When building against linux 3.2, we get this build error: building /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/lttng-probe-ext3.o CC [M] /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/lttng-probe-ext3.o In file included from /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/../../../probes/lttng-events.h:759:0, from /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/../../../probes/define_trace.h:148, from /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/ext3.h:868, from /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/lttng-probe-ext3.c:48: /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/../../../probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/ext3.h: In function '__event_probe__ext3__page_op': /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/../../../probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/ext3.h:240:1: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/../../../probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/ext3.h:240:1: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/../../../probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/ext3.h:240:1: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/../../../probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/ext3.h: In function '__event_probe__ext3_invalidatepage': /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/../../../probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/ext3.h:298:1: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/../../../probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/ext3.h:298:1: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type /tmp/nix-build-lttng-modules-2.2.0.drv-0/lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/../../../probes/../instrumentation/events/lttng-module/ext3.h:298:1: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type because a check for existing ext3/*h files in the kernel build tree is skipped for linux < 3.4. Fix it by extending the ext3_dep_check thing to also be run when building against linux >= 3.2 (not only linux >= 3.4). diff -uNr lttng-modules-2.2.0.orig/probes/Makefile lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/Makefile --- lttng-modules-2.2.0.orig/probes/Makefile 2013-06-19 03:22:44.000000000 +0200 +++ lttng-modules-2.2.0/probes/Makefile 2013-07-06 13:22:15.902957717 +0200 @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ext3_dep_check = $(wildcard $(ext3_dep)) ext3 = $(shell \ if [ $(VERSION) -ge 3 -a $(PATCHLEVEL) -ge 1 ] ; then \ - if [ $(VERSION) -ge 3 -a $(PATCHLEVEL) -ge 4 -a \ + if [ $(VERSION) -ge 3 -a $(PATCHLEVEL) -ge 2 -a \ -z "$(ext3_dep_check)" ] ; then \ echo "warn" ; \ exit ; \