linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ia64: rename cache_show to topology_cache

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Date:	Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:54:45 +0100
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ia64: rename cache_show to topology_cache_show

On Sun 17-02-13 09:36:49, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 01:18:53PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Fri 15-02-13 14:46:29, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:38:24 +0100
> > > Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Fenguang Wu has reported the following compile time issue
> > > > arch/ia64/kernel/topology.c:278:16: error: conflicting types for 'cache_show'
> > > > include/linux/slab.h:224:5: note: previous declaration of 'cache_show' was here
> > > > 
> > > > which has been introduced by 749c5415 (memcg: aggregate memcg cache
> > > > values in slabinfo). Let's rename ia64 local function to prevent from
> > > > the name conflict.
> > > 
> > > Confused.  Tony fixed this ages ago?
> > 
> > Yes but it was after 3.7 so I didn't have it in my tree and I found out
> > only after I sent this email. Sorry about the confusion.
> 
> Michal, sorry about the confusions. Does this indicate anything
> improveable in the build test/notification?

No, the message was clear. I should have checked Linus's tree before
posting the fix.

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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