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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:35:13 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
Alex Elder <aelder@....com>, xfs-masters@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH mmotm] xfs: needs LIST_SORT
On 03/03/10 15:25, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 11:15:17AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
>>
>> xfs uses list_sort (library function), so it needs to select it.
>> Fixes these build errors:
>> fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c:1918: undefined reference to `list_sort'
>> fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c:1996: undefined reference to `list_sort'
>> fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c:1950: undefined reference to `list_sort'
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
>> ---
>> fs/xfs/Kconfig | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> --- mmotm-2010-0302-1838.orig/fs/xfs/Kconfig
>> +++ mmotm-2010-0302-1838/fs/xfs/Kconfig
>> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config XFS_FS
>> tristate "XFS filesystem support"
>> depends on BLOCK
>> select EXPORTFS
>> + select LIST_SORT
>> help
>> XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated
>> on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can
>
> Looks OK, but when and why did a config option get introduced for
> this?
no idea.
> I thought that Andi was trying to cull unused symbols in
> library functions automatically, so config options weren't needed...
>
> FWIW, did UBIFS and DRM also get this select line added to them?
I just checked and both of those already select LIST_SORT.
(in -mmotm)
--
~Randy
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