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

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Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:24:14 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the scsi tree

Hi James,

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:20:09 +0000 James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 13:00 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > 
> > After merging the scsi tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
> > 
> > drivers/ata/sata_svw.c: In function 'k2_sata_proc_open':
> > drivers/ata/sata_svw.c:327:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'PDE' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> > drivers/ata/sata_svw.c:327:56: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'int')
> > drivers/ata/sata_svw.c:328:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
> 
> That's defined in linux/proc_fs.h
> 
> What was the config?  Was it a no-PROCFS config, or is this just
> something that needs to be explicitly included?

See above, that was a powerpc ppc64_defconfig.  It certainly has PROCFS
enabled.  Almost everything needs to be explicitly included - see Rule 1
in Documentation/SubmitChecklist ...

Implicit includes are vulnerable to CONFIG changes and
architecture/platform differences in the include files.  I have seen lots
of these.  :-(

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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