Re: small bug/oversight found in 2.4.3

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Sun, 15 Apr 2001 04:31:59 -0400

Swivel wrote:
>
> drivers/char/char.c, line 247
> create_proc_read_entry() is called regardless of the definition of
> CONFIG_PROC_FS, simply wrap call with #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS and #endif.

create_proc_read_entry exists, as a static inline no-op, without
CONFIG_PROC_FS.

Typically you want to change the driver-local function passed to
create_proc_read_entry to be a static inline no-op for the
!CONFIG_PROC_FS case.

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MandrakeSoft      |  he's never hungry again." -- Chris Neufeld
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