linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] Fix ext4 bitops

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Date:	Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:24:36 +0100
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix ext4 bitops

> > > > | fs/ext4/mballoc.c: In function 'ext4_mb_generate_buddy':
> > > > | fs/ext4/mballoc.c:954: error: implicit declaration of function 'generic_find_next_le_bit'
> > > > 
> > > > The s390 specific bitops uses parts of the generic implementation.
> > > > Include the correct header.
> > > 
> > > That doesn't work:
> > > 
> > > fs/built-in.o: In function `ext4_mb_release_inode_pa':
> > > mballoc.c:(.text+0x95a8a): undefined reference to `generic_find_next_le_bit'
> > > fs/built-in.o: In function `ext4_mb_init_cache':
> > > mballoc.c:(.text+0x967ea): undefined reference to `generic_find_next_le_bit'
> > > 
> > > This still needs generic_find_next_le_bit which comes
> > > from lib/find_next_bit.c. That one doesn't get built on s390 since we
> > > don't set GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT.
> > > Currently we have the lengthly patch below queued.
> > 
> > Similar issue on m68k. As Bastian also saw it on powerpc, I'm getting the
> > impression the ext4 people don't (compile) test on big endian machines?
> > 
> > Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> > 
> 
> I have sent this patches to linux-arch expecting a review from
> different arch people. It is true that the patches are tested only on
> powerpc, x86-64, x86. That's the primary reason of me sending the
> patches to linux-arch.

Is there anything special I need to do so the ext4 code actually uses
ext2_find_next_bit() ? Haven't looked at the ext4 code, but I'd like to
test if the s390 implementation is ok.
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