Re: 2.5.35 undefined reference to `wait_task_inactive'

[Roberto Nibali]

>>A call to wait_task_inactive was added to fs/exec.c but that function is
>>not defined for UP.
> I haven't seen a fix for this yet?  

Err, I've done and sent a possible patch to LKML, I'm simply not sure if 
this is the right thing to do:

--- linux-2.5.35/kernel/sched.c Mon Sep 16 04:18:24 2002
+++ linux-2.5.35-ratz/kernel/sched.c    Mon Sep 16 13:29:28 2002
@@ -331,8 +331,6 @@
  #endif
  }

-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-
  /*
   * wait_task_inactive - wait for a thread to unschedule.
   *
@@ -366,7 +364,6 @@
         task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
         preempt_enable();
  }
-#endif

  /*
   * kick_if_running - kick the remote CPU if the task is running currently.

BTW, ACPI needs a few tunings too to be able to compile the stuff as 
modules, but I'm sure that also here it's not the right thing to do, I 
simply did a quick hack to have a running and bootable 2.5.35 kernel:

diff -ur linux-2.5.35/drivers/acpi/hardware/hwgpe.c 
linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/acpi/hardwar
e/hwgpe.c
--- linux-2.5.35/drivers/acpi/hardware/hwgpe.c  Mon Sep 16 04:18:17 2002
+++ linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/acpi/hardware/hwgpe.c     Mon Sep 16 
12:49:40 2002
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
  #include "acevents.h"

  #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_HARDWARE
+#ifdef MODULE
          ACPI_MODULE_NAME    ("hwgpe")
+#endif

 
/******************************************************************************
diff -ur linux-2.5.35/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsxfname.c 
linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/acpi/nam
espace/nsxfname.c
--- linux-2.5.35/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsxfname.c      Mon Sep 16 
04:18:23 2002
+++ linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsxfname.c Mon Sep 16 
13:00:34 2002
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@

  #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_NAMESPACE
+#ifdef MODULE
          ACPI_MODULE_NAME    ("nsxfname")
+#endif

 
/****************************************************************************
diff -ur linux-2.5.35/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsxfobj.c 
linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/acpi/name
space/nsxfobj.c
--- linux-2.5.35/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsxfobj.c       Mon Sep 16 
04:18:15 2002
+++ linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsxfobj.c  Mon Sep 16 
13:00:52 2002
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@

  #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_NAMESPACE
+#ifdef MODULE
          ACPI_MODULE_NAME    ("nsxfobj")
+#endif

 
/*******************************************************************************
   *
diff -ur linux-2.5.35/drivers/acpi/resources/rsdump.c 
linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/acpi/resou
rces/rsdump.c
--- linux-2.5.35/drivers/acpi/resources/rsdump.c        Mon Sep 16 
04:18:30 2002
+++ linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/acpi/resources/rsdump.c   Mon Sep 16 
13:01:26 2002
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
  #include "acresrc.h"

  #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_RESOURCES
+#ifdef MODULE
          ACPI_MODULE_NAME    ("rsdump")
+#endif

  #if defined(ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT) || defined(ACPI_DEBUGGER)
diff -ur linux-2.5.35/drivers/acpi/utilities/utdebug.c 
linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/acpi/util
ities/utdebug.c
--- linux-2.5.35/drivers/acpi/utilities/utdebug.c       Mon Sep 16 
04:18:38 2002
+++ linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/acpi/utilities/utdebug.c  Mon Sep 16 
13:02:12 2002
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
  #include "acpi.h"

  #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_UTILITIES
+#ifdef MODULE
          ACPI_MODULE_NAME    ("utdebug")
+#endif

  #ifdef ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT
diff -ur linux-2.5.35/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c 
linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/usb/storag
e/transport.c
--- linux-2.5.35/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c        Mon Sep 16 
04:18:26 2002
+++ linux-2.5.35-ratz/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c   Mon Sep 16 
12:46:47 2002
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
  #include <linux/errno.h>
  #include <linux/slab.h>

+extern void show_trace(unsigned long* esp);
+
  /***********************************************************************
   * Helper routines
   ***********************************************************************/

Best regards,
Roberto Nibali, ratz
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