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

[David Miller]

From: Anatoly Pugachev <matorola@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 23:40:34 +0300

> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 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)
> 
> I'm unable to compile kernel as well, bisected in between 4.9-rc7
> (bad) and 4.9-rc6 (good):

We know about these problems and are working on it.

Thanks.