Hi Andrew,
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:00:39 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:39:28 +1100
> Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > After merging the akpm tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
> >
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c: In function 'rtas_flash_release':
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c:218:16: error: 'struct proc_dir_entry' has no member named 'count'
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c: In function 'rtas_excl_open':
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c:343:21: error: 'struct proc_dir_entry' has no member named 'count'
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c:348:16: error: 'struct proc_dir_entry' has no member named 'count'
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c: In function 'rtas_excl_release':
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c:358:16: error: 'struct proc_dir_entry' has no member named 'count'
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c: In function 'validate_flash_release':
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c:541:16: error: 'struct proc_dir_entry' has no member named 'count'
> >
> > Caused by commit aef714db6205 ("core kernel: add refcount type and
> > refcount misuse debugging").
> >
> > This would also break in drivers/nubus/proc.c
> >
> > I have reverted that commit for today.
>
> Thanks. The plan apepars to be to make `struct kref' usable in this
> situation so I'll drop these patches.
OK, I have dropped that patch from the akpm tree in linux-next.
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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