Re: next: arm-32bit: build errors: kernel/module/internal.h:252:56: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before 'const'

[Viktor Malik]

On 3/16/23 08:14, Naresh Kamboju wrote:
> Results from Linaro’s test farm.
> Following mips and arm builds failed.
>
> Regressions found on mips:
>   - build/gcc-12-ath79_defconfig
>   - build/gcc-8-ath79_defconfig
>
> Regressions found on arm:
>   - build/gcc-8-omap1_defconfig
>   - build/gcc-12-omap1_defconfig
>   - build/clang-nightly-omap1_defconfig
>   - build/clang-16-omap1_defconfig
>
>
> Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Build log:
> ------------
>
> In file included from kernel/module/main.c:59:
> kernel/module/internal.h:252:56: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before 'const'
>    252 |                                                        const char *name)
>        |                                                        ^~~~~
> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:252: kernel/module/main.o] Error 1
> In file included from kernel/module/strict_rwx.c:12:
> kernel/module/internal.h:252:56: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before 'const'
>    252 |                                                        const char *name)
>        |                                                        ^~~~~
> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:252: kernel/module/strict_rwx.o] Error 1
> In file included from kernel/module/tree_lookup.c:11:
> kernel/module/internal.h:252:56: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before 'const'
>    252 |                                                        const char *name)
>        |                                                        ^~~~~
> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:252: kernel/module/tree_lookup.o] Error 1
> In file included from kernel/module/procfs.c:13:
> kernel/module/internal.h:252:56: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before 'const'
>    252 |                                                        const char *name)
>        |                                                        ^~~~~
> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:252: kernel/module/procfs.o] Error 1
> In file included from kernel/module/sysfs.c:15:
> kernel/module/internal.h:252:56: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before 'const'
>    252 |                                                        const char *name)
>        |                                                        ^~~~~
> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:252: kernel/module/sysfs.o] Error 1
>
>
> build log:
>   - https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-next-master/build/next-20230316/testrun/15632981/suite/build/test/gcc-12-omap1_defconfig/log
>   - https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-next-master/build/next-20230316/testrun/15632981/suite/build/test/gcc-12-omap1_defconfig/details/

Hi,

this was fixed by Alexei by force-pushing bpf-next [1] but it seems that 
linux-next has managed to pull bpf-next in the meantime. I'm not sure 
what is the best way to fix this in linux-next, let me know if I should 
send a patch.

I apologize for the trouble.
Viktor

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/6c8f828c-3995-a9b0-3bdd-37724e96a4ce@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#m44dc53d16524fa818d6a9397487107805e5f0713

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