Hi Al, After merging the vfs tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc ppc64_defconfig) failed like this: In file included from include/linux/tracehook.h:51:0, from arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c:25: include/linux/security.h: In function 'securityfs_create_dir': include/linux/security.h:3003:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'ERR_PTR' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] include/linux/security.h:3003:2: error: return makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Werror] include/linux/security.h: In function 'securityfs_create_file': include/linux/security.h:3012:2: error: return makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Werror] In file included from include/linux/fs.h:2283:0, from include/linux/trace_seq.h:4, from include/linux/ftrace_event.h:5, from include/trace/syscall.h:6, from arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c:32: include/linux/err.h: At top level: include/linux/err.h:22:35: error: conflicting types for 'ERR_PTR' include/linux/security.h:3003:9: note: previous implicit declaration of 'ERR_PTR' was here And many more similar. Probably caused by commit 3073cb2e813c ("trim security.h") which presumably removed an include file that was including err.h :-( I have used the vfs tree from next-20111216 for today. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/