Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix compilation error for unknown type name pgprot_t

From: Logan Gunthorpe
Date: Mon Apr 20 2020 - 12:44:34 EST




On 2020-04-20 2:22 a.m., Abhishek Sahu wrote:
> commit 30796e18c299 ("x86/mm: introduce __set_memory_prot()")
> added the function __set_memory_prot() which uses pgprot_t in
> function prototype. The currently included header files in
> <arch/x86/include/asm/set_memory.h> do not include type name
> pgprot_t. The pgprot_t is defined in <asm/pgtable_types.h>.
>
> Fixes: 30796e18c299 ("x86/mm: introduce __set_memory_prot()")
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sahu <abhsahu@xxxxxxxxxx>

I assume this is only hit with a specific driver or something that
includes set_memory.h without including pgtable_types.h before hand.

It certainly compiles fine for me and the kbuild robot has had lots of
time to test it with random configs.

Reviewed-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

Logan