linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree

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Message-ID: <20110930075712.GA2412@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:57:12 +0200
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:05:14AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> After merging the final tree, the next-20110929 build (s390x allmodconfig)
> failed like this:
> 
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:393: error: 'THIS_MODULE' undeclared here (not in a function)
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:741: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before string constant
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:741: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:741: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'MODULE_AUTHOR'
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:741: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:742: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before string constant
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:742: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:742: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'MODULE_DESCRIPTION'
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:742: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:743: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before string constant
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:743: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:743: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'MODULE_LICENSE'
> drivers/s390/char/zcore.c:743: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
> 
> Probably revealed by the module.h split up.
> 
> This file needs to include module.h

Hmm.. wondering why I haven't seen that during my build tests a couple of
days ago. Anyway, thanks for letting us know!
I added a patch to our local tree. As soon as Martin pushes it out it
should be fixed.

Thanks,
Heiko
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