linux-kernel - Re: mm snapshot broken-out-2007-11-06-02-32.tar.gz uploaded - build failure

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Date:	Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:19:28 -0800
From:	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...il.com>
To:	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	mm-commits@...r.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Subject: Re: mm snapshot broken-out-2007-11-06-02-32.tar.gz uploaded -
	build failure - rpadlpar_sysfs

On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 21:04 +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> The build fails with following error
>  
>   CC      drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.o
> drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c:133: error: initializer element is not constant
> drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c:133: error: (near initialization for `dlpar_io_kset.kobj.parent')
> drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c:133: error: initializer element is not constant
> drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c:133: error: (near initialization for `dlpar_io_kset.kobj')
> drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c:134: error: unknown field `ktype' specified in initializer
> drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c:134: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> make[3]: *** [drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [drivers/pci/hotplug] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [drivers/pci] Error 2
> make: *** [drivers] Error 2
> 
> The patch, gregkh-driver-kset-convert-pci-hotplug-to-use-kset_create_and_register.patch
> is causing the build failure.

Here is the fix (against 24-rc1 mm-brokenout). Can you try it ?

Thanks,
Badari

Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com> 
---
 drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc1/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24-rc1.orig/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c	2007-11-06 10:09:10.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc1/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c	2007-11-06 10:11:33.000000000 -0800
@@ -129,14 +129,13 @@ struct kobj_type ktype_dlpar_io = {
 };
 
 struct kset dlpar_io_kset = {
-	.kobj = {.ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io,
-		 .parent = &pci_hotplug_slots_kset->kobj},
-	.ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io,
+	.kobj = {.ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io},
 };
 
 int dlpar_sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	kobject_set_name(&dlpar_io_kset.kobj, DLPAR_KOBJ_NAME);
+	dlpar_io_kset.kobj.parent = &pci_hotplug_slots_kset->kobj;
 	if (kset_register(&dlpar_io_kset)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "rpadlpar_io: cannot register kset for %s\n",
 				kobject_name(&dlpar_io_kset.kobj));


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