Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.8-rc1

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 9:39 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
> v5.8-rc1[1] compared to v5.7[2].
>
> Summarized:
>   - build errors: +4/-4
>   - build warnings: +66/-42
>
> Note that there may be false regressions, as some logs are incomplete.
> Still, they're build errors/warnings.
>
> Happy fixing! ;-)
>
> Thanks to the linux-next team for providing the build service.
>
> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/b3a9e3b9622ae10064826dccb4f7a52bd88c7407/ (192 out of 194 configs)
> [2] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/3d77e6a8804abcc0504c904bd6e5cdf3a5cf8162/ (all 194 configs)
>
>
> *** ERRORS ***
>
> 4 error regressions:
>   + error: arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.o: relocation truncated to fit: R_SPARC_WDISP22 against `.init.text':  => (.head.text+0x5100), (.head.text+0x5040)
>   + error: arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.o: relocation truncated to fit: R_SPARC_WDISP22 against symbol `leon_smp_cpu_startup' defined in .text section in arch/sparc/kernel/trampoline_32.o:  => (.init.text+0xa4)
>   + error: arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.o: relocation truncated to fit: R_SPARC_WDISP22 against `.text':  => (.fixup+0x4), (.fixup+0xc)
>   + error: arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.o: relocation truncated to fit: R_SPARC_WDISP22 against `.text':  => (.fixup+0x28), (.fixup+0x1c), (.fixup+0x4), (.fixup+0x10), (.fixup+0x34)

sparc-allmodconfig

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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