[gustavoars-linux:testing/staging/rtl8188eu 8321/8744] arch/mips/kernel/setup.c:47:39: error: redefinition of '__appended_dtb' with a different type: 'const char vs 'char

From: kernel test robot
Date: Tue Feb 09 2021 - 21:00:53 EST


tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gustavoars/linux.git testing/staging/rtl8188eu
head: 25e1a76c1c41a6d6f103b572f4f50ba30787f9ab
commit: b83ba0b9df56f8404ccc6ebcc7050fb8294f0f20 [8321/8744] MIPS: of: Introduce helper function to get DTB
config: mips-randconfig-r033-20210209 (attached as .config)
compiler: clang version 12.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project c9439ca36342fb6013187d0a69aef92736951476)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
# install mips cross compiling tool for clang build
# apt-get install binutils-mips-linux-gnu
# https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gustavoars/linux.git/commit/?id=b83ba0b9df56f8404ccc6ebcc7050fb8294f0f20
git remote add gustavoars-linux https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gustavoars/linux.git
git fetch --no-tags gustavoars-linux testing/staging/rtl8188eu
git checkout b83ba0b9df56f8404ccc6ebcc7050fb8294f0f20
# save the attached .config to linux build tree
COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross ARCH=mips

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Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> arch/mips/kernel/setup.c:47:39: error: redefinition of '__appended_dtb' with a different type: 'const char [1048576]' vs 'char []'
const char __section(".appended_dtb") __appended_dtb[0x100000];
^
arch/mips/include/asm/bootinfo.h:118:13: note: previous declaration is here
extern char __appended_dtb[];
^
1 error generated.


vim +47 arch/mips/kernel/setup.c

^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 45
87db537da4cd1b Aaro Koskinen 2015-09-11 46 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_ELF_APPENDED_DTB
33def8498fdde1 Joe Perches 2020-10-21 @47 const char __section(".appended_dtb") __appended_dtb[0x100000];
87db537da4cd1b Aaro Koskinen 2015-09-11 48 #endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_ELF_APPENDED_DTB */
87db537da4cd1b Aaro Koskinen 2015-09-11 49

:::::: The code at line 47 was first introduced by commit
:::::: 33def8498fdde180023444b08e12b72a9efed41d treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo")

:::::: TO: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
:::::: CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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