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

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Date:	Thu, 5 Dec 2013 08:58:35 -0500
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@...tec.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michael Holzheu <holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crash_dump: fix compilation error (on MIPS at least)

On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 03:58:22PM +0000, Qais Yousef wrote:
>   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>
> ---

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>

Vivek

> 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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