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

[Tasmiya Nalatwad]

Greetings,

This is tied to gcc version. Build failure is seen while using gcc-8.5.x

On 2/29/24 20:17, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> 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.
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Regards,
Tasmiya Nalatwad
IBM Linux Technology Center