Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the kunit-next tree

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Mon Aug 18 2025 - 12:34:50 EST


On 8/17/25 20:08, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
Hi all,

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

Thank you Stephen. I did a allmodconfig build on 6.17-rc1 base - didn't
see the error.

Marie, David, can you take a look this. Looks like conflict with drm
in next?


In file included from include/kunit/static_stub.h:18,
from drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c:20:
drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_bo.c:610:48: error: initialization of 'const void * (*)(struct kunit *, const void *, char *)' from incompatible pointer type 'const void * (*)(const void *, char *)' [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
610 | KUNIT_CASE_PARAM(xe_ccs_migrate_kunit, xe_pci_live_device_gen_param),
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/kunit/test.h:210:38: note: in definition of macro 'KUNIT_CASE_PARAM'
210 | .generate_params = gen_params, .module_name = KBUILD_MODNAME}
| ^~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_bo.c:610:48: note: (near initialization for 'xe_bo_tests[0].generate_params')
610 | KUNIT_CASE_PARAM(xe_ccs_migrate_kunit, xe_pci_live_device_gen_param),
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/kunit/test.h:210:38: note: in definition of macro 'KUNIT_CASE_PARAM'
210 | .generate_params = gen_params, .module_name = KBUILD_MODNAME}
| ^~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_bo.c:611:45: error: initialization of 'const void * (*)(struct kunit *, const void *, char *)' from incompatible pointer type 'const void * (*)(const void *, char *)' [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
611 | KUNIT_CASE_PARAM(xe_bo_evict_kunit, xe_pci_live_device_gen_param),
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/kunit/test.h:210:38: note: in definition of macro 'KUNIT_CASE_PARAM'
210 | .generate_params = gen_params, .module_name = KBUILD_MODNAME}
| ^~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_bo.c:611:45: note: (near initialization for 'xe_bo_tests[1].generate_params')
611 | KUNIT_CASE_PARAM(xe_bo_evict_kunit, xe_pci_live_device_gen_param),
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/kunit/test.h:210:38: note: in definition of macro 'KUNIT_CASE_PARAM'
210 | .generate_params = gen_params, .module_name = KBUILD_MODNAME}
| ^~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_bo.c:624:51: error: initialization of 'const void * (*)(struct kunit *, const void *, char *)' from incompatible pointer type 'const void * (*)(const void *, char *)' [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
624 | KUNIT_CASE_PARAM_ATTR(xe_bo_shrink_kunit, xe_pci_live_device_gen_param,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/kunit/test.h:223:38: note: in definition of macro 'KUNIT_CASE_PARAM_ATTR'
223 | .generate_params = gen_params, \
| ^~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_bo.c:624:51: note: (near initialization for 'xe_bo_shrink_test[0].generate_params')
624 | KUNIT_CASE_PARAM_ATTR(xe_bo_shrink_kunit, xe_pci_live_device_gen_param,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/kunit/test.h:223:38: note: in definition of macro 'KUNIT_CASE_PARAM_ATTR'
223 | .generate_params = gen_params, \
| ^~~~~~~~~~

Caused by commit

444be9072fca ("kunit: Pass parameterized test context to generate_params()")

I have used the kunit-next tree from next-20250815 for today.


thanks,
-- Shuah