linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] module_refcounting and anonymous inodes

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Date:	Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:22:42 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
CC:	Sheng Yang <sheng@...ux.intel.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] module_refcounting and anonymous inodes

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Christian Borntraeger wrote:
>> The problem is, how do you detect if the base kernel has patch1 applied?
>>   
>
> In the external module compatibility kit, implement two versions of 
> anon_inode_getfd(), and select the appropriate one according to kernel 
> version (like we currently support 91 smp_call_function_single variants).
>

I committed something simpler:  if running on 2.6.28 or earlier, I hack 
out the two lines your second patch adds.\

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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