Re: linux-next: build failure in the final build

[Thomas Weißschuh]

Hi Mark,

On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 02:26:49PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> In the final build today's linux-next build (powerpc allnoconfig) failed
> like this:
> 
> /tmp/next/build/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c: In function '__cvdso_clock_gettime_common':
> /tmp/next/build/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c:288:31: error: implicit declaration of function 'BITS_PER_TYPE'; did you mean 'BITS_PER_LONG'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
>   288 |         BUILD_BUG_ON(clock >= BITS_PER_TYPE(msk));
>       |                               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> /tmp/next/build/include/linux/compiler_types.h:682:23: note: in definition of macro '__compiletime_assert'
>   682 |                 if (!(condition))                                       \
>       |                       ^~~~~~~~~
> /tmp/next/build/include/linux/compiler_types.h:702:9: note: in expansion of macro '_compiletime_assert'
>   702 |         _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
>       |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> /tmp/next/build/include/linux/build_bug.h:40:37: note: in expansion of macro 'compiletime_assert'
>    40 | #define BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(cond, msg) compiletime_assert(!(cond), msg)
>       |                                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> /tmp/next/build/include/linux/build_bug.h:51:9: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG'
>    51 |         BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(condition, "BUILD_BUG_ON failed: " #condition)
>       |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> /tmp/next/build/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c:288:9: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON'
>   288 |         BUILD_BUG_ON(clock >= BITS_PER_TYPE(msk));
>       |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Caused by commit
> 
>    ca46a07c4b682 (vdso/gettimeofday: Assert that the clockid fits into the u32 bitmask)
> 
> I reverted that commit for today.

It got also pulled from the tip tree:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/874if6j4if.ffs@fw13/


Thomas