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

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Message-Id: <20080219155902.759604a2.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:59:02 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" <Mike.Miller@...com>
Cc:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	"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

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:25:00 +0000 "Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" <Mike.Miller@...com> wrote:

> 
> 
> > -----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?
> 

2.6.24 is 47MB of diff ago.  Please always develop and test against
development kernels!
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