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Date:	Mon, 19 May 2008 15:26:33 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Randy Dunlap <RANDY.DUNLAP@...CLE.COM>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...CLE.COM>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sam@...nborg.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).

Andrew,
Will you merge this now?  or do you want me to see about Sam merging it?
or something else?


> >> 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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