[PATCH -next] zram: fix build errors, depends on BLOCK

Randy Dunlap randy.dunlap at oracle.com
Thu Jun 24 15:53:25 UTC 2010


On 06/24/10 08:47, Nitin Gupta wrote:
> On 06/24/2010 08:02 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 06/23/10 21:36, Nitin Gupta wrote:
>>> On 06/24/2010 08:57 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap at oracle.com>
>>>>
>>>> Fix 49 zram build errors in one swoop.  Examples:
>>>>
>>>> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c:225: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
>>>> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c:226: error: implicit declaration of function 'bio_for_each_segment'
>>>> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c:226: error: expected ';' before '{' token
>>>> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c:281: error: implicit declaration of function 'bio_endio'
>>>> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c:285: error: implicit declaration of function 'bio_io_error'
>>>> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c:545: error: implicit declaration of function 'set_capacity'
>>>> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c:548: error: implicit declaration of function 'queue_flag_set_unlocked'
>>>> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c:548: error: 'QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT' undeclared (first use in this function)
>>>> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c:548: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the fix. Strangely, I didn't get any of these
>>> errors when I compiled against mainline.
>>
>> This patch isn't against mainline, it's against linux-next.
>> See subject's "[PATCH -next]" hint.
>>
> 
> Randy, I understood that your patch is against linux-next. I was just wondering
> why the error did not come up when I applied and tested this whole zram thing
> against linux mainline.

Did you test a build with CONFIG_BLOCK disabled?

> Anyways, thanks for the fix.


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