Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.9-rc3

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
> v4.9-rc3[1] compared to v4.8[2].
>
> Summarized:
>   - build errors: +176/-3

  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h: Error: bad
instruction `llock r2,[r0]':  => 184, 185
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h: Error: bad
instruction `scond r2,[r0]':  => 186, 187
    [...]
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/include/uapi/linux/swab.h: Error: bad
instruction `swape r3,r3':  => 58
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/include/uapi/linux/swab.h: Error: bad
instruction `swape r4,r4':  => 58

arcompact/axs101_defconfig

  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/drivers/pci/host/pci-rcar-gen2.c: error:
implicit declaration of function 'of_n_addr_cells'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 303:2

arm-randconfig

See https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/4289161/ and
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8209431/

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/11140/ (all 262 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/11104/ (all 262 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                         Geert

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