linux-kernel - Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.26

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Date:	Fri, 16 May 2008 21:30:56 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.26

Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:03:10 -0700 Randy Dunlap 
>> <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:20:53 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:
>>>
>>>> These can be found at
>>>> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.25/2.6.25-mm1 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  #
>>>>  # documentation
>>>>  #
>>>>  documentation-build-source-files-in-documentation-sub-dir.patch
>>>>  documentation-build-source-files-in-documentation-sub-dir-update.patch
>>>>  documentation-build-source-files-in-documentation-sub-dir-disable.patch 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Merge
>>> Hi,
>>> What happened to/with these?
>>
>> I was going to ask you that.  Last I heard,
>>
>> a) stuff broke and
>>
>> b) you had an updated version somewhere.
> 
> Oh yeah.  I think that this was fixed by
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b11caa7c7063ea92a0a58115d3fc6d038ed89510 
> 
> but I'll check/verify/confirm that.
> 

Yes, it builds fine now (built against 2.6.26-rc2-git5).

>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:56:30 -0700 Randy Dunlap 
>> <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:54:09 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:
>>>
>>>> make allmodconfig
>>>> gcc -I$(/bin/pwd)/include Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c -o 
>>>> getdelays
>>>>
>>>> In file included from /usr/src/devel/include/linux/netlink.h:5,
>>>>                  from /usr/src/devel/include/linux/genetlink.h:4,
>>>>                  from Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c:26:
>>>> /usr/src/devel/include/linux/types.h:203: error: expected 
>>>> specifier-qualifier-list before '__kernel_daddr_t'
>>>
>>> Those __kernel_* types shouldn't be used outside of the #ifdef 
>>> __KERNEL__
>>> block, should they?
>>>
>>> Patch below fixes kernel side for me.  Don't have any idea what it
>>> may do to userspace users of the header file.
>>>
>>> ---
>>>  include/linux/types.h |    4 ++--
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> --- mmotm-2008-0410-0157.orig/include/linux/types.h
>>> +++ mmotm-2008-0410-0157/include/linux/types.h
>>> @@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ typedef u32 resource_size_t;
>>>  #endif    /* __KERNEL__ */
>>>  
>>>  struct ustat {
>>> -    __kernel_daddr_t    f_tfree;
>>> -    __kernel_ino_t        f_tinode;
>>> +    daddr_t            f_tfree;
>>> +    ino_t            f_tinode;
>>>      char            f_fname[6];
>>>      char            f_fpack[6];
>>>  };
>>
>> I didn't apply that.  I guess the "Don't have any idea" bit was scary.
> 
> 


-- 
~Randy
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