linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 5/7] Use external declaration for filep

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Message-Id: <20061118173100.3a8b7293.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:31:00 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 5/7] Use external declaration for filep_cachep

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:44:08 -0800 (PST) Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com> wrote:
>
> Use external declaration for filep_cachep.
>
> filp_cachep is used in fs/file_table.c. Its defined in fs/dcache.c.
> The easiest solution here is to add an external declaration to
> fs/file_table.c.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
>
> --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2.orig/fs/file_table.c	2006-11-15 16:47:59.622264626 -0600
> +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2/fs/file_table.c	2006-11-17 23:04:05.885291107 -0600
> @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLO
>
>  static struct percpu_counter nr_files __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
>
> +extern kmem_cache_t *filp_cachep;

Is there no suitable header file to put this in?

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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