[Pvfs2-users] Segmentation fault on insmod pvfs2.ko (pvfs2.6.3-patched, kernel 2.6.22-rc4)

[Murali Vilayannur]

Hi Sam,
I don't believe this would have been a problem had Suse not shipped a
pre-release bleeding edge kernel which has not even made its way to
kernel.org. COrrect me if I am wrong on that.
I think the interface has not been changed so that builds wont fail
but driver errors such as these will force all driver authors/3rd
party folks to change to the new way.
thanks,
Murali

> Interesting.  The error message they have could be nicer.  Its
> strange that they keep the parameter in the function and allow it to
> fail at runtime, instead of removing it and making it fail at compile
> time.  Changing function prototypes in the kernel from version to
> version hasn't seemed like a big deal to the kernel developers, which
> can be a pain, but they should at least be consistent.
> -sam
>
> >
> > We use dtors for the inode cache and devreq cache.  But it's not
> > obivous to me how to move that functionality elsewhere, at a quick
> > glance.  Maybe you'll know?
> >
> >               -- Pete
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