linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix conflict with the is

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Date:	Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:41:56 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, parisc-linux@...isc-linux.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix conflict with the is_init identifier on parisc

On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 12:24:27PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 01:41:30PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >> pidspace-is_init.patch causes the following compile error on parisc:
> >> 
> >> <--  snip  -->
> >> 
> >> ...
> >>   CC      arch/parisc/kernel/module.o
> >>
> > /home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/linux-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c:76:
> > error: conflicting types for 'is_init'
> >> /home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/linux-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/include/linux/sched.h:1090:
> > error: previous definition of 'is_init' was here
> >> make[2]: *** [arch/parisc/kernel/module.o] Error 1
> >> 
> >> <--  snip  -->
> >
> > Looks like ia64 calls the same function in_init().  I'm tempted to
> > change parisc to have the same name.
> 
> How does the following patch look?
> Since I don't have a parisc compiler so I haven't compile tested it.
> But it is a simple substitute and replace and I can't see any problems
> by inspection so it should work.
>...

Thanks, I can confirm it fixes the compilation.

cu
Adrian

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