The patch titled Subject: Do not build vmstat_refresh if there is no procfs support has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-proc-sys-vm-stat_refresh-to-force-vmstat-update-fix.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-proc-sys-vm-stat_refresh-to-force-vmstat-update-fix.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-proc-sys-vm-stat_refresh-to-force-vmstat-update-fix.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Do not build vmstat_refresh if there is no procfs support It makes no sense to build functionality into the kernel that cannot be used and causes build issues. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1605111011260.9351@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmstat.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/vmstat.c~mm-proc-sys-vm-stat_refresh-to-force-vmstat-update-fix mm/vmstat.c --- a/mm/vmstat.c~mm-proc-sys-vm-stat_refresh-to-force-vmstat-update-fix +++ a/mm/vmstat.c @@ -1371,7 +1371,6 @@ static const struct file_operations proc .llseek = seq_lseek, .release = seq_release, }; -#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */ #ifdef CONFIG_SMP static struct workqueue_struct *vmstat_wq; @@ -1436,7 +1435,10 @@ int vmstat_refresh(struct ctl_table *tab *lenp = 0; return 0; } +#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */ +#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */ +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP static void vmstat_update(struct work_struct *w) { if (refresh_cpu_vm_stats(true)) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from cl@xxxxxxxxx are mm-proc-sys-vm-stat_refresh-to-force-vmstat-update-fix.patch vmstat-get-rid-of-the-ugly-cpu_stat_off-variable-v2.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html