Re: 2.6.25-rc2-mm1: new create_proc_entry() users

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:25:00 +0000 "Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" <Mike.Miller@xxxxxx> wrote:

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alexey Dobriyan [mailto:adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 4:51 AM
> > To: Andrew Morton
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Miller, Mike (OS Dev);
> > alexn@xxxxxxxxx; dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: 2.6.25-rc2-mm1: new create_proc_entry() users
> >
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> > > cciss-procfs-updates-to-display-info-about-many-volumes
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> > Guys, create_proc_entry() is slightly racy in case of modular code and
> > proc_create() was invented to fix it. Eventually all
> > create_proc_entry() users will be converted to proc_create(),
> > so please do it for new code.
> >
> Why am I getting "implicit declaration of function 'proc_create'" when I try to use that function? I have kernel version 2.6.24, gcc version 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-51). Am I missing a header file?
> 

2.6.24 is 47MB of diff ago.  Please always develop and test against
development kernels!
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