RE: [EXT] linux-next: build failure after merge of the net-next tree

[Ratheesh Kannoth]

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From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2022 6:30 AM
To: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Networking <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [EXT] linux-next: build failure after merge of the net-next tree

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>Hi all,

>After merging the net-next tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
>allmodconfig) failed like this:

>In file included from drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c:14:
>drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc_profile.h:15120:28: error: 'npc_mkex_default' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-variable]
>15120 | static struct npc_mcam_kex npc_mkex_default = {
 >     |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc_profile.h:15000:30: error: 'npc_lt_defaults' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-variable]
>15000 | static struct npc_lt_def_cfg npc_lt_defaults = {
      |                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc_profile.h:14901:31: error: 'npc_kpu_profiles' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-variable]
>14901 | static struct npc_kpu_profile npc_kpu_profiles[] = {
      |                               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc_profile.h:483:38: error: 'ikpu_action_entries' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-variable]
 > 483 | static struct npc_kpu_profile_action ikpu_action_entries[] = {
  >    |                                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>cc1: all warnings being treated as errors

>Caused by commit

  >c6238bc0614d ("octeontx2-af: Drop rules for NPC MCAM")

>I do wonder why static structs are declared in a header file ...

>I have used the net-next tree from next-20220706 for today.

I have fixed compilation errors and reposted V2 patch set.  Apologies for the trouble. 

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell