Re: linux-next: Tree for Sep 5: build error due to 'ath5k: added debugfs file for dumping eeprom'

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Sat Sep 06 2014 - 14:14:31 EST


On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I see the following build error on linux-next-20140905.
>
> Guenter
>
> ---
>
> Building alpha:allmodconfig ... failed
> Building sparc64:allmodconfig ... failed
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c: In function 'open_file_eeprom':
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c:933:2: error:
> implicit declaration of function 'vmalloc' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c:933:6: warning:
> assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c:960:2: error:
> implicit declaration of function 'vfree' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

Missing #include <linux/vmalloc.h>?

> make[5]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.o] Error 1
> make[4]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k] Error 2
> make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ath] Error 2
>
> Bisect results:
>
> db906eb2101b0564b0c65edf4a8647395196342e is the first bad commit
> commit db906eb2101b0564b0c65edf4a8647395196342e
> Author: Jade Bilkey <herself@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat Aug 30 15:14:14 2014 -0400
>
> ath5k: added debugfs file for dumping eeprom
>
> Signed-off-by: Jade Bilkey <herself@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>




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Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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