linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvmem: include linux/err.h from header

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Date:   Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:28:43 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmem: include linux/err.h from header

On 10/07/2017 at 14:10:03 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Srinivas Kandagatla
> <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 10/07/17 12:22, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >>
> >> The new support for nvmem devices from the rtc layer caused a build
> >> error in some configurations:
> >>
> >> include/linux/nvmem-provider.h: In function 'nvmem_register':
> >> include/linux/nvmem-provider.h:51:9: error: implicit declaration of
> >> function 'ERR_PTR' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> >>
> >> This adds the missing include to ensure we can always include
> >> the header.
> >>
> >> Fixes: 697e5a47aa12 ("rtc: add generic nvmem support")
> >> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> >> ---
> >> I'd suggest adding this patch in the rtc tree on top of the
> >> nvmem support there.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the patch, we would need similar patch for
> > include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h too.
> 
> Makes sense, yes. Can you do that for 4.14? My patch for now is
> needed to fix a build regression in the rtc-next tree that I
> assume will otherwise make it into the 4.13 release.
> 

Yes, I'm planning to send my PR soon.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com