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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] watch_queue: make locked_vm accessible
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 09:39:36 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1bfa4486-96db-dd83-dc6d-433302f3235f@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190906153249.1864324-1-arnd@arndb.de>

On 9/6/19 9:32 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The locked_vm member of struct user_struct is guarded by an #ifdef,
> which breaks building the new watch_queue driver when all the other
> subsystems that need it are disabled:
> 
> drivers/misc/watch_queue.c:315:38: error: no member named 'locked_vm' in 'struct user_struct'; did you mean 'locked_shm'?
> 
> Add watch_queue to the list.

Should we either:

1) Make it unconditionally available

or

2) Introduce a symbol for this that others can select, like
   CONFIG_NEEDS_USER_LOCKED_VM or something like that.

?

-- 
Jens Axboe


      parent reply	other threads:[~2019-09-06 15:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-06 15:32 [PATCH 1/2] watch_queue: make locked_vm accessible Arnd Bergmann
2019-09-06 15:32 ` [PATCH 2/2] [don't apply] watch_queue: disable sample Arnd Bergmann
2019-09-06 15:39 ` Jens Axboe [this message]

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