RE: linux-next: build failure after merge of the wireless-next tree

From: Bing Zhao
Date: Wed Apr 23 2014 - 16:54:52 EST


Hi Stephen,

> Hi John,
>
> After merging the wireless-next tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> allyesconfig) failed like this:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c: In function 'mwifiex_pcie_fw_dump_work':
> drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c:2290:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'vmalloc' [-
> Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> entry->mem_ptr = vmalloc(memory_size + 1);
> ^
> drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c:2290:18: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a
> cast [enabled by default]
> entry->mem_ptr = vmalloc(memory_size + 1);
> ^
> drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c:2361:4: error: implicit declaration of function 'vfree' [-
> Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> vfree(entry->mem_ptr);
> ^
>
> Caused by commit e050c76fcf49 ("mwifiex: add firmware dump feature for
> PCIe").
>
> I have applied this patch for today:


Sorry for the trouble and thanks a lot for the fix.

Regards,
Bing


>
> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:44:59 +1000
> Subject: [PATCH] mwifiex: using vmallog requires including vmalloc.h
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c
> index 51989b31137a..9c1f42754bbe 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
> * this warranty disclaimer.
> */
>
> +#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> #include <linux/firmware.h>
>
> #include "decl.h"
> --
> 1.9.2
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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