Re: 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 another compile error

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:42:35 +0200
Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   CC      drivers/dma/ioatdma.o
> drivers/dma/ioatdma.c: In function âioat_init_moduleâ:
> drivers/dma/ioatdma.c:828: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> make[2]: *** [drivers/dma/ioatdma.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [drivers/dma] Error 2
> make: *** [drivers] Error 2
> 

        if (THIS_MODULE != NULL)
                THIS_MODULE->unsafe = 1;

Chris, this won't compile with CONFIG_MODULES=n.

If module unloading is unsafe (why?) then a suitable workaround would be to
take an additional ref on the module (__module_get()) so that it cannot be
unloaded.

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