Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.9-rc7

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 8:59 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v5.9-rc7[1] to v5.9-rc6[3], the summaries are:
>   - build errors: +5/-3

  + error: modpost: "fw_arg3" [drivers/mtd/parsers/bcm63xxpart.ko]
undefined!:  => N/A

mips-allmodconfig (It's back, first seen in v5.9-rc1)

  + error: arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.o: relocation truncated to fit:
R_SPARC_WDISP22 against `.init.text':  => (.head.text+0x5040),
(.head.text+0x5100)
  + error: arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.o: relocation truncated to fit:
R_SPARC_WDISP22 against symbol `leon_smp_cpu_startup' defined in .text
section in arch/sparc/kernel/trampoline_32.o:  => (.init.text+0xa4)
  + error: arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.o: relocation truncated to
fit: R_SPARC_WDISP22 against `.text':  => (.fixup+0xc), (.fixup+0x4)
  + error: arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.o: relocation truncated to fit:
R_SPARC_WDISP22 against `.text':  => (.fixup+0x28), (.fixup+0x4),
(.fixup+0x10), (.fixup+0x1c), (.fixup+0x34)

Probably nothing we can do?

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/a1b8638ba1320e6684aa98233c15255eb803fac7/ (all 192 configs)

> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/ba4f184e126b751d1bffad5897f263108befc780/ (all 192 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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