Re: OMAP: small patch fixes "fs/jffs2/malloc.c:126: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type"

[Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@googlemail.com>]

®agner wrote:
> The additional linux/sched.h fixes the  wrong caused by 
> dbg_memalloc("%p\n", ret); in
> line 126,defined in  fs/jffs2/debug.h line 168 , that is an
> JFFS2_DEBUG(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__),defined in  fs/jffs2/debug.h line 101.
> 
> #define JFFS2_DEBUG(fmt, ...)                        \
>     do {                                \
>         printk(JFFS2_DBG_MSG_PREFIX                \
>             " (%d) %s: " fmt, current->pid,            \
>             __FUNCTION__ , ##__VA_ARGS__);            \
>  } while(0)
> 
> the variable "current" is defined in linux/sched.h, the message "error: 
> dereferencing pointer to incomplete type"
> is caused  because this.

For me it compiles without any issues. I wonder if the error 
happens only with some debugging enabled?

Anyway, I think fixes in fs/jffs2/malloc.c should go to 
JFFS2 maintainers.

Dirk

> On 12/28/06, *Dirk Behme* <dirk.behme@googlemail.com 
> <mailto:dirk.behme@googlemail.com> > wrote:
> 
>     Ragner N Magalhães wrote:
>      > Hi all,
>      > this is other small patch that fixes this error below
>      >
>      > fs/jffs2/malloc.c: In function 'jffs2_alloc_full_dirent':
>      > fs/jffs2/malloc.c:126: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
>     type
> 
>     Hmh. For me it looks like using recent git on OSK
>     fs/jffs2/malloc.c compiles without any issues.
> 
>     For me, jffs2_alloc_full_dirent() is:
> 
>     struct jffs2_full_dirent *jffs2_alloc_full_dirent(int namesize)
>     {
>             struct jffs2_full_dirent *ret;
>             ret = kmalloc(sizeof(struct jffs2_full_dirent) + namesize,
>     GFP_KERNEL);
>     126: dbg_memalloc("%p\n", ret);
>             return ret;
>     }
> 
>     with line 126 being dbg_memalloc("%p\n", ret). What's wrong
>     here that should be fixed by additional linux/sched.h?
> 
>     Dirk
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ragner N Magalhães
> Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia (INdT) - OSMRC
> E-mail: ragner.magalhaes@indt.org.br <mailto:ragner.magalhaes@indt.org.br>