Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.9-rc7

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v4.9-rc7[1] to v4.9-rc6[3], the summaries are:
>   - build errors: +10/-4

  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.c: error: passing
argument 3 of 'dma_alloc_coherent' from incompatible pointer type
[-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]:  => 813:9, 822:9
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/sound/sparc/dbri.c: error: passing argument
3 of 'dma_zalloc_coherent' from incompatible pointer type
[-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]:  => 2538:6

sparc64-allmodconfig

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/e5517c2a5a49ed5e99047008629f1cd60246ea0e/ (all 267 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/9c763584b7c8911106bb77af7e648bef09af9d80/ (all 267 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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