netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3 net-2.6.26] Compilation fixes.

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Date:	Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:00:07 +0400
From:	"Denis V. Lunev" <den@...nvz.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3 net-2.6.26] Compilation fixes.

On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 13:56 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@...nvz.org>
> Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:46:19 +0400
> 
> > On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 11:42 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > > From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@...nvz.org>
> > > Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:01:14 +0400
> > > 
> > > > Dave, could you pls conside this addition. This should fix problem
> > > > reported by the Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> recently.
> > > 
> > > Then this invalidates enourmous amounts of CONFIG_NET tests
> > > we've put into the headers over the past few days. 
> > > 
> > > All of them were explicitly to avoid having to provide the
> > > init_net symbol when CONFIG_NET is not set.
> > 
> > OK. do you suggest to insert another CONFIG_NET check into if_pppox
> > header or separate fs/compat_ioctl.c into two files:
> > - for net ioctls
> > - for the rest?
> 
> It's probably better to go your route.  That is, unprotect
> the init_net extern, and remove the CONFIG_NET's we added
> which are no longer necessary.
> 
> Could you do such a patch set?  Thanks.

Sure, but, unfortunately, only tomorrow morning. It is too late today in
Moscow :)

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