Re: [PATCH 4/5] debugfs: introduce stub for debugfs_create_size_t()when DEBUG_FS=n

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Thu Jan 22 2009 - 01:42:20 EST


Hi Greg,

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:19:56 -0800 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Toralf FÃrster <toralf.foerster@xxxxxx> reported a build failure in
> the WiMAX stack when CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=n
>
> http://linuxwimax.org/pipermail/wimax/2009-January/000449.html
>
> This is due to debugfs_create_size_t() missing an stub that returns
> -ENODEV when the DEBUGFS subsystem is not configured in (like the rest
> of the debugfs API).
>
> This patch adds said stub.
>
> Reported-by: Toralf FÃrster <toralf.foerster@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/debugfs.h | 7 +++++++
> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
> index 23936b1..0f5c33b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
> @@ -162,6 +162,13 @@ static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_x32(const char *name, mode_t mode,
> return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> }
>
> +struct dentry *debugfs_create_size_t(const char *name, mode_t mode,

This needs to be "static inline". See my other email about linux-next
breakage due to this.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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