Re: Build regressions/improvements in v6.10-rc3

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 10 Jun 2024, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v6.10-rc3[1] to v6.10-rc2[3], the summaries are:
>  - build errors: +6/-1

  + error: arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.o: relocation truncated to fit: R_SPARC_WDISP22 against `.text':  => (.fixup+0x4), (.fixup+0xc)
  + error: arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.o: relocation truncated to fit: R_SPARC_WDISP22 against `.text':  => (.fixup+0x34), (.fixup+0x10), (.fixup+0x0), (.fixup+0x28), (.fixup+0x4), (.fixup+0x18), (.fixup+0x20), (.fixup+0x1c), (.fixup+0x8)
  + error: relocation truncated to fit: R_SPARC_WDISP22 against `.init.text':  => (.head.text+0x5040), (.head.text+0x5100)
  + error: 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)

sparc64-gcc5/sparc-allmodconfig
sparc64-gcc13/sparc-allmodconfig

  + {standard input}: Error: pcrel too far: 1095, 1074, 1022, 1020, 1021, 1096, 1126 => 1074, 1021, 1255, 1096, 1095, 1020, 1022, 1126, 1254
  + {standard input}: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.al':  => 1270

SH ICE crickets

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/83a7eefedc9b56fe7bfeff13b6c7356688ffa670/ (all 138 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/c3f38fa61af77b49866b006939479069cd451173/ (all 138 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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