From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs: compile fix, struct file forward declaration Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 10:36:22 -0700 Message-ID: <20100520173622.GB5927@kroah.com> References: <20100518164409.8b19c786.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <20100518140226.GB24113@kroah.com> <20100518210607.GI8301@sequoia.sous-sol.org> <20100518212448.GA31331@kroah.com> <20100518223219.GJ8301@sequoia.sous-sol.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:43546 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753640Ab0ETRgc (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 May 2010 13:36:32 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100518223219.GJ8301@sequoia.sous-sol.org> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Chris Wright Cc: Stephen Rothwell , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 03:32:19PM -0700, Chris Wright wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 04:44:09PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > After merging the driver-core tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc > > ppc64_defconfig) failed like this: > > > > cc1: warnings being treated as errors > > In file included from include/linux/kobject.h:21, > > from include/linux/device.h:17, > > from arch/powerpc/lib/devres.c:10: > > include/linux/sysfs.h:97: error: 'struct file' declared inside parameter list > > include/linux/sysfs.h:97: error: its scope is only this definition or > > declaration, which is probably not what you want > > include/linux/sysfs.h:99: error: 'struct file' declared inside parameter list > > include/linux/sysfs.h:101: error: 'struct file' declared inside parameter list > > > > and many more (arch/powerpc is built with -Werror (as do some other > > architectures)) and lots of similar warnings ... > > Add missing forward declaration > > Signed-off-by: Chris Wright Thanks, now merged in. greg k-h