Kernel version '2.6.32-754.el6' breaks IBM 'mmfs' module compilation.
Issue
- After updating the kernel to
2.6.32-754.*, we are unable to compile our gpfs drivers. - While compiling the gpfs drivers against the new kernel
2.6.32-754.*, we are facing issue like following:
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64'
LD /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/built-in.o
CC [M] /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/kdump-kern.o
In file included from /usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/kdump-kern.c:77:
/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/include/gpl-linux/verdep.h:1040: error: redefinition of âset_nlinkâ
include/linux/fs.h:1892: note: previous definition of âset_nlinkâ was here
make[3]: *** [/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/kdump-kern.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64'
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux'
make: *** [Modules] Error 1
(cd gpl-linux; /usr/bin/make InstallImages; \
exit $?) || exit 1
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux'
Pre-kbuild step 1...
Try make World again...
make[1]: *** [InstallImages] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux'
make: *** [InstallImages] Error 1
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Environment
- RHEL 6.10
kernel-2.6.32-754.el6IBM GPFS
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