linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: pci tree build failure

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20090630022453.GE24061@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:24:53 -0700
From:	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: pci tree build failure

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 07:13:24PM -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:07:27 +1000
> Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Jesse,
> > 
> > Today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) failed like this:
> > 
> > ERROR: "pci_claim_resource" [drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.ko]
> > undefined!
> > 
> > Caused by commit 6bb04b65dbff5a5bb01617351dbb0af577084752 ("yenta: Use
> > pci_claim_resource").  yenta can be built as a module, but
> > pci_claim_resource is not exported ...
> > 
> > I have used the pci tree from next-20090629 for today.
> 
> Damn, thought I built that.  linux-next earns its keep yet again.

Sorry about that.  I thought I'd checked that.  Must have been confused
with another function.  There do seem to be legitimate *drivers*
that could use it (i2o for one), so I propose making it a full-bodied
'EXPORT_SYMBOL' and not bother with the _GPL tag.  Thoughts?
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/