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

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Fri Mar 23 2012 - 05:24:27 EST


Hi James,

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:20:09 +0000 James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 13:00 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> >
> > After merging the scsi tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
> >
> > drivers/ata/sata_svw.c: In function 'k2_sata_proc_open':
> > drivers/ata/sata_svw.c:327:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'PDE' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> > drivers/ata/sata_svw.c:327:56: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'int')
> > drivers/ata/sata_svw.c:328:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
>
> That's defined in linux/proc_fs.h
>
> What was the config? Was it a no-PROCFS config, or is this just
> something that needs to be explicitly included?

See above, that was a powerpc ppc64_defconfig. It certainly has PROCFS
enabled. Almost everything needs to be explicitly included - see Rule 1
in Documentation/SubmitChecklist ...

Implicit includes are vulnerable to CONFIG changes and
architecture/platform differences in the include files. I have seen lots
of these. :-(

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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