Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the device-mapper tree

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Hi Mike,

On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 22:20:54 -0500 Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 04 2013 at  9:51pm -0500,
> Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > After merging the device-mapper tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> > allmodconfig) failed like this:
> > 
> > drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c: In function 'bio_writes_complete_block':
> > drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c:1020:7: error: 'struct bio' has no member named 'bi_size'
> >    (bio->bi_size == (cache->sectors_per_block << SECTOR_SHIFT));
> >        ^
> > 
> > Caused by commit 1bd270d800ec ("dm cache: promotion optimisation for
> > writes") interacting with commit ed2d2f9a8265 ("block: Abstract out bvec
> > iterator") from the block tree.
> > 
> > I applied this fix up patch and can carry it as necessary:
> 
> Yes that is needed, as is this (which begs the question: how should I be

I will add that tomorrow.

> handling the fact that post-merge changes are needed?  Especially since
> Linus will need the changes too):

Who ever gets their tree in last has to tell Linus about these extra
merge fix ups as part of their pull request.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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