linux-kernel - RE: 2.6.25-rc2-mm1: new create_proc

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Message-ID: <DEE40752C8AF224BB890E455C7B8E0FE0427C1CB86@G6W0268.americas.hpqcorp.net>
Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:25:00 +0000
From:	"Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" <Mike.Miller@...com>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"alexn@....su.se" <alexn@....su.se>,
	"dwalker@...sta.com" <dwalker@...sta.com>
Subject: RE: 2.6.25-rc2-mm1: new create_proc_entry() users



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexey Dobriyan [mailto:adobriyan@...il.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 4:51 AM
> To: Andrew Morton
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Miller, Mike (OS Dev);
> alexn@....su.se; dwalker@...sta.com
> Subject: 2.6.25-rc2-mm1: new create_proc_entry() users
>
> > profile-likely-unlikely-macros
> > page-owner-tracking-leak-detector
> > cciss-procfs-updates-to-display-info-about-many-volumes
>
> Guys, create_proc_entry() is slightly racy in case of modular code and
> proc_create() was invented to fix it. Eventually all
> create_proc_entry() users will be converted to proc_create(),
> so please do it for new code.
>
Why am I getting "implicit declaration of function 'proc_create'" when I try to use that function? I have kernel version 2.6.24, gcc version 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-51). Am I missing a header file?

-- mikem
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