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

From: Al Viro
Date: Thu May 27 2010 - 21:51:53 EST


On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:45:39AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Al,
>
> After merging the vfs tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
>
> arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c:1852: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before 'int'
> arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c:1871: error: 'spufs_mfc_fsync' undeclared here (not in a function)

Tpyo in fsync patch (missing comma in line 1852 there)

> Caused by commit 05b2fc7d1f1046fef1199e1a4d2f63df998ef3aa ("drop unused
> dentry argument to ->fsync").

> My merge of the vfs tree was also bad because commit
> facd07b07d2a7988f5ce849558838cc953847637 ("direct-io: add a hook for the
> fs to provide its own submit_bio function") that entered Linus' tree in
> the past 24 hours changed the prototype of __blockdev_direct_IO() and
> that probably needs reflecting in the new __blockdev_direct_IO_newtrunc().

OK, I'll rebase that stuff.
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