linux-kernel - 2.6.22-rc3-mm1: Xen compile error with X86

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Date:	Sat, 2 Jun 2007 15:57:12 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@...source.com>,
	Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@...cam.ac.uk>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: 2.6.22-rc3-mm1: Xen compile error with X86_CMPXCHG=n

I'm getting the following compile error in 2.6.22-rc3-mm1 with 
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=n (with -Werror-implicit-function-declaration - 
otherwise it would be a link error):

<--  snip  -->

...
  CC      drivers/xen/grant-table.o
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/linux-2.6.22-rc3-mm1/drivers/xen/grant-table.c: In function ‘gnttab_end_foreign_access_ref’:
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/linux-2.6.22-rc3-mm1/drivers/xen/grant-table.c:203: error: implicit declaration of function ‘sync_cmpxchg’
make[3]: *** [drivers/xen/grant-table.o] Error 1

<--  snip  -->

Adding a dependency of XEN on X86_CMPXCHG should not be a problem and 
not prevent any reasonable real-life usage.

But what worries me is that a seemingly architecture independent 
driver uses a function only available in some configurations.

cu
Adrian

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