Hi Paul, After merging the rcu tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc ppc64_defconfig) failed like this: net/core/dev.c: In function 'netdev_run_todo': net/core/dev.c:5294: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type net/core/dev.c:5294: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '_________p1' net/core/dev.c:5294: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type net/core/dev.c:5294: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'type name' net/core/dev.c:5294: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type net/core/dev.c:5294: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'type name' net/core/dev.c:5294: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast net/core/dev.c:5294: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type net/core/dev.c:5294: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'type name' Caused by commit ca5ecddfa8fcbd948c95530e7e817cee9fb43a3d ("rcu: define __rcu address space modifier for sparse") interacting with commit 95ae6b228f814fc0528d0506ee9f18ac333d6851 ("ipv4: ip_ptr cleanups") from the net tree. rcu_dereference_raw() now needs to know the type of the object its argument points to. I added the following merge fix (which could be applied to the net tree anyway). From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:36:36 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] net: include inetdevice.h for rcu_dereference_raw api change rcu_dereference_raw() now needs to know the type of its argument. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/dev.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index c6d837a..cadd28c 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ #include <linux/random.h> #include <trace/events/napi.h> #include <linux/pci.h> +#include <linux/inetdevice.h> #include "net-sysfs.h" -- 1.7.1 -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html