Re: Patch: linux-2.4.0test1-ac19/fs/devfs/base.c did not compile

From: Richard Gooch (rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca)
Date: Thu Jun 15 2000 - 11:06:16 EST


Adam J. Richter writes:
> [I tried send this to linux-kernel a few hours ago, and I
> got an uninformative error message that talked about "policy analasys"
> (I wonder how the message can be called "analasys" when it does not
> explain exactly what the cause or even the symptom of the problem was.)
> Anyhow, I am resubmitting in the hopes that the error was temporary.]
>
> linux-2.4.0test1-ac19/fs/devfs/base.c did not compile, because
> df->ops is a void* that needs to be cast into its proper type in
> order for fops_get to work. I have attached a patch below, although
> better approaches would be either to make fops_get an inline function
> (so the parameter would be cast automatically) or figure out of df->fops
> really needs to be a void*, or both.

It really needs to be a void *.

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca

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