Subject: Re: [PATCH] blkio: Fix linux-next build failure after merge of block tree

From: Jens Axboe <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:56:15 +0200

On Wed, Apr 14 2010, Divyesh Shah wrote:
> After merging the block tree, 20100414's linux-next build (x86_64
> allmodconfig) failed like this:
> 
> ERROR: "get_gendisk" [block/blk-cgroup.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "sched_clock" [block/blk-cgroup.ko] undefined!
> 
> This happens because the two symbols aren't exported and hence not available
> when blk-cgroup code is built as a module. I've tried to stay consistent with
> the use of EXPORT_SYMBOL or EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL with the other symbols in the
> respective files.

Thanks, applied. I changed the subject to say 'fix for modular
blk-cgroup build', as that is a lot more descriptive than saying you
fixed linux-next build. It's more informative to note the actual
problem, not how it was discovered.

-- 
Jens Axboe