Hi all,
When compiling 2.4.19-pre7 I am getting undefined reference to
`page_cache_release' errors on linking vmlinux:
make CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__
-I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer
-pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 " -C arch/i386/lib
make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
make all_targets
make[2]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all_targets'.
make[2]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
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 init/do_mounts.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/scsi/scsidrv.o
drivers/cdrom/driver.o
drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o drivers/md/mddev.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 `create_data_partitions':
fs/fs.o(.text+0x2594d): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
fs/fs.o(.text+0x25a05): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
fs/fs.o: In function `get_disk_objid':
fs/fs.o(.text+0x25d63): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
fs/fs.o(.text+0x25ddd): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
fs/fs.o(.text+0x25e18): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
fs/fs.o(.text+0x25ef6): more undefined references to `page_cache_release'
follow
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
The attached patch fixes this problem. Also included is my .config.
Regards,
James Bourne
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Hi James,
I have already submitted a patch to fix this earlier today... and in fact
it is identical to yours. (-:
Cheers,
Anton
At 14:50 16/04/02, James Bourne wrote:
>Hi all,
>When compiling 2.4.19-pre7 I am getting undefined reference to
>`page_cache_release' errors on linking vmlinux:
>
>make CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__
>-I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
>-Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer
>-pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 " -C arch/i386/lib
>make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
>make all_targets
>make[2]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
>make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all_targets'.
>make[2]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
>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 init/do_mounts.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/scsi/scsidrv.o
>drivers/cdrom/driver.o
>drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o drivers/md/mddev.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 `create_data_partitions':
>fs/fs.o(.text+0x2594d): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
>fs/fs.o(.text+0x25a05): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
>fs/fs.o: In function `get_disk_objid':
>fs/fs.o(.text+0x25d63): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
>fs/fs.o(.text+0x25ddd): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
>fs/fs.o(.text+0x25e18): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
>fs/fs.o(.text+0x25ef6): more undefined references to `page_cache_release'
>follow
>make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
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