From: Erez Zadok Using http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ timestamped "10-Nov-2007 22:46". $ make CC kernel/capability.o kernel/capability.c: In function 'sys_capset': kernel/capability.c:231: warning: passing argument 1 of 'get_task_comm' from incompatible pointer type kernel/capability.c:231: error: too few arguments to function 'get_task_comm' make[1]: *** [kernel/capability.o] Error 1 make[1]: Target `__build' not remade because of errors. make: *** [kernel] Error 2 Small patch below fixes compile error. Erez. Signed-off-by: Erez Zadok Cc: Andrew Morgan Cc: Casey Schaufler Cc: Chris Wright Cc: James Morris Cc: Serge Hallyn Cc: Stephen Smalley Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/capability.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN kernel/capability.c~add-64-bit-capability-support-to-the-kernel-fix-fix kernel/capability.c --- a/kernel/capability.c~add-64-bit-capability-support-to-the-kernel-fix-fix +++ a/kernel/capability.c @@ -225,10 +225,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_capset(cap_user_head switch (version) { case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1: if (warned < 5) { + char name[sizeof(current->comm)]; warned++; printk(KERN_INFO "warning: process `%s' sets w/ old libcap\n", - get_task_comm(current)); + get_task_comm(name, current)); } tocopy = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_1; break; _