Re: [BUG] net/core/sock.c won't compile on alpha

[Simon Brown <lists@700c.org>]

Bob,

Is this a different issue to the one discussed and fixed earlier in the month
with this email subject:
Re: [next:akpm 129/309] net/core/sock.c:274:36: error: initializer element is not constant

Sounds very similar.

Simon

At Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:14:07 -0500,
Bob Tracy wrote:
> 
> Kernel version 3.6.0-rc2, and probably -rc1 as well.  I get the
> following compile-time error on alpha architecture:
> 
> (...)
>   CC      net/core/sock.o
> net/core/sock.c:274:36: error: initializer element is not constant
> net/core/sock.c:274:36: error: (near initialization for "memalloc_socks")
> net/core/sock.c:274:36: error: initializer element is not constant
> make[2]: *** [net/core/sock.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [net/core] Error 2
> make: *** [net] Error 2
> 
> Compiler is gcc-4.6.3.
> 
> Line 274 of net/core/sock.c is
> 
> struct static_key memalloc_socks = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
> 
> which made its first appearance in 3.6.0-rc1.
> 
> --Bob
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