From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Henne Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] fix legacy megaraid-driver to compile without CONFIG_PROC_FS Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:54:57 +0200 Message-ID: <44AD78A1.5010708@nachtwindheim.de> References: <44AD6A5A.5060403@nachtwindheim.de> <20060706131447.ed46c3cb.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <44AD73AD.5080402@nachtwindheim.de> <20060706204252.GV26941@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from server6.greatnet.de ([83.133.96.26]:9098 "EHLO server6.greatnet.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750844AbWGFUyF (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:54:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20060706204252.GV26941@stusta.de> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Adrian Bunk Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" , Neela.Kolli@engenio.com, kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Adrian Bunk schrieb: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 10:33:49PM +0200, Henne wrote: >>>> From: Henrik Kretzschmar >>>> >>>> Create an empty inline function to make the legacy megaraid-driver compile >>>> without PROC_FS. >>>> Signed-off-by: Henrik Kretzschmar >>>> --- >>>> >>>> --- linux-2.6.18-rc1/drivers/scsi/megaraid.h 2006-06-18 03:49:35.000000000 +0200 >>>> +++ linux/drivers/scsi/megaraid.h 2006-07-06 21:39:59.000000000 +0200 >>>> @@ -1039,6 +1039,9 @@ >>>> static int proc_rdrv_30(char *, char **, off_t, int, int *, void *); >>>> static int proc_rdrv_40(char *, char **, off_t, int, int *, void *); >>>> static int proc_rdrv(adapter_t *, char *, int, int); >>>> +#else >>>> +static inline void >>>> +mega_create_proc_entry(int index, struct proc_dir_entry *parent) {} >>>> #endif >>>> >>>> static int mega_adapinq(adapter_t *, dma_addr_t); >>> Already in -mm: >>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.17/2.6.17-mm6/broken-out/drivers-scsi-megaraidc-add-a-dummy-mega_create_proc_entry-for-proc_fs=y.patch >> Great, but isn't it better to put that define stuff into the headers? > > No - the function itself is static (and has therefore itself no > prototype in any header). > > If the function was global, I'd agree with you. > >> Thanks and Greets, >> Henne > > cu > Adrian > The header I mean is /drivers/scsi/megaraid.h and is only used by megaraid.c. And there are the prototypes, in dependency of CONFIG_PROC_FS, for all these other proc-related functions. Thats why I decided to make the change there and not in megaraid.c .