linux-kernel - Re: commit 097041e576ee3a50d92dd643ee8ca65bf6a62e21 (fuse: Fix build error)

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Date:	Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:40:32 -0500
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: commit 097041e576ee3a50d92dd643ee8ca65bf6a62e21 (fuse: Fix build
 error)

Trond Myklebust wrote:
> Hi Linus
> 
> Please revert this commit. Instead of fixing the compile problem, it
> adds a new dependency on CONFIG_BLOCK to both NFS and FUSE. Neither one
> of them has such a dependency today, nor is there a reason to introduce
> one. 
> 
> The correct fix should rather be to move the definitions of BLK_RW_SYNC
> and BLK_RW_ASYNC into backing-dev.h as per the patch below.
> 
> Cheers
>   Trond

I understand that my "fix" was wrong. I'm sure that Linus is on top of
this, but your patch must be added before reverting 097071e5,
otherwise a new build failure is introduced that might be encountered
when bisecting. Why not undo my changes and add yours in a single patch?

Larry

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