[Drbd-dev] [PATCH drbd-9.0] compat: __vmalloc() pgprot argument was removed in v5.8

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie at lxtec.de> [2020-10-11 20:39 +0200]:

> Applied that patch to tag 9.0.25-1. Building the module via dkms
> gives:
> 
> /var/lib/dkms/drbd/9.0.25-1hsh2/build/src/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c: In function ‘bm_realloc_pages’:
> /var/lib/dkms/drbd/9.0.25-1hsh2/build/src/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c:368:15: error: too few arguments to function ‘__vmalloc’
>    new_pages = __vmalloc(bytes,
>                ^~~~~~~~~
> In file included from /var/lib/dkms/drbd/9.0.25-1hsh2/build/src/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c:16:
> /usr/src/linux-headers-4.19.0-9-common/include/linux/vmalloc.h:80:14: note: declared here
>  extern void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot);
>               ^~~~~~~~~

This was on 4.19. I think the changes must depend on KVERS as the
modules should build from 4.19 upwards. Will try your patch against
5.8 tomorrow.

Elimar
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