netdev - Re: [stable] PA-RISC: compile error in include/net/dst.h

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2011 20:37:49 +0200
From:	Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Parisc List <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...nel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] PA-RISC: compile error in include/net/dst.h

I wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 22. Mai 2011, 07:32:22 schrieb Greg KH:
> > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:15:19AM +0200, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
> > >                  from include/net/ipv6.h:16,
> > >                  from
> > >                  include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h:25,
> > >                  from include/linux/nfs_fs.h:50,
> > > 
> > >                  from init/do_mounts.c:20:
> > > include/net/dst.h: In function 'dst_hold':
> > > include/net/dst.h:238:2: error: size of unnamed array is negative
> > > In file included from include/linux/nfs_fs.h:59:0,
> > > 
> > >                  from init/do_mounts.c:20:
> > > include/linux/mempool.h: In function 'mempool_create_kmalloc_pool':
> > > include/linux/mempool.h:58:10: warning: cast to pointer from integer
> > > of
> > > different size
> > > 
> > > This is both in 2.6.38.6 and 2.6.39, but is not in 2.6.38.4 when
> > > compiling for my C8000.
> > 
> > Could you bisect it down to the patch that causes the problem in
> > 2.6.38.6?
> 
> I will try if I find time in the next days. Until now I can only confirm
> that 2.6.38.5 builds fine.

As 2.6.38.6 does if I use the correct .config. So it is an older issue which is 
not related to recent changes but likely some general HPPA breakage. We'll 
discuss the rest on linux-parisc.

Eike
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