PROBLEM: drivers/block/block.o - undefined referedce to 'deactivate_page' when compiling 2.4.14

PROBLEM: drivers/block/block.o - undefined referedce to 'deactivate_page' when compiling 2.4.14

[Peter Sozanski d'Alancaisez]

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[1] drivers/block/block.o - undefined referedce to 'deactivate_page' when compiling 2.4.14

[2] When compiling 2.4.14 with exactly the same config as my (operational) 2.4.12, make bxImage gets stuck on
devices/block/block.o In function 'lo_send'
devices/block/block.o .text+0x8f06 undefined reference to 'deactivate_page'
devices/block/block.o .text+0x8f44 undefined reference to 'deactivate_page'

[4] Linux 2.4.12 #1 SMP Sat Oct 13 12:03:40 GMT 2001 i686 unknown
 
[7]
Gnu C                  2.96
Gnu make               3.79.1
binutils               2.10.0.18
util-linux             2.10m
mount                  2.10r
modutils               2.3.21
e2fsprogs              1.18
pcmcia-cs              3.1.19
PPP                    2.4.0
Linux C Library        2.2.4
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.4
Procps                 2.0.7
Net-tools              1.56
Console-tools          0.3.3
Sh-utils               2.0
Modules Loaded         au8820


Any ideas? Many thanks,

Peter

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Re: PROBLEM: drivers/block/block.o - undefined referedce to'deactivate_page' when compiling 2.4.14

[Adrian Bunk]

On 11 Nov 2001, Peter Sozanski d'Alancaisez wrote:

> [1] drivers/block/block.o - undefined referedce to 'deactivate_page' when compiling 2.4.14
>
> [2] When compiling 2.4.14 with exactly the same config as my (operational) 2.4.12, make bxImage gets stuck on
> devices/block/block.o In function 'lo_send'
> devices/block/block.o .text+0x8f06 undefined reference to 'deactivate_page'
> devices/block/block.o .text+0x8f44 undefined reference to 'deactivate_page'
>...

This is a known bug.

The following patch fixes it:

--- linux-2.4.14-broken/drivers/block/loop.c	Thu Oct 25 13:58:34 2001
+++ linux-2.4.14/drivers/block/loop.c	Mon Nov  5 17:06:08 2001
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@
 		index++;
 		pos += size;
 		UnlockPage(page);
-		deactivate_page(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@
 	kunmap(page);
 unlock:
 	UnlockPage(page);
-	deactivate_page(page);
 	page_cache_release(page);
 fail:
 	return -1;

> Any ideas? Many thanks,
>
> Peter


cu
Adrian

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