Re: [Drbd-dev] [PATCH drbd-9.0] compat: __vmalloc() pgprot argument was removed in v5.8

[Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 08:39:30PM +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> Applied that patch to tag 9.0.25-1. Building the module via dkms
> gives:
> 
> /var/lib/dkms/drbd/9.0.25-1hsh2/build/src/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c: In function ???bm_realloc_pages???:
> /var/lib/dkms/drbd/9.0.25-1hsh2/build/src/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c:368:15: error: too few arguments to function ???__vmalloc???
>    new_pages = __vmalloc(bytes,
>                ^~~~~~~~~
> In file included from /var/lib/dkms/drbd/9.0.25-1hsh2/build/src/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c:16:
> /usr/src/linux-headers-4.19.0-9-common/include/linux/vmalloc.h:80:14: note: declared here
>  extern void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot);
>               ^~~~~~~~~

The patch worked for me with v5.3.  Be aware that with DKMS you have
to patch the source code in /usr/src, then delete the copy in
/var/lib/dkms such that it is recreated based on the patched
source code.

Thanks,

Lukas