Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.9

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v4.9[1] to v4.9-rc8[3], the summaries are:
>   - build errors: +3/-4

  + error: page_ext.c: undefined reference to
`__end_data_ro_after_init':  => .text+0x19860)
  + error: page_ext.c: undefined reference to
`__start_data_ro_after_init':  => .text+0x1985c)

arm-randconfig (CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL=y, patch available since 3 weeks)

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/69973b830859bc6529a7a0468ba0d80ee5117826/ (all 267 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/3e5de27e940d00d8d504dfb96625fb654f641509/ (all 267 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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