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Bug 41446

Summary: gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.2 -> dnotify.c compile error with supermount module
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Stephen M. Senesac <ssenesac>
Component: [OLD] Core systemAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: AMD64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: .config file that caused compile error

Description Stephen M. Senesac 2004-02-12 23:57:55 UTC
Enabling supermount as a modules causes kernel build to fail:

  CC      fs/dnotify.o
fs/dnotify.c:171: error: redefinition of `__kstrtab_dnotify_parent'
fs/dnotify.c:168: error: `__kstrtab_dnotify_parent' previously defined here
fs/dnotify.c:171: error: redefinition of `__ksymtab_dnotify_parent'
fs/dnotify.c:168: error: `__ksymtab_dnotify_parent' previously defined here
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:306: Error: symbol `__kstrtab_dnotify_parent' is already defined
{standard input}:312: Error: symbol `__ksymtab_dnotify_parent' is already defined
make[1]: *** [fs/dnotify.o] Error 1
make: *** [fs] Error

.config file is attached


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable Supermount filesystem as a module
2. make && make modules_install
3.

Actual Results:  
Kernel fails to compile
Comment 1 Stephen M. Senesac 2004-02-13 00:01:31 UTC
Created attachment 25517 [details]
.config file that caused compile error
Comment 2 Stephen M. Senesac 2004-02-13 00:07:10 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 40588 ***