Re: [PATCH] fs: nfs: dir.c: Fix sparse error

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Thu Dec 12 2019 - 13:04:02 EST


On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 01:45:29PM +0000, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-12-11 at 20:14 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 01:18:42PM +0530,
> > madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > This build error is because the macro list_tail_rcu() is
> > > not yet present in the mainline kernel.
> > >
> > > This patch is dependent on the patch :
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel-mentees/CAF65HP2SC89k9HJZfcLgeOMRPBKRyasCMiLo2gZgBKycjHuU6A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
> >
> > If the NFS folks are OK with it, I would be happy to take it in -rcu,
> > where the list_tail_rcu() patch is currently located.
>
> That would be fine with me.

Very good! I have queued it.

Thanx, Paul