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Date:   Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:14:06 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: nfs: dir.c: Fix sparse error
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On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 01:18:42PM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik04@gmail.com wrote:
> This build error is because the macro list_tail_rcu() is
> not yet present in the mainline kernel.
> 
> This patch is dependent on the patch : https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel-mentees/CAF65HP2SC89k9HJZfcLgeOMRPBKRyasCMiLo2gZgBKycjHuU6A@mail.gmail.com/T/#t

If the NFS folks are OK with it, I would be happy to take it in -rcu,
where the list_tail_rcu() patch is currently located.

							Thanx, Paul