linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] kernel/rcu/tree.c: remove duplicate extern definition

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Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:32:07 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Pranith Kumar <pranith@...ech.edu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] kernel/rcu/tree.c: remove duplicate extern definition

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:19:31PM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Paul E. McKenney
> <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 05:53:53PM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
> >> remove duplicate definition of extern resched_cpu
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>
> >
> > Hello, Pranith,
> >
> > When I apply this patch I get the following:
> >
> > /home/paulmck/public_git/linux-rcu/kernel/rcu/tree.c: In function ‘rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs’:
> > /home/paulmck/public_git/linux-rcu/kernel/rcu/tree.c:895:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘resched_cpu’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> > /home/paulmck/public_git/linux-rcu/kernel/rcu/tree.c: At top level:
> > /home/paulmck/public_git/linux-rcu/kernel/rcu/tree.c:1009:13: warning: conflicting types for ‘resched_cpu’ [enabled by default]
> > /home/paulmck/public_git/linux-rcu/kernel/rcu/tree.c:895:3: note: previous implicit declaration of ‘resched_cpu’ was here
> >
> > This failed in under number of different Kconfig setups, the .config file
> > for one of them is attached.
> >
> > So this declaration really is needed.  Just out of curiosity, what led
> > you to believe that it could be removed?
> >
> 
> That is strange. The patch removes a duplicate declaration of
> resched_cpu (on lines 768, 954) of the file kernel/rcu/tree.c of the
> latest git.
> 
> The patch compiles fine here with the latest tip of the git tree.
> 
>   CC      kernel/rcu/tree.o
> 
> Can you please check if your tree.c has two declarations for resched_cpu?

Ah, your patch didn't apply, so I hand-applied it, and removed the first
declaration rather than the second one.  Trying it again.

							Thanx, Paul

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