linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Please pull NFS client changes for Linux 4.7

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Date:	Fri, 27 May 2016 16:50:24 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc:	Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@...app.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
	"linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Please pull NFS client changes for Linux 4.7

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Boris Ostrovsky
<boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> This breaks on older compilers:
>
>   CC      fs/nfs/nfs4state.o
> /home/build/linux-linus/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c:69: error: unknown field
> ‘data’ specified in initializer

Does the attached patch fix it for you?

I don't have easy access to the old compiler, but I _think_ the
trivial patch of just adding braces around the data initializer should
make old gcc's happy

              Linus

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