Build regressions/improvements in v6.12-rc2

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Oct 07 2024 - 02:54:57 EST


Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
v6.12-rc2[1] compared to v6.11[2].

Summarized:
- build errors: +2/-3
- build warnings: +3/-3

JFYI, when comparing v6.12-rc2[1] to v6.12-rc1[3], the summaries are:
- build errors: +1/-11
- build warnings: +34/-2

Happy fixing! ;-)

Thanks to the linux-next team for providing the build service.

[1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/8cf0b93919e13d1e8d4466eb4080a4c4d9d66d7b/ (all 131 configs)
[2] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/98f7e32f20d28ec452afb208f9cffc08448a2652/ (all 131 configs)
[3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/9852d85ec9d492ebef56dc5f229416c925758edc/ (all 131 configs)


*** ERRORS ***

2 error regressions:
+ /kisskb/src/include/linux/err.h: error: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Werror=int-to-pointer-cast]: => 28:49
+ {standard input}: Error: pcrel too far: 1060, 1061, 1059 => 1059, 1061, 1397, 1060

3 error improvements:
- /kisskb/src/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c: error: logical not is only applied to the left hand side of comparison [-Werror=logical-not-parentheses]: 4720:45 =>
- /kisskb/src/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-pxp.h: error: initializer element is not constant: 582:38 =>
- {standard input}: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.siz': 1273 =>


*** WARNINGS ***

3 warning regressions:
+ .config: warning: override: reassigning to symbol UML_NET_MCAST: => 15122, 14879
+ warning: unmet direct dependencies detected for GET_FREE_REGION: => N/A
+ {standard input}: Warning: macro instruction expanded into multiple instructions: => 285, 339

3 warning improvements:
- .config: warning: override: reassigning to symbol UML_NET_SLIRP: 15006, 14765 =>
- /kisskb/src/fs/ext4/readpage.c: warning: the frame size of 1120 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]: 391:1 =>
- modpost: WARNING: modpost: lib/test_bitmap: section mismatch in reference: find_next_bit+0x40 (section: .text.unlikely) -> test_print (section: .init.rodata): N/A =>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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