Re: [revert 0d60d8df6f49] [net/net-next] [6.8-rc5] Build Failure

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Thu Feb 29 2024 - 09:47:49 EST


On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:55:22 +0100 Eric Dumazet wrote:
> I do not see other solution than this, otherwise we have to add more
> pollution to include/linux/netdevice.h

Right :(

> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> index a9c973b92294bb110cf3cd336485972127b01b58..40797ea80bc6273cae6b7773d0a3e47459a72150
> 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> @@ -2469,7 +2469,7 @@ struct net_device {
> struct devlink_port *devlink_port;
>
> #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DPLL)
> - struct dpll_pin __rcu *dpll_pin;
> + void __rcu *dpll_pin;
> #endif

If DPLL wants to hide its type definitions the helpers must live
in dpll? IOW move netdev_dpll_pin() to drivers/dpll/dpll_core.c

BTW Tasmiya, please do tell us what compiler you're using.