> On May 1, 2017, at 7:07 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:02:29 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> After merging the block tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
>> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
>>
>> drivers/block/nbd.c: In function 'nbd_genl_connect':
>> drivers/block/nbd.c:1662:10: error: too few arguments to function 'nla_parse_nested'
>> ret = nla_parse_nested(socks, NBD_SOCK_MAX, attr,
>> ^
>> In file included from include/net/rtnetlink.h:5:0,
>> from include/net/sch_generic.h:12,
>> from include/linux/filter.h:20,
>> from include/net/sock.h:64,
>> from drivers/block/nbd.c:32:
>> include/net/netlink.h:754:19: note: declared here
>> static inline int nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
>> ^
>> drivers/block/nbd.c: In function 'nbd_genl_reconfigure':
>> drivers/block/nbd.c:1818:10: error: too few arguments to function 'nla_parse_nested'
>> ret = nla_parse_nested(socks, NBD_SOCK_MAX, attr,
>> ^
>> In file included from include/net/rtnetlink.h:5:0,
>> from include/net/sch_generic.h:12,
>> from include/linux/filter.h:20,
>> from include/net/sock.h:64,
>> from drivers/block/nbd.c:32:
>> include/net/netlink.h:754:19: note: declared here
>> static inline int nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
>> ^
>>
>> Caused by commits
>>
>> e46c7287b1c2 ("nbd: add a basic netlink interface")
>> b7aa3d39385d ("nbd: add a reconfigure netlink command")
>>
>> interacting with commit
>>
>> fceb6435e852 ("netlink: pass extended ACK struct to parsing functions")
>>
>> from the net-next tree.
>>
>> I have applied the following merge fix patch:
>>
>> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 12:59:05 +1000
>> Subject: [PATCH] nbd: fix up for nla_parse_nested() API change
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/block/nbd.c | 4 ++--
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
>> index b78f23ce2395..5049d19f3940 100644
>> --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
>> +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
>> @@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ static int nbd_genl_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>> goto out;
>> }
>> ret = nla_parse_nested(socks, NBD_SOCK_MAX, attr,
>> - nbd_sock_policy);
>> + nbd_sock_policy, NULL);
>> if (ret != 0) {
>> printk(KERN_ERR "nbd: error processing sock list\n");
>> ret = -EINVAL;
>> @@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ static int nbd_genl_reconfigure(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>> goto out;
>> }
>> ret = nla_parse_nested(socks, NBD_SOCK_MAX, attr,
>> - nbd_sock_policy);
>> + nbd_sock_policy, NULL);
>> if (ret != 0) {
>> printk(KERN_ERR "nbd: error processing sock list\n");
>> ret = -EINVAL;
>> --
>> 2.11.0
>
> So, this merge fix is now needed when the net-next tree is merged (as
> Linus has merged the block tree).
Indeed, I have warned Linus about it. Thanks Stephen.
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