On 01/13/2016 12:37 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> [add Jens Axboe]
>
>
> On 01/13/16 11:35, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 01/13/16 11:22, Blower, Melanie wrote:
>>> [1.]  Incorrect C usage in drivers/block/null_blk.c causes kernel compilation failure with Intel c++ compiler
>>> [2.] Full description of the problem/report:
>>> Using icc,
>>>      drivers/block/null_blk.c(569): error: variable "null_lnvm_dev_ops" was declared with a never-completed type
>>>      static struct nvm_dev_ops null_lnvm_dev_ops;
>>>
>>> Clark Nelson, one of Intel's C++ language lawyers, explains why this declaration is illegal:
>>>
>>>   Discussion:
>>>   Here is the problematic declaration, which appears near line 585 of file drivers/block/null_blk.c:
>>>
>>>        static struct nvm_dev_ops null_lnvm_dev_ops;

So that's a very verbose way of saying that the structure is undefined 
if CONFIG_NVM isn't set. I agree, that's crap code, doesn't make any 
sense. Surprised gcc doesn't complain about it.

Something like the attached should fix it, making enough visible with 
CONFIG_NVM that we can declare an empty ops type.

-- 
Jens Axboe