Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.15-rc9+1

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Jan 22 2018 - 17:09:19 EST


On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 11:06 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
> v4.15-rc9+1[1] compared to v4.14[2].

Clarification: v4.15-rc9+1 == v4.15-rc9 plus one additional commit
(kisskb does not have build results for plain v4.15-rc9).

> JFYI, when comparing v4.15-rc9+1[1] to v4.15-rc8[3], the summaries are:
> - build errors: +3/-1

+ /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/sh/mm/cache-sh4.c: error:
'cached_to_uncached' undeclared (first use in this function): =>
99:17
+ /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/sh/mm/cache-sh4.c: error: implicit
declaration of function 'cpu_context'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]: => 192:2

sh-randconfig (pops up from time to time)

+ error: "sgimc" [drivers/watchdog/indydog.ko] undefined!: => N/A

mipsel/mips-allmodconfig and mips-allmodconfig (patch available)

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head// (all 271 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/a8750ddca918032d6349adbf9a4b6555e7db20da/ (all 271 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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