linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02 of 12] Fix ia64 compilation failure because of common code include bug

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Message-ID: <20080422224352.GS24536@duo.random>
Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:43:52 +0200
From:	Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@...ranet.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Kanoj Sarcar <kanojsarcar@...oo.com>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Robin Holt <holt@....com>,
	general@...ts.openfabrics.org, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02 of 12] Fix ia64 compilation failure because of
	common code include bug

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 01:22:55PM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Looks like this is not complete. There are numerous .h files missing which 
> means that various structs are undefined (fs.h and rmap.h are needed 
> f.e.) which leads to surprises when dereferencing fields of these struct.
> 
> It seems that mm_types.h is expected to be included only in certain 
> contexts. Could you make sure to include all necessary .h files? Or add
> some docs to clarify the situation here.

Robin, what other changes did you need to compile? I only did that one
because I didn't hear any more feedback from you after I sent that
patch, so I assumed it was enough.
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