> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the staging tree > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 09:21:46AM -0800, Dan Magenheimer wrote: > > > From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxx] > > > Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the staging tree > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 03:58:00PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > > Hi Greg, > > > > > > > > After merging the staging tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 > > > > allmodconfig) failed like this: > > > > > > > > drivers/staging/ramster/ramster_o2net.c: In function 'ramster_remote_async_get_request_handler': > > > > drivers/staging/ramster/ramster_o2net.c:91:2: error: implicit declaration of function > > > 'o2net_force_data_magic' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] > > > > drivers/staging/ramster/ramster_o2net.c: In function 'ramster_remote_put': > > > > drivers/staging/ramster/ramster_o2net.c:250:2: error: implicit declaration of function > > > 'o2net_nn_from_num' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] > > > > drivers/staging/ramster/zcache-main.c:40:64: fatal error: ../zram/xvmalloc.h: No such file or > > > directory > > > > > > > > Caused by commits ba351b02ab11 ("staging: ramster: local compression + > > > > tmem") and 14a3cd58dd4f ("staging: ramster: ramster-specific new files"). > > > > > > > > I have used the version of the staging tree from next-20120209 for today. > > > > > > Ugh, I wonder why it builds here, very odd. > > > > > > Dan, care to send me a patch to fix this? > > > > > > drivers/staging/ramster/zcache-main.c:40:64: fatal error: ../zram/xvmalloc.h: No such > > > > Hmmm... it appears that Seth's zsmalloc patch for drivers/staging/zcache > > removed xvmalloc.[ch] from drivers/staging/zram while drivers/staging/ramster > > is still depending on it. :-( I hadn't planned for both ramster > > and zsmalloc-replacing-xvmalloc to be merged at the same time... I guess > > this is exactly the kind of problem linux-next is designed to wring out! > > > > Greg, FOR NOW, PLEASE JUST REVERT the ramster patchset from staging-next. > > I am working on a v5 anyway and will roll in a copy of the xvmalloc.[ch] > > code into it for now and, since Seth's patch should be in linux-next > > by the time I am done (hopefully next week), I can test build ramster v5 > > with linux-next to ensure all the above problems are resolved before > > resubmitting. > > > > (Seth, I could also switch ramster v5 to depend on zsmalloc instead of > > xvmalloc, but since I've done all my ramster testing on xvmalloc, > > I think I would prefer to make that transition later.) > > > > Sorry, Stephen and Greg, for the hassle! > > Ok, now reverted, what a mess... > > greg k-h OK, I have just posted the ramster v5 patchset which applies against linux-3.2. I've test-built it against linux-next... it only gets the normal minor merge conflicts for adding a line to drivers/staging/Makefile and Kconfig. Sorry again for the inconvenience. At least V5 has some nice improvements over V4, see: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/14/396 Thanks, Dan -- 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
