Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.16-rc3

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 1:27 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v5.16-rc3[1] to v5.16-rc2[3], the summaries are:
>   - build errors: +4/-8

  + error: arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.o: relocation truncated to fit:
R_SPARC_WDISP22 against `.init.text':  => (.head.text+0x5100),
(.head.text+0x5040)
  + 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+0x4), (.fixup+0x10),
(.fixup+0x34), (.fixup+0x1c), (.fixup+0x28)

sparc64/sparc-allmodconfig

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/d58071a8a76d779eedab38033ae4c821c30295a5/ (all 90 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/136057256686de39cc3a07c2e39ef6bc43003ff6/ (all 90 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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