Subject: linux-next: build failure after merge of the mac80211-next tree

From: Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:29:30 +1000

Hi all,

After merging the mac80211-next tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
allmodconfig) failed like this:

drivers/staging/wilc1000/cfg80211.c:1668:3: error: 'const struct cfg80211_ops' has no member named 'mgmt_frame_register'
 1668 |  .mgmt_frame_register = wilc_mgmt_frame_register,
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/staging/wilc1000/cfg80211.c:1668:25: error: initialization of 'int (*)(struct wiphy *, struct wireless_dev *, u64)' {aka 'int (*)(struct wiphy *, struct wireless_dev *, long long unsigned int)'} from incompatible pointer type 'void (*)(struct wiphy *, struct wireless_dev *, u16,  bool)' {aka 'void (*)(struct wiphy *, struct wireless_dev *, short unsigned int,  _Bool)'} [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
 1668 |  .mgmt_frame_register = wilc_mgmt_frame_register,
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/staging/wilc1000/cfg80211.c:1668:25: note: (near initialization for 'wilc_cfg80211_ops.mgmt_tx_cancel_wait')
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:3400:3: error: 'struct cfg80211_ops' has no member named 'mgmt_frame_register'
 3400 |  .mgmt_frame_register = cfg80211_rtw_mgmt_frame_register,
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:3400:25: error: initialization of 'int (*)(struct wiphy *, struct wireless_dev *, u64)' {aka 'int (*)(struct wiphy *, struct wireless_dev *, long long unsigned int)'} from incompatible pointer type 'void (*)(struct wiphy *, struct wireless_dev *, u16,  bool)' {aka 'void (*)(struct wiphy *, struct wireless_dev *, short unsigned int,  _Bool)'} [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
 3400 |  .mgmt_frame_register = cfg80211_rtw_mgmt_frame_register,
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:3400:25: note: (near initialization for 'rtw_cfg80211_ops.mgmt_tx_cancel_wait')

Caused by commit

  6cd536fe62ef ("cfg80211: change internal management frame registration API")

I have used the mac80211-next from next-20200424 for today.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell