Re: Current Linus' git compilation breakage.

From: Jean Delvare
Date: Sat Oct 13 2007 - 05:30:55 EST


On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:22:44 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 11:11:31AM +1000, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Maybe I just picked a bad time to try, but...
> >
> > arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c: In function 'apply_alternatives':
> > arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:191: error: 'VSYSCALL_START' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:191: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:191: error: for each function it appears in.)
> > arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:191: error: 'VSYSCALL_END' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/alternative.o] Error 1
> > make: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Error 2
>
> Try this.
>
> Include missing header for vsyscall.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> index bd72d94..11b03d3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> #include <asm/pgtable.h>
> #include <asm/mce.h>
> #include <asm/nmi.h>
> +#include <asm/vsyscall.h>
>
> #define MAX_PATCH_LEN (255-1)
>

Fixes the problem for me, thanks Dave!

Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

This should be applied to Linus' tree quickly.

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Jean Delvare
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