Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.15-rc1

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Nov 27 2017 - 05:11:26 EST


On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
> v4.15-rc1[1] compared to v4.14[2].
>
> Summarized:
> - build errors: +2/-5

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/4fbd8d194f06c8a3fd2af1ce560ddb31f7ec8323/ (all 271 configs)
> [2] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/bebc6082da0a9f5d47a1ea2edc099bf671058bd4/ (270 out of 271 configs)

> 2 error regressions:
> + /home/kisskb/slave/src/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c: error: 'si' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=uninitialized]: => 204:3

x86_64-randconfig

> + /home/kisskb/slave/src/include/linux/bcma/bcma_driver_pci.h: error: field 'pci_controller' has incomplete type: => 218:24

mips-allmodconfig

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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