Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.1

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Jun 23 2015 - 03:50:10 EST


Hi Russell,

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:52:13PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:48 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > JFYI, when comparing v4.1[1] to v4.1-rc8[3], the summaries are:
>> > - build errors: +44/-7
>>
>> + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/arm/mm/dump.c: error:
>> 'L_PTE_MT_BUFFERABLE' undeclared here (not in a function): => 81:10
>> + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/arm/mm/dump.c: error:
>> 'L_PTE_MT_DEV_CACHED' undeclared here (not in a function): => 117:10
>> + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/arm/mm/dump.c: error:
>> 'L_PTE_MT_DEV_NONSHARED' undeclared here (not in a function): =>
>> 108:10
>
> I'm rather ignoring this because I don't see these errors here. This
> is one of the problems of just throwing out build reports. With zero
> information such as a configuration or a method on how to cause the
> errors, it's pretty much worthless to post errors.
>
> Folk who do build testing need to be smarter, and consider what it's
> like to be on the receiving end of their report emails...

Fortunately the kisskb service has good bookkeeping of build logs and configs.

Re-adding the lost URL:
>> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/9038/ (all 254 configs)

1. Open URL in web browser,
2. Click on "Failed", next to "arm-randconfig",
3. Click on "Download", next to "arm-randconfig",
4. Reproduce,
5. Fix,
6. Profit! ;-)

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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