[PATCH] Fix build break in fork.c when THREAD_SIZE < PAGE_SIZE

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Sat Jun 25 2016 - 07:54:17 EST


Commit b235beea9e99 ("Clarify naming of thread info/stack allocators")
breaks the build on some powerpc configs, where THREAD_SIZE < PAGE_SIZE:

kernel/fork.c:235:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'free_thread_stack'
kernel/fork.c:355:8: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type
stack = alloc_thread_stack_node(tsk, node);
^

Fix it by renaming free_stack() to free_thread_stack(), and updating the
return type of alloc_thread_stack_node().

Fixes: b235beea9e99 ("Clarify naming of thread info/stack allocators")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/fork.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Hi Linus,

I saw this after I'd sent my latest fixes pull request. So rather than
retracting that pull request etc. I thought I'd just send this directly. I can
put it in a branch on Monday if you prefer.

cheers

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 37b9439b8c07..4a7ec0c6c88c 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -183,13 +183,13 @@ static inline void free_thread_stack(unsigned long *stack)
# else
static struct kmem_cache *thread_stack_cache;

-static struct thread_info *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk,
+static unsigned long *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk,
int node)
{
return kmem_cache_alloc_node(thread_stack_cache, THREADINFO_GFP, node);
}

-static void free_stack(unsigned long *stack)
+static void free_thread_stack(unsigned long *stack)
{
kmem_cache_free(thread_stack_cache, stack);
}
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2.5.0