Re: Compile failure on 2.1.127

Jens Axboe (axboe@image.dk)
Sun, 08 Nov 1998 02:00:18 +0100

Michael Harnois wrote:
> And it did fix the first error. But I still went on to get this one:
>
> zftape-buffers.c: In function `zft_kmalloc':
> zftape-buffers.c:125: structure has no member named `timeout'
> make[4]: *** [zftape-buffers.o] Error 1

Scheduling changes strikes again!

Apply this patch:

--- v2.1.127/drivers/char/ftape/zftape/zftape-buffers.c Sat Nov 7
22:07:21 1998
+++ linux/drivers/char/ftape/zftape/zftape-buffers.c Sun Nov 8 01:56:57
1998
@@ -122,9 +122,8 @@
void *new;

while ((new = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
- current->timeout = HZ/10;
current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
- schedule();
+ schedule_timeout(HZ/10);
}
memset(new, 0, size);
used_memory += size;

-- 
*  Jens Axboe
*
* "The only thing that interferes with my
*  learning is my education." -- A. Einstein


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