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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:46:10 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> To: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Peter Foley <pefoley2@...oley.com> CC: Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@...el.com>, Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@...el.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: mic: mpssd: Disable mpssd builds for kernels < 3.13 On 09/23/14 14:55, Ashutosh Dixit wrote: > mpssd depends on headers available in kernels >= 3.13. Therefore > disable the build for kernels < 3.13. For kernels < 3.13, to avoid the > appearance of a build break simply print an error message and exit. Why is this needed? This file won't be built in any automated build in v3.13 or any kernel until v3.17 at the earliest? > Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> > Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> > Cc: Peter Foley <pefoley2@...oley.com> > Reviewed-by: Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@...el.com> > Reviewed-by: Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@...el.com> > Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@...el.com> > --- > Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ > Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c | 5 +++++ > 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c b/Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c > index 3c5c379..2cc48cc 100644 > --- a/Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c > +++ b/Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c > @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ > * Intel MIC User Space Tools. > */ > > +#include <linux/version.h> > + > +#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0)) > + > #define _GNU_SOURCE > > #include <stdlib.h> > @@ -1726,3 +1730,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) > > exit(0); > } > +#else /* kernel version < 3.13 */ > + > +#include <stdio.h> > +#include <stdlib.h> > + > +int main(void) > +{ > + fprintf(stderr, "mpssd is only usable against kernels >= 3.13\n"); > + exit(1); > +} > +#endif > diff --git a/Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c b/Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c > index 8dd3269..1e3ff75 100644 > --- a/Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c > +++ b/Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c > @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ > * Intel MIC User Space Tools. > */ > > +#include <linux/version.h> > + > +#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0)) > + > #include "mpssd.h" > > #define PAGE_SIZE 4096 > @@ -100,3 +104,4 @@ done: > free(oldvalue); > return ret; > } > +#endif > -- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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