Re: [REGRESSION] Linux kernel 6.12.75 fails to compile with -Werror=implicit-function-declaration

[Peter Schneider]

Hi Harshit,

Am 05.03.2026 um 23:46 schrieb Harshit Mogalapalli:

> Hi Peter,
>
> On 06/03/26 03:36, Peter Schneider wrote:

[...]

> > What does it do? Does is cause harm? I don't know. Do you know? Maybe Harshit could tell us if it's a serious omission 
> > or if it's not critical. This, IMHO, should have been avoided. The better wording in the release announcements of 
> > today would have been: "All users on X86 must upgrade", so that nobody stays, unaware, on a kernel with that 
> > incomplete patch set.
>
> I think only people having CONFIG_IMA are affected by this patch, and whoever have that will run into build failure. (As 
> missing function is a for-sure build failure).

Thanks very much for your detailed explanation, you have relieved my worries and headache!

Beste Grüße,
Peter Schneider

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