Re: [PATCH linux-next] Documentation: mic: mpssd: Disable mpssd builds for kernels < 3.13

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

On 09/23/14 14:55, Ashutosh Dixit wrote:
> mpssd depends on headers available in kernels >= 3.13. Therefore
> disable the build for kernels < 3.13. For kernels < 3.13, to avoid the
> appearance of a build break simply print an error message and exit.

Why is this needed?  This file won't be built in any automated build
in v3.13 or any kernel until v3.17 at the earliest?


> Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Peter Foley <pefoley2@pefoley.com>
> Reviewed-by: Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c |  5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c b/Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c
> index 3c5c379..2cc48cc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c
> +++ b/Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
>   * Intel MIC User Space Tools.
>   */
>  
> +#include <linux/version.h>
> +
> +#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0))
> +
>  #define _GNU_SOURCE
>  
>  #include <stdlib.h>
> @@ -1726,3 +1730,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  
>  	exit(0);
>  }
> +#else /* kernel version < 3.13 */
> +
> +#include <stdio.h>
> +#include <stdlib.h>
> +
> +int main(void)
> +{
> +	fprintf(stderr, "mpssd is only usable against kernels >= 3.13\n");
> +	exit(1);
> +}
> +#endif
> diff --git a/Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c b/Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c
> index 8dd3269..1e3ff75 100644
> --- a/Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c
> +++ b/Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
>   * Intel MIC User Space Tools.
>   */
>  
> +#include <linux/version.h>
> +
> +#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0))
> +
>  #include "mpssd.h"
>  
>  #define PAGE_SIZE 4096
> @@ -100,3 +104,4 @@ done:
>  		free(oldvalue);
>  	return ret;
>  }
> +#endif
> 


-- 
~Randy