Re: 2.6.6-bk-current and no CONFIG_SYSFS gives lib/kobject.c:395: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be

[Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>]

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 08:29:06AM -0600, Steven Cole wrote:
> Using the current 2.6.6-bk kernel, and without CONFIG_SYSFS,
> I get this error:
> 
>   CC      lib/kobject.o
> lib/kobject.c: In function `kobject_rename':
> lib/kobject.c:395: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be
>   CC      net/core/scm.o
> make[1]: *** [lib/kobject.o] Error 1
> 
> With CONFIG_SYSFS=y, the kernel builds OK.
> 
> 	Steven
> 

The sysfs_rename_dir() interface was changed recently but I forgto to change
the definition if CONFIG_SYSFS is not define. I think the following patch 
should be sufficient.

Thanks
Maneesh


o Fix the definition for sysfs_rename_dir() when CONFIG_SYSFS is not 
  defined.


 include/linux/sysfs.h |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN include/linux/sysfs.h~fix-CONFIG_SYSFS include/linux/sysfs.h
--- linux-2.6.6-bk6/include/linux/sysfs.h~fix-CONFIG_SYSFS	2004-05-21 16:22:24.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.6-bk6-maneesh/include/linux/sysfs.h	2004-05-21 16:41:32.000000000 -0500
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ static inline void sysfs_remove_dir(stru
 	;
 }
 
-static inline void sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * k, const char *new_name)
+static inline int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * k, const char *new_name)
 {
-	;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline int sysfs_create_file(struct kobject * k, const struct attribute * a)

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