Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the block tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Tue May 26 2020 - 00:36:38 EST


Hi all,

On Mon, 25 May 2020 13:03:44 -0600 Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 5/24/20 11:08 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> >
> > After merging the block tree, today's linux-next build (arm
> > multi_v7_defconfig) failed like this:
> >
> > mm/filemap.c: In function 'generic_file_buffered_read':
> > mm/filemap.c:2075:9: error: 'written' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'writeb'?
> > 2075 | if (written) {
> > | ^~~~~~~
> > | writeb
> >
> > Caused by commit
> >
> > 23d513106fd8 ("mm: support async buffered reads in generic_file_buffered_read()")
> >
> > from the block tree interacting with commit
> >
> > 6e66f10f2cac ("fs: export generic_file_buffered_read()")
> >
> > from the btrfs tree.
> >
> > [Aside: that btrfs tree commit talks about "correct the comments and variable
> > names", but changes "written" to "copied" in the function definition
> > but to "already_read" in the header file declaration ...]
> >
> > I ave applied the following merge fix patch:
>
> Looks like a frivolous change... Thanks for fixing this up Stephen.

The variable name change has been removed from the btrfs tree.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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