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List:       reiserfs-devel
Subject:    Re: linux 3.4.2 fails to compile with patch
From:       "dE ." <de.techno () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-09-17 4:50:49
Message-ID: 5056AC26.2080608 () gmail ! com
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On 09/14/12 18:12, Ivan Shapovalov wrote:
> On Friday 14 September 2012 09:50:03 dE . wrote:
>> Hello again :)
>>
>> I downloaded the recent patches for 3.2 to 3.5 kernels, and applied it
>> to my 3.4.2 kernel. It results in the following --
>>
>> CC      fs/fs-writeback.o
>> fs/fs-writeback.c: In function 'generic_writeback_sb_inodes':
>> fs/fs-writeback.c:560:6: error: request for member 'nr_to_write' in
>> something not a structure or union
>> fs/fs-writeback.c:561:6: error: request for member 'pages_skipped' in
>> something not a structure or union
>> fs/fs-writeback.c:563:3: warning: passing argument 3 of
>> 'writeback_single_inode' from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
>> fs/fs-writeback.c:344:1: note: expected 'struct writeback_control *' but
>> argument is of type 'struct writeback_control **'
>> fs/fs-writeback.c:565:38: error: request for member 'nr_to_write' in
>> something not a structure or union
>> fs/fs-writeback.c:566:29: error: request for member 'nr_to_write' in
>> something not a structure or union
>> fs/fs-writeback.c:569:10: error: request for member 'pages_skipped' in
>> something not a structure or union
>> make[1]: *** [fs/fs-writeback.o] Error 1
>> make: *** [fs] Error 2
> Hello,
>
> The vfs layer had undergone some changes between versions 3.4 and 3.5, so a
> patch against 3.5 won't work when applied to 3.4 or earlier versions.
> Instead, please, try the attached patch.
>
> Regards,
> Ivan Shapovalov.
>
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Thankyou! It works. This should be added to the SF project.

I'll test reiser4 with my root partition (without compression).
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