Re: Compile failed on fs.o for 2.4.15-pre4

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Preston Crow wrote:

> After making the patch to setup.c so that it would compile, I ran into a
> linking error.  I have a fairly standard uniprocessor PIII system.  I can
> make my config file available to anyone that thinks it will help.
> 
> 
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
> ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o \
>         --start-group \
>         arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
>          drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/char/agp/agp.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o drivers/net/fc/fc.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/pnp/pnp.o drivers/video/video.o \
>         net/network.o \
>         /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
>         --end-group \
>         -o vmlinux
> fs/fs.o: In function `dput':
> fs/fs.o(.text+0x10fb8): undefined reference to `atomic_dec_and_lock'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
> 
> [Please CC responses to me]

Assuming that your version is similar to mine....

In ...linux/fs/dcache.c add ...
#include <linux/spinlock.h>

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (799.53 BogoMips).

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