Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.6-rc1

From: Rich Felker
Date: Sun Mar 27 2016 - 13:05:53 EST


On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 09:15:30AM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 02:43:24PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
> > <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
> > > v4.6-rc1[1] compared to v4.5[2].
> > >
> > > Summarized:
> > > - build errors: +9/-6
> >
> > > [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/10114/ (all 262 configs)
> > > [2] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/10047/ (all 262 configs)
> >
> > > 9 error regressions:
> > > + /home/kisskb/slave/src/fs/xfs/xfs_ondisk.h: error: call to
> > > '__compiletime_assert_79' declared with attribute error: XFS:
> > > sizeof(xfs_attr_shortform_t) is wrong, expected 8: => 79:2
> >
> > cris-allyesconfig, cris-allmodconfig
> >
> > > + error: smp-shx3.c: undefined reference to `local_timer_setup': =>
> > > .text+0xadec)
> >
> > shx3_defconfig
>
> Thanks for catching this. I've prepared a patch and I'm checking
> whether it fixes the problem.

I've tested that the patch fixes the build and sent it to the linux-sh
list.

Rich