Re: [PATCH] sysfs: compile fix, struct file forward declaration

[Greg KH]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 03:32:19PM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 04:44:09PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > After merging the driver-core tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
> > 
> > cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> > In file included from include/linux/kobject.h:21,
> >                  from include/linux/device.h:17,
> >                  from arch/powerpc/lib/devres.c:10:
> > include/linux/sysfs.h:97: error: 'struct file' declared inside parameter list
> > include/linux/sysfs.h:97: error: its scope is only this definition or
> > declaration, which is probably not what you want
> > include/linux/sysfs.h:99: error: 'struct file' declared inside parameter list
> > include/linux/sysfs.h:101: error: 'struct file' declared inside parameter list
> > 
> > and many more (arch/powerpc is built with -Werror (as do some other
> > architectures)) and lots of similar warnings ...
> 
> Add missing forward declaration
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, now merged in.

greg k-h
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