Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.3-rc4

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Randy,

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 10:34 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 8/12/19 3:20 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
> > v5.3-rc4[1] compared to v5.2[2].
> >
> > Summarized:
> >   - build errors: +5/-1
> >   - build warnings: +137/-136
> >
> > JFYI, when comparing v5.3-rc4[1] to v5.3-rc3[3], the summaries are:
> >   - build errors: +0/-4
> >   - build warnings: +105/-69
> >
> > Happy fixing! ;-)
> >
> > Thanks to the linux-next team for providing the build service.
> >
> > [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/d45331b00ddb179e291766617259261c112db872/ (all 242 configs)
> > [2] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/0ecfebd2b52404ae0c54a878c872bb93363ada36/ (all 242 configs)
> > [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/e21a712a9685488f5ce80495b37b9fdbe96c230d/ (all 242 configs)
>
>
> > *** WARNINGS ***
> >
> > 137 warning regressions:
>
> >   + warning: unmet direct dependencies detected for MTD_COMPLEX_MAPPINGS:  => N/A

WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for MTD_COMPLEX_MAPPINGS:
8 warnings in 2 logs
        v5.3-rc4/um-x86_64/um-allyesconfig v5.3-rc4/um-x86_64/um-allmodconfig

> It would be Really Good if there was some automated way to know which
> of the 242 configs this is from (instead of you having to grep and reply to
> email or someone/me having to download up to 242 log files).

I used to upload the summary containing that info to kernel.org. Then they
made kup mandatory, and during the last 7 years, I still haven't looked into
mastering kup. Ugh...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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