[PATCH] powerpc: Fix build failure when MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Wed Aug 20 18:00:50 EST 2014


On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani at gmail.com> wrote:
> ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG is enabled by default for powerpc. This causes build
> failures when SPARSEMEM=n as memory hotplug needs definition which are defined
> only when SPARSEMEM=y. The error is as follows:
>
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c:27:31: error: 'SECTION_SIZE_BITS' undeclared (first use in this function)
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c:27:31: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c: In function 'pseries_remove_memblock':
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c:98:34: error: 'SECTION_SIZE_BITS' undeclared (first use in this function)
> make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.o] Error 1
>
> Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani at gmail.com>
> CC: Andew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> index 9c1aa77..da16ffe 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> @@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ config ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
>
>  config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
>         def_bool y
> +       depends on SPARSEMEM
>
>  config ARCH_HAS_WALK_MEMORY
>         def_bool y
> --
> 1.9.1

In light of my investigation for your spufs patch, I guess this is a non-SMP
PSERIES config?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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