Re: [PATCH 6.12 000/562] 6.12.58-rc2 review

[Harshit Mogalapalli]

Hi Greg,

On 11/11/25 06:54, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.58 release.
> There are 562 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
>
> Responses should be made by Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:22:51 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.

link.c: In function ‘is_x86_ibt_enabled’:
link.c:288:37: error: array type has incomplete element type ‘struct 
kernel_config_option’
  288 |         struct kernel_config_option options[] = {
      |                                     ^~~~~~~
In file included from 
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/kernel.h:8,
                 from main.h:14,
                 from link.c:17:
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/build_bug.h:16:51: 
error: bit-field ‘<anonymous>’ width not an integer constant
   16 | #define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) ((int)(sizeof(struct { 
int:(-!!(e)); })))
      |                                                   ^
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:26:33: 
note: in expansion of macro ‘BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO’
   26 | #define __must_be_array(a) 
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]))
      |                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/kernel.h:103:59: 
note: in expansion of macro ‘__must_be_array’
  103 | #define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]) + 
__must_be_array(arr))
      | 
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
link.c:291:22: note: in expansion of macro ‘ARRAY_SIZE’
  291 |         char *values[ARRAY_SIZE(options)] = { };
      |                      ^~~~~~~~~~
link.c:294:13: warning: implicit declaration of function 
‘read_kernel_config’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
  294 |         if (read_kernel_config(options, ARRAY_SIZE(options), 
values, NULL))
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from 
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/kernel.h:8,
                 from main.h:14,
                 from link.c:17:
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/build_bug.h:16:51: 
error: bit-field ‘<anonymous>’ width not an integer constant
   16 | #define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) ((int)(sizeof(struct { 
int:(-!!(e)); })))
      |                                                   ^
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:26:33: 
note: in expansion of macro ‘BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO’
   26 | #define __must_be_array(a) 
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]))
      |                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/kernel.h:103:59: 
note: in expansion of macro ‘__must_be_array’
  103 | #define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]) + 
__must_be_array(arr))
      | 
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
link.c:294:41: note: in expansion of macro ‘ARRAY_SIZE’
  294 |         if (read_kernel_config(options, ARRAY_SIZE(options), 
values, NULL))
      |                                         ^~~~~~~~~~
link.c:291:15: warning: unused variable ‘values’ [-Wunused-variable]
  291 |         char *values[ARRAY_SIZE(options)] = { };
      |               ^~~~~~
link.c:288:37: warning: unused variable ‘options’ [-Wunused-variable]
  288 |         struct kernel_config_option options[] = {
      |                                     ^~~~~~~
make: *** [Makefile:249: link.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....


I see this with bpftool build.

let us drop this commit ?

commit: c8271196124a ("bpftool: Add CET-aware symbol matching for x86_64 
architectures")


Thanks,
Harshit