Re: Linux 2.4.20-rc2

[Adrian Bunk]

I got the following error at the final linking of 2.4.20-rc2:

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...
        -o vmlinux
fs/fs.o(.text+0x53bc3): In function `presto_free_cache':
: undefined reference to `presto_dentry_slab'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

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K S Sreeram <[e-mail]> proposed the following patch two
weeks ago:

--- a/fs/intermezzo/dcache.c	Mon Oct 21 10:56:57 2002
+++ b/fs/intermezzo/dcache.c	Mon Oct 21 10:56:57 2002
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/intermezzo_fs.h>
 
-static kmem_cache_t * presto_dentry_slab;
+kmem_cache_t * presto_dentry_slab;
 
 /* called when a cache lookup succeeds */
 static int presto_d_revalidate(struct dentry *de, int flag)

cu
Adrian

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