linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the final tree (akpm and block tree related)

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Date:	Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:35:35 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the final tree (akpm
 and block tree related)

Hi Guys,

On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:10:51 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:55:23 -0700 Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 05:05:54PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > 
> > > After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build
> > > produced this warning:
> > > 
> > > fs/bio.c: In function 'submit_bio_wait':
> > > fs/bio.c:786:17: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
> > > 
> > > This is due to an interaction between commit 9e882242c ("block: Add
> > > submit_bio_wait(), remove from md") from the block tree and commit
> > > "block: prep work for batch completion" from the akpm tree.
> > 
> > In hindsight maybe it would've been better if the batch completion stuff
> > had gone in via Jens' tree, though I'm sure there would've still been
> > some conflicts.
> > 
> > What's the procedure for me to fix these? I can send you a fixup patch
> > but if you've pushed this version of linux-next somewhere public I'm not
> > sure where to look.
> 
> Stephen and I quietly fix up this sort of thing.

Yeah, though a hint might be nice.  It looks like these completion
routines just need the batch argument added, right?

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

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