[2.6 patch] mm/filemap.c:generic_write_checks() mustn't be inline

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 07:22:22PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>...
> then it fails with:
> 
>  mm/filemap.c: In function '__generic_file_aio_write_nolock':
>  mm/filemap.c:1831: sorry, unimplemented: inlining failed in call to 'generic_write_checks': function body not available
> 
> i used:
> 
>    make ARCH=um SUBARCH=x86_64 -j64 linux
> 
> on x86-64, gcc-4.3.0-0.13. Config is:
> 
>    http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/.config.um
>...

Patch below.

> 	Ingo
>...

cu
Adrian


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This patch fixes the following build error with UML and gcc 4.3:

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...
  CC      mm/filemap.o
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c: In function â__generic_file_aio_write_nolockâ:
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c:1831: sorry, unimplemented: inlining failed in call to âgeneric_write_checksâ: function body not available
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c:2383: sorry, unimplemented: called from here
make[2]: *** [mm/filemap.o] Error 1

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Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
e4a4374513a2b23060bb385d83f1e67427b1b665 diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 07e9d92..576b553 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1827,7 +1827,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iov_iter_single_seg_count);
  * Returns appropriate error code that caller should return or
  * zero in case that write should be allowed.
  */
-inline int generic_write_checks(struct file *file, loff_t *pos, size_t *count, int isblk)
+int generic_write_checks(struct file *file, loff_t *pos, size_t *count,
+			 int isblk)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	unsigned long limit = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur;
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