linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] include/linux/pktcdvd.h: add mempool.h dependency

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Date:	Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:39:55 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Peter Osterlund <petero2@...ia.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] include/linux/pktcdvd.h: add mempool.h dependency

On Wed, Apr 22 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> 
> > A last-minute build error slipped through:
> >
> >   In file included from fs/compat_ioctl.c:105:
> >   include/linux/pktcdvd.h:285: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ???mempool_t???
> 
> Caused by:
> 
>   1ba0c7d: fs/compat_ioctl: fix build when !BLOCK
> 
> fixed by the patch below. The build error itself triggers with 
> !BLOCK

This fix is already queued up in the block tree, it just didn't make
-rc3.

> 
> 	Ingo
> 
> ------------------>
> From f8b664b0e6ad3369a998379e7f87297082d04bef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:29:40 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] include/linux/pktcdvd.h: add mempool.h dependency
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> 
> A change to the order of header files in fs/compat_ioctl.c
> unearthed a dormant header file dependency bug:
> 
>   In file included from fs/compat_ioctl.c:105:
>   include/linux/pktcdvd.h:285: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ???mempool_t???
> 
> pktcdvd.h relies on mempool_t but does not include mempool.h.
> This worked until now accidentally: due to other headers including
> mempool.h in compat_ioctl.c (and all other pktcdvd.h using sites).
> But once the header file broke this implicit dependency got
> uncovered and an uncleanliness turned into a build failure.
> 
> Add mempool.h to pktcdvd.h.
> 
> [ Impact: fix build on !CONFIG_BLOCK ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> ---
>  include/linux/pktcdvd.h |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/pktcdvd.h b/include/linux/pktcdvd.h
> index 04b4d73..9cabc20 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pktcdvd.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pktcdvd.h
> @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ struct pkt_ctrl_command {
>  #include <linux/completion.h>
>  #include <linux/cdrom.h>
>  #include <linux/kobject.h>
> +#include <linux/mempool.h>
>  #include <linux/sysfs.h>
>  
>  /* default bio write queue congestion marks */
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