linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix missing include file in RTL8192U staging driver

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Date:	Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:51:07 +0530
From:	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix missing include file in RTL8192U staging driver

* Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> [2009-09-03 11:04:53]:

> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 05:22:13PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > 	2.6.31-rc8 build fails with
> > 
> > drivers/staging/rtl8192su/r8192U_core.c:5086: error: implicit declaration of function 'vmalloc'
> > drivers/staging/rtl8192su/r8192U_core.c:5086: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> > drivers/staging/rtl8192su/r8192U_core.c: In function 'rtl8192_usb_disconnect':
> > drivers/staging/rtl8192su/r8192U_core.c:12308: error: implicit declaration of function 'vfree'
> > 
> > Including the vmalloc.h file, fixes the build failure. I have tested the
> > patch for build failure only.
> 
> On what arch are you hitting this?

It's on powerpc.
> 
> This should all be resolved in the linux-next tree, right?

Yes, linux-next tree already has a patch

commit 323308f10fc629d2276b6c97c5ecb9cdff0f5e65
Author: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 4 10:26:23 2009 -0400

    Staging: rtl8192su: add linux/vmalloc.h

sorry, which I missed.

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
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