arch/mips/kernel/setup.c:47:39: error: redefinition of '__appended_dtb' with a different type: 'const char vs 'char

From: kernel test robot
Date: Tue Mar 23 2021 - 03:51:18 EST


Hi Thomas,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: 84196390620ac0e5070ae36af84c137c6216a7dc
commit: b83ba0b9df56f8404ccc6ebcc7050fb8294f0f20 MIPS: of: Introduce helper function to get DTB
date: 7 weeks ago
config: mips-randconfig-r022-20210322 (attached as .config)
compiler: clang version 13.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 14696baaf4c43fe53f738bc292bbe169eed93d5d)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
# install mips cross compiling tool for clang build
# apt-get install binutils-mips-linux-gnu
# https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b83ba0b9df56f8404ccc6ebcc7050fb8294f0f20
git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
git fetch --no-tags linus master
git checkout b83ba0b9df56f8404ccc6ebcc7050fb8294f0f20
# save the attached .config to linux build tree
COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross ARCH=mips

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> arch/mips/kernel/setup.c:47:39: error: redefinition of '__appended_dtb' with a different type: 'const char [1048576]' vs 'char []'
const char __section(".appended_dtb") __appended_dtb[0x100000];
^
arch/mips/include/asm/bootinfo.h:118:13: note: previous declaration is here
extern char __appended_dtb[];
^
1 error generated.


vim +47 arch/mips/kernel/setup.c

^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 45
87db537da4cd1b Aaro Koskinen 2015-09-11 46 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_ELF_APPENDED_DTB
33def8498fdde1 Joe Perches 2020-10-21 @47 const char __section(".appended_dtb") __appended_dtb[0x100000];
87db537da4cd1b Aaro Koskinen 2015-09-11 48 #endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_ELF_APPENDED_DTB */
87db537da4cd1b Aaro Koskinen 2015-09-11 49

:::::: The code at line 47 was first introduced by commit
:::::: 33def8498fdde180023444b08e12b72a9efed41d treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo")

:::::: TO: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
:::::: CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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