Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.16-rc4

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Mar 05 2018 - 10:47:20 EST


On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 4:41 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v4.16-rc4[1] to v4.16-rc3[3], the summaries are:
> - build errors: +10/-1

+ /kisskb/src/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c: error:
implicit declaration of function 'cmpxchg64'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]: => 4443:2, 4443:6

mipsel/mips-allmodconfig
mips/mips-allmodconfig

Reappeared, seen before in v4.16-rc2.

+ /kisskb/src/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c: error: unrecognizable insn:: => 325:1

cris-allyesconfig
cris-allmodconfig

+ error: "mdesc_get_property" [drivers/sbus/char/oradax.ko]
undefined!: => N/A
+ error: "mdesc_grab" [drivers/sbus/char/oradax.ko] undefined!: => N/A
+ error: "mdesc_node_by_name" [drivers/sbus/char/oradax.ko]
undefined!: => N/A
+ error: "mdesc_release" [drivers/sbus/char/oradax.ko] undefined!: => N/A
+ error: "sun4v_ccb_info" [drivers/sbus/char/oradax.ko] undefined!: => N/A
+ error: "sun4v_ccb_kill" [drivers/sbus/char/oradax.ko] undefined!: => N/A
+ error: "sun4v_ccb_submit" [drivers/sbus/char/oradax.ko] undefined!: => N/A
+ error: "sun4v_hvapi_register" [drivers/sbus/char/oradax.ko]
undefined!: => N/A

sparc-allmodconfig (patch available)

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/661e50bc853209e41a5c14a290ca4decc43cbfd1/ (all 274 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/4a3928c6f8a53fa1aed28ccba227742486e8ddcb/ (268 out of 274 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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