linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-rc4-mm1: kobj changes fallout on powerpc

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Message-ID: <20071205131140.GA13189@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 5 Dec 2007 18:41:40 +0530
From:	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, greg@...ah.com, sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc4-mm1: kobj changes fallout on powerpc

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 03:15:15AM -0600, Olof Johansson wrote:
> powerpc allyesconfig fails on the following two drivers (iseries_defconfig
> fails for the veth one):
> 
> drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c: In function 'ehea_driver_sysfs_add':
> drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c:2812: error: 'struct device_driver' has no member named 'kobj'
> drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c:2815: error: 'struct device_driver' has no member named 'kobj'
> drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c:2818: error: 'struct device_driver' has no member named 'kobj'
> drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c: In function 'ehea_driver_sysfs_remove':
> drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c:2830: error: 'struct device_driver' has no member named 'kobj'
> drivers/net/iseries_veth.c: In function 'veth_module_init':
> drivers/net/iseries_veth.c:1714: error: 'struct device_driver' has no member named 'kobj'
> 
> I'm guessing it's some of Greg's kobj/driver patches that missed to
> change this, but it's not obvious to me how it should be fixed.
> 
> 
> -Olof
Hi,

Probably this patch should fix the build failure (The kobject related
structure have been moved to driver_private struct).

Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
--
--- linux-2.6.24-rc4/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c	2007-12-04 09:56:10.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc4/drivers/net/ehea/~ehea_main.c	2007-12-05 18:01:31.000000000 +0530
@@ -2809,7 +2809,7 @@ static int ehea_driver_sysfs_add(struct 
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = sysfs_create_link(&driver->kobj, &dev->kobj,
+	ret = sysfs_create_link(&driver->driver_private->kobj, &dev->kobj,
 				kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &driver->kobj,
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