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

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Message-Id: <20111219094359.7006f8971a0cd7f46a88dc9c@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:43:59 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the akpm tree

Hi Andrew,

On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:00:39 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:39:28 +1100
> Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> 
> > After merging the akpm tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
> > 
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c: In function 'rtas_flash_release':
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c:218:16: error: 'struct proc_dir_entry' has no member named 'count'
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c: In function 'rtas_excl_open':
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c:343:21: error: 'struct proc_dir_entry' has no member named 'count'
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c:348:16: error: 'struct proc_dir_entry' has no member named 'count'
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c: In function 'rtas_excl_release':
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c:358:16: error: 'struct proc_dir_entry' has no member named 'count'
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c: In function 'validate_flash_release':
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c:541:16: error: 'struct proc_dir_entry' has no member named 'count'
> > 
> > Caused by commit aef714db6205 ("core kernel: add refcount type and
> > refcount misuse debugging").
> > 
> > This would also break in drivers/nubus/proc.c
> > 
> > I have reverted that commit for today.
> 
> Thanks.  The plan apepars to be to make `struct kref' usable in this
> situation so I'll drop these patches.

OK, I have dropped that patch from the akpm tree in linux-next.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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