netdev - Re: net/ipv4/fib_trie.c - compile error (Re: 2.6.23-rc3-mm1)

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Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:03:02 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: net/ipv4/fib_trie.c - compile error (Re: 2.6.23-rc3-mm1)

On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 05:41:11PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 05:30:13PM +0200, Gabriel C wrote:
> > Got it with a randconfig ( http://194.231.229.228/kernel/mm/2.6.23-rc3-mm1/r/randconfig-8 )
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > net/ipv4/fib_trie.c: In function 'trie_rebalance':
> > net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:969: error: lvalue required as unary '&' operand
> > net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:971: error: lvalue required as unary '&' operand
> > net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:977: error: lvalue required as unary '&' operand
> > net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:980: error: lvalue required as unary '&' operand
> >...
> 
> Side effect of the git-net removal, temporarily removing 
> immunize-rcu_dereference-against-crazy-compiler-writers.patch should 
> work around it.

Alternatively, the following one-line patch to net/ipv4/fib_trie.c could
be used.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

 fib_trie.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -urpNa -X dontdiff linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1.compile/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
--- linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c	2007-08-22 09:20:33.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1.compile/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c	2007-08-22 09:47:33.000000000 -0700
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ typedef unsigned int t_key;
 #define T_LEAF  1
 #define NODE_TYPE_MASK	0x1UL
 #define NODE_PARENT(node) \
-	((struct tnode *)rcu_dereference(((node)->parent & ~NODE_TYPE_MASK)))
+	((struct tnode *)(rcu_dereference((node)->parent) & ~NODE_TYPE_MASK))
 
 #define NODE_TYPE(node) ((node)->parent & NODE_TYPE_MASK)
 
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