Re: [linux-next-20250422] Build failure: Wvla-larger-than=0 is meaningless

[Venkat Rao Bagalkote]

On 23/04/25 7:11 pm, Venkat Rao Bagalkote wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I am observing linux-next build failure on IBM Power8 server.
>
>
> Repo: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
>
> Branch: master
>
> GCC: 8.5.0 20210514
>
> ldd (GNU libc) 2.28
>
> Attached is the .config file.
>
>
> Build errors:
>
>
> [[01m^[[Kcc1:^[[m^[[K ^[[01;36m^[[Knote: ^[[m^[[K-Wvla-larger-than=0 
> is meaningless
> ^[[01m^[[Kcc1:^[[m^[[K ^[[01;36m^[[Knote: ^[[m^[[K-Wvla-larger-than=0 
> is meaningless
> ^[[01m^[[Kcc1:^[[m^[[K ^[[01;36m^[[Knote: ^[[m^[[K-Wvla-larger-than=0 
> is meaningless
> ^[[01m^[[Kcc1:^[[m^[[K ^[[01;36m^[[Knote: ^[[m^[[K-Wvla-larger-than=0 
> is meaningless
> ^[[01m^[[Kcc1:^[[m^[[K ^[[01;36m^[[Knote: ^[[m^[[K-Wvla-larger-than=0 
> is meaningless
> make[1]: *** [/home/upstreamci/linux/Makefile:2011: .] Error 2
> make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2

I am seeing this failure on 6.15.0-rc3-next-20250424 kernel as well. Can 
someone please help in fixing this.


Regards,

Venkat.

> Git bisect is pointing to first bad commit as: 
> 4e5222bc2eef69252277f837880c876bf0ffee04
>
>
> Git Bisect log:
>
>
> git bisect start
> # status: waiting for both good and bad commits
> # good: [9c32cda43eb78f78c73aee4aa344b777714e259b] Linux 6.15-rc3
> git bisect good 9c32cda43eb78f78c73aee4aa344b777714e259b
> # status: waiting for bad commit, 1 good commit known
> # bad: [2c9c612abeb38aab0e87d48496de6fd6daafb00b] Add linux-next 
> specific files for 20250422
> git bisect bad 2c9c612abeb38aab0e87d48496de6fd6daafb00b
> # good: [d1da62193ce9715a3cd25a6007b32284aef3725e] Merge branch 
> 'drm-next' of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel.git
> git bisect good d1da62193ce9715a3cd25a6007b32284aef3725e
> # good: [165991dc7afd1eec364a4b980cf6befdfca84404] next-20250414/tip
> git bisect good 165991dc7afd1eec364a4b980cf6befdfca84404
> # good: [feaa817f7fbb1bb50f3c6b119098c5940c2e2532] Merge branch 
> 'togreg' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio.git
> git bisect good feaa817f7fbb1bb50f3c6b119098c5940c2e2532
> # good: [b7d37856d1bddb8e79a7e27a8605dfbb82fe8e9a] Merge branch 
> 'for-next' of 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/remoteproc/linux.git
> git bisect good b7d37856d1bddb8e79a7e27a8605dfbb82fe8e9a
> # good: [77fe94f0d068193c22ce8cfd7ee6317ab2f679c2] Merge branch 
> 'kunit' of 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest.git
> git bisect good 77fe94f0d068193c22ce8cfd7ee6317ab2f679c2
> # good: [627d1af4ec321f81d7ca76f541aef908d5a0e4bd] Merge branch 
> 'ntb-next' of https://github.com/jonmason/ntb.git
> git bisect good 627d1af4ec321f81d7ca76f541aef908d5a0e4bd
> # good: [f34fa2aef257678d9534cb3debbceaf453df02cc] Merge branch 
> 'pin-init-next' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux.git
> git bisect good f34fa2aef257678d9534cb3debbceaf453df02cc
> # good: [9b7c1e4703dbff94ee0a545445f706518fccb73a] Merge branch 
> 'bitmap-for-next' of https://github.com/norov/linux.git
> git bisect good 9b7c1e4703dbff94ee0a545445f706518fccb73a
> # bad: [685b6cba6fcbdc4a3b1708ac70aef556f594907c] Merge branch 
> 'for-next/kspp' of 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git
> git bisect bad 685b6cba6fcbdc4a3b1708ac70aef556f594907c
> # good: [431f4fcea79ffe17f396c10cf42d226494d2f489] kunit/usercopy: 
> Disable u64 test on 32-bit SPARC
> git bisect good 431f4fcea79ffe17f396c10cf42d226494d2f489
> # good: [89860db3b0405ccf4419e76eff487544aab4e4d4] overflow: Clarify 
> expectations for getting DEFINE_FLEX variable sizes
> git bisect good 89860db3b0405ccf4419e76eff487544aab4e4d4
> # bad: [c5b45570cac5302cb650531a35142eab8231853c] mod_devicetable: 
> Enlarge the maximum platform_device_id name length
> git bisect bad c5b45570cac5302cb650531a35142eab8231853c
> # bad: [4e5222bc2eef69252277f837880c876bf0ffee04] kbuild: Switch from 
> -Wvla to -Wvla-larger-than=0
> git bisect bad 4e5222bc2eef69252277f837880c876bf0ffee04
> # first bad commit: [4e5222bc2eef69252277f837880c876bf0ffee04] kbuild: 
> Switch from -Wvla to -Wvla-larger-than=0
>
>
> I tried reverting the bad commit, but build fails with something like 
> this.
>
>
> Build Error after reverting the first bad commit
>
> kernel/watchdog.c: In function 'lockup_detector_reconfigure':
> kernel/watchdog.c:936:2: error: too many arguments to function 
> '__lockup_detector_reconfigure'
>   __lockup_detector_reconfigure(false);
>   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> kernel/watchdog.c:926:13: note: declared here
>  static void __lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
>              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> kernel/watchdog.c: In function 'lockup_detector_setup':
> kernel/watchdog.c:940:2: error: too many arguments to function 
> '__lockup_detector_reconfigure'
>   __lockup_detector_reconfigure(false);
>   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> kernel/watchdog.c:926:13: note: declared here
>  static void __lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
>              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> kernel/watchdog.c: In function 'proc_watchdog_update':
> kernel/watchdog.c:962:2: error: too many arguments to function 
> '__lockup_detector_reconfigure'
>   __lockup_detector_reconfigure(thresh_changed);
>   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> kernel/watchdog.c:926:13: note: declared here
>  static void __lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
>              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> kernel/watchdog.c: At top level:
> cc1: warning: unrecognized command line option 
> '-Wno-unterminated-string-initialization'
> make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:203: kernel/watchdog.o] Error 1
> make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:461: kernel] Error 2
> make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> make[1]: *** [/root/linux-next/Makefile:2011: .] Error 2
> make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
>
>
> If you happen to fix this issue, please add below tag.
>
>
> Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Venkat.