows:

++++++++++++++++++

INSTALL headers
  CC test_stub.o
  BINARY test_verifier
test_verifier.c:25:10: fatal error: sys/capability.h: No such file or directory
   25 | #include <sys/capability.h>
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [Makefile:398: /home/kernel/COD/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/kernel/COD/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:157: all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/kernel/COD/linux/tools/testing/selftests'
make: *** [debian/rules.d/1-maintainer.mk:170: compileselftests] Error 2

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[semreh (launchpad-via-forwarder)]

This is not a bug with the kernel, but with the build process for kernels in the mainline ppa. As such, logs from my machine are not relevant, and the original report links to the relevant build logs, and has relevant extracts from those logs.

[semreh (launchpad-via-forwarder)]

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