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

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Hi Dave,

On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 18:42:53 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
> 
> After merging the wireless-next tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> allyesconfig) failed like this:
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c: In function 'open_file_eeprom':
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c:933:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'vmalloc' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>   buf = vmalloc(eesize);
>   ^
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c:933:6: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
>   buf = vmalloc(eesize);
>       ^
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c:960:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'vfree' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>   vfree(buf);
>   ^
> 
> Caused by commit db906eb2101b ("ath5k: added debugfs file for dumping
> eeprom").  Also reported by Guenter Roeck.
> 
> I have used Geert Uytterhoeven's suggested fix of including vmalloc.h
> and so added this patch for today:
> 
> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 18:39:23 +1000
> Subject: [PATCH] ath5k: fix debugfs addition
> 
> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c
> index 30e4e1fd4b04..399728618fb9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c
> @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/export.h>
>  #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
> +#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>  
>  #include <linux/seq_file.h>
>  #include <linux/list.h>
> -- 
> 2.1.0

This fix patch is now needed in the net-next tree ...

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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