Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the akpm-current tree

From: David Hildenbrand <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:17:42 +0200

On 20.06.19 11:42, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> After merging the akpm-current tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
> 
> drivers/base/memory.c: In function 'find_memory_block':
> drivers/base/memory.c:621:43: error: 'hint' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'uint'?
>   return find_memory_block_by_id(block_id, hint);
>                                            ^~~~
>                                            uint
> drivers/base/memory.c:621:43: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
> drivers/base/memory.c:622:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
>  }
>  ^
> 
> Caused by commit
> 
>   29be27f12cc8 ("drivers/base/memory.c: Get rid of find_memory_block_hinted()")
> 
> I have reverted that commit for today.
> 
Uh, how did that happen. "hint" -> "NULL". But we can drop the hint
completely. Will send a new patch. Grml.

Sorry for the noise.

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb