On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 09:05:38AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > "Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On Wed, 2013-05-15 at 14:47 +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > >> Asias He <asias@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> > scsi.c includes vhost.c which uses memcpy_fromiovec. > >> > > >> > This patch fixes this build failure. > >> > > >> > From Randy Dunlap: > >> > ''' > >> > on x86_64: > >> > > >> > ERROR: "memcpy_fromiovec" [drivers/vhost/vhost_scsi.ko] undefined! > >> > > >> > It needs to depend on NET since net/core/ provides that function. > >> > ''' > >> > >> Proper fix please. > >> > >> Though I can't see why you thought this was a good idea. Nonetheless, I > >> shan't highlight why: I have far too much respect for your intellects > >> and abilities. > >> > >> No, don't thank me! > > > > Hi Rusty & Asias, > > > > I assume you mean something like the following patch to allow kbuild to > > work when VHOST_NET + VHOST_SCSI are both enabled and sharing vhost.o, > > yes..? > > No, that's a separate issue. > > memcpy_fromiovec() has nothing to do with networking: that was just the > first user. Note that crypto/algif_skcipher.c also uses it. The > obvious answer is to move it into lib/. That's true. I also want this. > OTOH making vhost_scsi depend on CONFIG_NET is breathtakingly lazy. I > expect better from experienced kernel hackers :( But do you think moving the memcpy_fromiovec stuff is a 3.10 material? > Rusty. -- Asias -- 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
