linux-kernel - [PATCH] crash_dump: fix compilation error (on MIPS at least)

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Message-ID: <1386172702-31266-1-git-send-email-qais.yousef@imgtec.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Dec 2013 15:58:22 +0000
From:	Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@...tec.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@...tec.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michael Holzheu <holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
	<stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] crash_dump: fix compilation error (on MIPS at least)

  In file included from kernel/crash_dump.c:2:0:
  include/linux/crash_dump.h:22:27: error: unknown type name ‘pgprot_t’

when CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y

The error was traced back to this commit:

  9cb218131de1 vmcore: introduce remap_oldmem_pfn_range()

include <asm/pgtable.h> to get the missing definition

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc: <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 3.12
Reviewed-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@...tec.com>
---
I haven't tried any other architecture except mips.
If OK this should be considered for stable 3.12 (CCed).

 include/linux/crash_dump.h |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/crash_dump.h b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
index fe68a5a..7032518 100644
--- a/include/linux/crash_dump.h
+++ b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 
+#include <asm/pgtable.h> /* for pgprot_t */
+
 #define ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX	(-1ULL)
 #define ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR	(-2ULL)
 
-- 
1.7.1


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