Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.4-rc2

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Randy,

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 10:48 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/7/19 12:18 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
> > v5.4-rc2[1] compared to v5.3[2].
> >
> > Summarized:
> >   - build errors: +10/-3
> >   - build warnings: +152/-143
> >
> > JFYI, when comparing v5.4-rc2[1] to v5.4-rc1[3], the summaries are:
> >   - build errors: +5/-10
> >   - build warnings: +44/-133
> >
> > Note that there may be false regressions, as some logs are incomplete.
> > Still, they're build errors/warnings.
> >
> > Happy fixing! ;-)
> >
> > Thanks to the linux-next team for providing the build service.
> >
> > [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/da0c9ea146cbe92b832f1b0f694840ea8eb33cce/ (233 out of 242 configs)
> > [2] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/4d856f72c10ecb060868ed10ff1b1453943fc6c8/ (all 242 configs)
> > [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/54ecb8f7028c5eb3d740bb82b0f1d90f2df63c5c/ (233 out of 242 configs)
> >
> >
> > *** ERRORS ***
> >
> > 10 error regressions:
>
> >   + error: "__delay" [drivers/net/phy/mdio-cavium.ko] undefined!:  => N/A
>
> Hi Geert,
>
> What arch & config is the above build error from?

That was a new one in v5.4-rc1 for sh-allmodconfig (blamed on David Daney).

> Sorry to bug you about this.

Np.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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