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

[Dan Williams]

On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 20:25:18 -0800 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Ugh, yes. Looks correct. I might have confused my build success
>> notifications from 0day. I'll spin out a new branch to make sure this
>> is the last of it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> While I have your attention ... did you consider using the other
> paradigm:
>
> In arch include files:
> #define pud_write       pud_write
> static inline int pud_write(pud_t pud)
>  .....
>
> Then in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h:
>
> #ifndef pud_write
> tatic inline int pud_write(pud_t pud)
> {
>         ....
> }
> #endif
>
> If you had, then the powerpc code would have worked ... ;-)
> and many of the other interfaces in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h are
> protected that way ...

I like that better. I simply cargo-culted the way pmd_write() was
defined, and should have given it a bit more thought. Andrew, I'll
respin these with Stephen's suggestion.