Re: [PATCH v9 0/9] Request for inclusion: per-cgroup tcp memory pressurecontrols

From: Glauber Costa
Date: Tue Dec 13 2011 - 15:11:46 EST


On 12/13/2011 05:59 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
Le mardi 13 dÃcembre 2011 Ã 14:49 +0100, Christoph Paasch a Ãcrit :

now there are plenty of compiler-warnings when CONFIG_CGROUPS is not set:

In file included from include/linux/tcp.h:211:0,
from include/linux/ipv6.h:221,
from include/net/ip_vs.h:23,
from kernel/sysctl_binary.c:6:
include/net/sock.h:67:57: warning: âstruct cgroup_subsysâ declared
inside parameter list [enabled by default]
include/net/sock.h:67:57: warning: its scope is only this definition or
declaration, which is probably not what you want [enabled by default]
include/net/sock.h:67:57: warning: âstruct cgroupâ declared inside
parameter list [enabled by default]
include/net/sock.h:68:61: warning: âstruct cgroup_subsysâ declared
inside parameter list [enabled by default]
include/net/sock.h:68:61: warning: âstruct cgroupâ declared inside
parameter list [enabled by default]


Because struct cgroup is only declared if CONFIG_CGROUPS is enabled.
(cfr. linux/cgroup.h)


Yes, we probably need forward reference like this :

Thanks !

[PATCH net-next] net: fix build error if CONFIG_CGROUPS=n

Reported-by: Christoph Paasch<christoph.paasch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet<eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
I am deeply sorry about that.
I was pretty sure I tested this case. But now that I looked into it, it occurs to me that I may have tested it only with the Memory Cgroup disabled, not with the master flag off.

Thanks for spotting this

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