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From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb•auug.org.au>
To: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit•com>
Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver•com>,
	linux-next@vger•kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org,
	devel@lists•open80211s.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (wireless tree related)
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 09:01:52 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110513090152.3dcef583.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTiknar_vMtmr659yNCVFz-V0W9XvOQ@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi Javier,

On Thu, 12 May 2011 10:22:20 -0700 Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit•com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb•auug.org.au> wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 May 2011 21:37:16 -0700 Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit•com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb•auug.org.au> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build (i386 defconfig)
> >> > failed like this:
> >> >
> >> > net/mac80211/cfg.c: In function 'sta_apply_parameters':
> >> > net/mac80211/cfg.c:746: error: 'struct sta_info' has no member named 'plink_state'
> >>
> >> Sorry, I just saw this.  My apologies.  The fixup is valid but I'm
> >> trying to understand why it is needed.
> >> ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif) compiles to 'false' when
> >> CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH is not defined... wouldn't the compiler remove
> >> that dead code? (Obviously it did not...)
> >
> > The compiler will elide that code but only after compiling it, so the
> > code still has to be correct.
> 
> Thanks for the explanation.
> 
> >> Anyway, given that this is necessary, it's probably cleaner to extend
> >> the #ifdef block to the entire body of the outer if as follows:
> >
> > I think you have the #ifdef one line too low.
> 
> My intent was to have the #endif one line above, but either way works.
>  That's the problem of preparing patches on pajamas.
> How can I help at this point?  Would resubmitting the patch help or
> just add noise?

Unless John has already fixed this, you need to send him a patch.  This
should be a fix patch as John doesn't normally rebase his tree (I think).
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb•auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-12 23:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-12  4:10 linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (wireless tree related) Stephen Rothwell
2011-05-12  4:37 ` Javier Cardona
2011-05-12  4:56   ` Stephen Rothwell
2011-05-12 17:22     ` Javier Cardona
2011-05-12 23:01       ` Stephen Rothwell [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-12-22  5:58 Stephen Rothwell
2011-12-22  8:38 ` Kalle Valo
2011-12-22 16:57 ` Michal Marek
2011-12-23 20:50   ` Michal Marek
2011-12-24  1:29     ` Kalle Valo
2011-12-24  1:26   ` Kalle Valo
2011-08-10  2:21 Stephen Rothwell
2011-08-10  6:11 ` Kalle Valo
2011-02-25  6:16 Stephen Rothwell
2011-02-25 20:33 ` wwguy
2011-02-24  6:24 Stephen Rothwell
2011-02-22  7:15 Stephen Rothwell
2011-02-22 15:45 ` Larry Finger
2011-01-05  4:10 Stephen Rothwell
2010-12-16  3:29 Stephen Rothwell
2010-12-16  4:49 ` Larry Finger
2010-12-07  3:12 Stephen Rothwell
2010-11-17  2:48 Stephen Rothwell
2010-11-17 16:03 ` Randy Dunlap
2010-11-18  2:27   ` Stephen Rothwell
2010-11-18 21:09     ` Gustavo F. Padovan
2010-10-12  5:35 Stephen Rothwell
2010-03-24  4:59 Stephen Rothwell
2010-03-24  8:13 ` Sujith

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