Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (ttytree related)

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Wed Jan 05 2011 - 22:27:27 EST


HI Greg,

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:16:17 +0100 (CET) Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2010, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 05:11:20PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > Hi Greg,
> > >
> > > After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > > allyesconfig) failed like this:
> > >
> > > drivers/serial/apbuart.c:596: error: conflicting types for 'grlib_apbuart_configure'
> > > drivers/serial/apbuart.c:523: note: previous declaration of 'grlib_apbuart_configure' was here
> > >
> > > Caused by commit 35c64e5d13c3d7d8c4ad061ad5e20498b9160c24 ("drivers:
> > > serial: apbuart: Handle OF failures gracefully"). This build has
> > > CONFIG_SERIAL_GRLIB_GAISLER_APBUART_CONSOLE set ...
> > >
> > > I have reverted this commit for today.
> >
> > Ugh. Thomas, care to send me a patch?
>
> Sorry, I missed the console part. Patch below.

Ping?

> Thanks,
>
> tglx
> ---
> Subject: drivers: serial: apbuart: Fixup apbuart_console_init()
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:09:49 +0100
>
> commit 35c64e5d (drivers: serial: apbuart: Handle OF failures
> gracefully) missed that the modified grlib_apbuart_configure()
> function is called from apbuart_console_init() as well.
>
> Fix the fallout.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/serial/apbuart.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6-tip/drivers/serial/apbuart.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/drivers/serial/apbuart.c
> +++ linux-2.6-tip/drivers/serial/apbuart.c
> @@ -520,11 +520,12 @@ static struct console grlib_apbuart_cons
> };
>
>
> -static void grlib_apbuart_configure(void);
> +static int grlib_apbuart_configure(void);
>
> static int __init apbuart_console_init(void)
> {
> - grlib_apbuart_configure();
> + if (grlib_apbuart_configure())
> + return -ENODEV;
> register_console(&grlib_apbuart_console);
> return 0;
> }

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

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