Re: Kernel 3.19

["bmax@gmx.it" <bmax@gmx.it>]

On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 15:36:58 +0000
"bmax@gmx.it" <bmax@gmx.it> wrote:

I reply to myself...

from /usr/src/linux-3.19/Documentation/filesystems/porting

"f_dentry is gone; use f_path.dentry, or, better yet, see if you can avoid
it entirely."

Cloop now compile with errors, the module load without errors:

/usr/src/cloop-exp/cloop.c: In function ‘cloop_set_file’:
/usr/src/cloop-exp/cloop.c:426:8: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
  inode = file->f_path.dentry;
        ^
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /usr/src/cloop-exp/cloop.mod.o
  LD [M]  /usr/src/cloop-exp/cloop.ko

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> Hi Klaus,
> 
> it seems that cloop has a problem with kernel 3.19, here's the log:
> 
> 
> make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-3.19'
>   CC [M]  /usr/src/cloop/cloop.o
> /usr/src/cloop/cloop.c: In function ‘cloop_set_file’:
> /usr/src/cloop/cloop.c:426:14: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’
>   inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
>               ^
> scripts/Makefile.build:263: recipe for target '/usr/src/cloop-2.639/cloop.o' failed
> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/cloop-2.639/cloop.o] Error 1
> Makefile:1382: recipe for target '_module_/usr/src/cloop-2.639' failed
> make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/cloop-2.639] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-3.19'
> Makefile:46: recipe for target 'cloop.ko' failed

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