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Re: [PATCH] extable.h: add stddef.h so "NULL" definition is not implicit

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Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> writes:
> While not an issue now, eventually we will have independent users of
> the extable.h file and we will stop sourcing it via module.h header.
>
> In testing that pending work, with very sparse builds, characteristic
> of an "allnoconfig" on various architectures, we can sometimes hit an
> instance where the very basic standard definitions aren't present,
> resulting in:
>
>  include/linux/extable.h:26:9: error: 'NULL' undeclared (first use in this function)
>
> To be clear, this isn't a regression, since currently extable.h is
> only used by module.h -- however, we will need this addition present
> before we start migrating exception table users off module.h and onto
> extable.h during the next release cycle.
>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
> ---
>
> [Was not expecting extable.h to be in 4.8 content, but since it is, it
>  might as well have this one line fixup to make it ready for 4.9 ; feel
>  free to squash this into the original extable.h creation if rebasing.]

Applied.  I prefer not to rebase published trees, and it's not like it's
going to break anyone's bisect.

Thanks,
Rusty.

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[PATCH] extable.h: add stddef.h so "NULL" definition is not implicit Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> - 2016-07-28 05:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] extable.h: add stddef.h so "NULL" definition is not implicit Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> - 2016-07-28 08:30 +0200

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