Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the kspp tree

[Daniel Micay]

On Fri, 2017-06-16 at 11:30 +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Kees,
> 
> After merging the kspp tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> allmodconfig) failed like this:
> 
> In file included from include/linux/bitmap.h:8:0,
>                  from include/linux/cpumask.h:11,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:4,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:10,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:52,
>                  from include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
>                  from arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
>                  from include/linux/preempt.h:80,
>                  from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
>                  from include/linux/mmzone.h:7,
>                  from include/linux/gfp.h:5,
>                  from include/linux/slab.h:14,
>                  from drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c:37:
> In function 'memcpy',
>     inlined from 'csio_append_attrib' at
> drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c:248:2,
>     inlined from 'csio_ln_fdmi_dprt_cbfn' at
> drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c:471:2:
> include/linux/string.h:309:4: error: call to '__read_overflow2'
> declared with attribute error: detected read beyond size of object
> passed as 2nd parameter
>     __read_overflow2();
>     ^
> In function 'memcpy',
>     inlined from 'csio_append_attrib' at
> drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c:248:2,
>     inlined from 'csio_ln_fdmi_rhba_cbfn' at
> drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c:337:2:
> include/linux/string.h:309:4: error: call to '__read_overflow2'
> declared with attribute error: detected read beyond size of object
> passed as 2nd parameter
>     __read_overflow2();
>     ^
> 
> Caused by commit
> 
>   b90d6eba50d7 ("include/linux/string.h: add the option of fortified
> string.h functions")
> 
> I have reverted that commit for today.

That's this one: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/5/9/613, which is in
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mkp/scsi.git/ in the
4.13/scsi-queue and for-next branches. I think that's why Kees didn't
include it but I get he needs to add that.